英语里,一词多义者甚多,when就是一例.现就when引导的从句表示的某些含义举例说明如下: 一.“when”作从属连词,引导时间状语从句(除表示“当……时候”或“……时”以外)时的含义与译法1.当其含义为“before the time that”或“after the time that”时,常译为“在……之前”或“(在)……之后.”1)When the firemen gotthere,the fire in our factory had already been put out.在消防队赶到之前,我厂的大火已被扑灭. In English, the word polysemous many, when is an example. Now when the meaning of some of the meaning of the guided clause shows as follows: I. “When” as a subordinate conjunctions, guide the time adverbial clause (except that “when ... Time ”or“ ... time ”) 1. When its meaning is“ before the time that ”or“ after the time that ”, it is often translated as“ before ”or“ ) ... after ... ”1) When the firemen gotthere, the fire in our factory had been put out. Before the fire brigade arrived, the fire in our factory had been extinguished.