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 här, 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.
实用例句
1. Here's an inside tip: The faster you rise, the harder you fall.
给你一个小忠告：爬得越快，摔得越疼。
来自美剧《绯闻女孩》
2. Don't worry. We'll have you out of here double-quick.
别担心，我们会很快把你从这儿弄出去的。
来自柯林斯例句
3. I try to remember all the good times I've had here.
我试着回忆在这里度过的所有美好时光。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here.
学生常常赶数百英里的路来到这里。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Come on over, we've got lots of the old gang here.
