Ever is used in negative sentences, questions, and comparisons to mean 'at any time in the past' or 'at any time in the future'. Neither of us had ever skied. I don't think I'll ever be homesick here. Have you ever played football? I'm happier than I've ever been.
発音 前置詞 other than (idiomatic) Except, besides. There was no furniture in the abandoned house, other than a broken bedstead. (idiomatic) Otherwise than; in any other way than, for any other reason than, etc. The problem cannot be solved other than by putting in much time and effort. He was never anything other than pleasant to me.
EVER definition: 1. at any time: 2. better, bigger, etc. than at any time before: 3. as big, fast, etc. as at any…. Learn more.
(used to mean "at any time'' in questions, in sentences with negative words, with words expressing a condition, like if, with words expressing uncertainty, like doubt, and after a comparative adjective with than): Did you ever go skiing? I hardly ever drink soda. If you ever see him, tell him to call me. I doubt that I'll ever see her again.
At any time; at any period or point of time, past or future: in negative, interrogative, or comparative sentences: as, no man is ever the happier for injustice; did you ever see anything like it? I do not think I ever did. In any degree; any; at all: usually in connection with an adverb or adjective in the comparative degree, and after a negative.