here: [OE] Like he, here can be traced back ultimately to a prehistoric Indo-European base *ki-, *ko-, which denoted ‘thisness’ or ‘hereness’ (as opposed to ‘thatness’ or ‘thereness’). The adverbial suffix -r (as in there and where) links it to the concept of ‘place’. => there, where
here
Old English her "in this place, where one puts himself," from Proto-Germanic pronominal stem *hi- (from PIE *ki- "this;" see he) + adverbial suffix -r. Cognate with Old Saxon her, Old Norse, Gothic her, Swedish h?r, Middle Dutch, Dutch hier, Old High German hiar, German hier.
Phrase here today and gone tomorrow first recorded 1680s in writings of Aphra Behn. Here's to _____ as a toast is from 1590s, probably short for here's health to _____. In vulgar speech, this here as an adjective is attested from 1762. To be neither here nor there "of no consequence" attested from 1580s. Here we go again as a sort of verbal roll of the eyes is attested from 1950. Noun phrase here and now "this present life" is from 1829.
雙語例句
1. Here's an inside tip: The faster you rise, the harder you fall.
給你一個小忠告：爬得越快，摔得越疼。
來自美劇《緋聞女孩》
2. Don't worry. We'll have you out of here double-quick.
別擔心，我們會很快把你從這兒弄出去的。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I try to remember all the good times I've had here.
我試著回憶在這里度過的所有美好時光。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here.
學生常常趕數百英里的路來到這里。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Come on over, we've got lots of the old gang here.