"ate" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 吃了

Definition

'eat' 的过去式。表示某人把食物放进嘴里，咀嚼后吞下了。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

'ate' 用于已经完成的过去动作：'I ate breakfast at 8.' 原形是 'eat'，过去分词是 'eaten'，所以不要说 'have ate'，要说 'have eaten'。常见搭配有 'ate breakfast'、'ate dinner' 和 'ate too much'。

Examples

I ate an apple after lunch.

我午饭后**吃了**一个苹果。

She ate breakfast at home.

她在家**吃了**早餐。

We ate pizza last night.

我们昨晚**吃了**披萨。

I was so hungry that I ate way too fast.

我太饿了，所以**吃**得太快了。

He ate the last cookie and didn't tell anyone.

他**吃了**最后一块饼干，却没告诉任何人。

By the time we got there, they had already aten.

我们到那里的时候，他们已经**吃过**了。