then and there: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    United KingdomUnited StatesGeneral EnglishneutralinformalMachine
    • At that exact time and in that exact place; immediately and without delay.
    • Used to indicate that a decision was made or an action was taken at the moment described, with emphasis on immediacy and location.

    Examples

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    • When Sarah found the missing keys on the kitchen table, she called me then and there to tell me the good news.

      莎拉在厨房桌子上找到丢失的钥匙时，立即给我打电话告诉我这个好消息。

    • The manager decided then and there to promote Jake after witnessing his impressive presentation.

      经理在看到杰克令人印象深刻的演讲后，当场决定提拔他。

    • I knew then and there that I had to accept the offer; there was no time to hesitate.

      我当时就知道必须接受那个提议，不能犹豫。

    • They signed the contract then and there without even consulting their lawyers beforehand.

      他们当场签了合同，甚至事先都没有咨询律师。

Examples:

  • EN: If it hadn't have been for the five other guys jumping on me .. The fight would have been all over right then and there.
    ES: Si no hubiera sido por los cinco tipos que saltaron sobre mí, ...la pelea habría terminado en ese momento.
  • EN: "Right then and there I knew there was trouble coming."
    ES: Entonces supe que tendríamos problemas.
  • EN: Instead of marrying her then and there and taking her with me, I went alone.
    ES: En lugar de casarme entonces y Ilevármela conmigo, me fui solo.
  • EN: I became one, then and there.
    ES: Me convertí en uno entonces. Allí.
  • EN: I once saw a photograph of you and... I decided right then and there that I simply had to meet you.
    ES: Vi una foto suya e inmediatamente decidí que tenía que conocerla.
  • EN: Oh, I could've taken you in my arms and kissed you right then and there.
    ES: Podría haberte abrazado y besado en ese instante.
  • EN: I should've killed the bastard right then and there!
    ES: ¡Debería haberle cortado la garganta a ese cerdo!
  • EN: Do it right then and there.
    ES: Hazlo ahora.
  • EN: Marlowe would have killed Fraser right then and there if I hadn't stopped him.
    ES: Mi espalda estaba justo frente a él.
  • EN: Believe me, if they had been the guilty parties .. I'd have had the goods on them right then and there.
    ES: Si hubieran sido culpables, los hubiera cogido.
  • EN: And right then and there he decides that Abigail deserves a better break than that.
    ES: Y en ese momento decidió que Abigail se merecía algo mejor que eso.
  • EN: I know, sir, but we were younger then and there were no such thing as Nazis.
    ES: Lo sé, señor, pero entonces éramos más jóvenes y no había nazis.
  • EN: We made up our minds, then and there that if we could help other lonely, old men to find that same peace we would.
    ES: En aquel mismo momento decidimos... que si podíamos ayudar a otros ancianitos solitarios... a encontrar esa misma paz, lo haríamos.
  • EN: I could have hugged you right then and there, Keyes... you and your statistics.
    ES: Te hubiera podido abrazar, Keyes. Tú y tus estadísticas.
  • EN: I was hot to grab me off one of them little places right then and there.
    ES: Tuve ganas de quedarme en aquel pequeño lugar justo en ese momento.
  • EN: If it hadn't have been for the five other guys jumping on me .. The fight would have been all over right then and there.
    ES: Si no hubiera sido por los cinco tipos que saltaron sobre mí, ...la pelea habría terminado en ese momento.
  • EN: "Right then and there I knew there was trouble coming."
    ES: Entonces supe que tendríamos problemas.
  • EN: Instead of marrying her then and there and taking her with me, I went alone.
    ES: En lugar de casarme entonces y Ilevármela conmigo, me fui solo.
  • EN: I became one, then and there.
    ES: Me convertí en uno entonces. Allí.
  • EN: I once saw a photograph of you and... I decided right then and there that I simply had to meet you.
    ES: Vi una foto suya e inmediatamente decidí que tenía que conocerla.
  • EN: Oh, I could've taken you in my arms and kissed you right then and there.
    ES: Podría haberte abrazado y besado en ese instante.
  • EN: I should've killed the bastard right then and there!
    ES: ¡Debería haberle cortado la garganta a ese cerdo!
  • EN: Do it right then and there.
    ES: Hazlo ahora.
  • EN: Marlowe would have killed Fraser right then and there if I hadn't stopped him.
    ES: Mi espalda estaba justo frente a él.
  • EN: Believe me, if they had been the guilty parties .. I'd have had the goods on them right then and there.
    ES: Si hubieran sido culpables, los hubiera cogido.
  • EN: And right then and there he decides that Abigail deserves a better break than that.
    ES: Y en ese momento decidió que Abigail se merecía algo mejor que eso.
  • EN: I know, sir, but we were younger then and there were no such thing as Nazis.
    ES: Lo sé, señor, pero entonces éramos más jóvenes y no había nazis.
  • EN: We made up our minds, then and there that if we could help other lonely, old men to find that same peace we would.
    ES: En aquel mismo momento decidimos... que si podíamos ayudar a otros ancianitos solitarios... a encontrar esa misma paz, lo haríamos.
  • EN: I could have hugged you right then and there, Keyes... you and your statistics.
    ES: Te hubiera podido abrazar, Keyes. Tú y tus estadísticas.
  • EN: I was hot to grab me off one of them little places right then and there.
    ES: Tuve ganas de quedarme en aquel pequeño lugar justo en ese momento.

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