ever Signification, définition

Signification de ever en français

• 0 at any time -- jamais

  • Do you ever take the kids swimming? Est-ce qu’il t’arrive d’emmener les enfants à la piscine ?

  • Why wouldn’t he ever speak to her? Pourquoi ne daignes-tu jamais lui adresser la parole ?

  • Jamie seems happier than ever. Jamie semble plus heureuse que jamais.

  • I hardly ever eat red meat. Je ne mange quasiment jamais de viande rouge.

• 1 always from the time of sth -- depuis

  • It’s been raining ever since we arrived. Il pleut depuis que nous sommes arrivés.

• 2 at any time -- jamais, toujours

  • Nobody ever visits us

  • She hardly ever writes

  • Have you ever ridden on an elephant?

  • If I ever / If ever I see him again, I shall get my revenge

  • better than ever

  • the brightest star they had ever seen.

• 3 always; continually -- toujours, depuis

  • They lived happily ever after

  • I’ve known her ever since she was a baby.

• 4 used for emphasis -- tout, bien

  • The new doctor is ever so gentle

  • What ever shall I do?

• 5 always; continually -- toujours

  • the ever-increasing traffic.