"ate" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 喫了

Definition

'eat' 的過去式。表示某人把食物放進嘴裡，咀嚼後吞下了。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

'ate' 用於已經完成的過去動作：'I ate breakfast at 8.' 原形是 'eat'，過去分詞是 'eaten'，所以不要說 'have ate'，要說 'have eaten'。常見搭配有 'ate breakfast'、'ate dinner' 和 'ate too much'。

Examples

I ate an apple after lunch.

我午飯後**喫了**一個蘋果。

She ate breakfast at home.

她在家**喫了**早餐。

We ate pizza last night.

我們昨晚**喫了**披薩。

I was so hungry that I ate way too fast.

我太餓了，所以**喫**得太快了。

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

他**喫了**最後一塊餅乾，卻沒告訴任何人。

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

我們到那裡的時候，他們已經**喫過**了。