■yet用作連詞時(shí),與but一樣也主要用于轉(zhuǎn)折,意為“但是”“而”:
I?have?failed,?yet?I?shall?try?again.?我失敗了,但我還要嘗試。
The?judge?was?stern,?yet?completely?fair.?法官很嚴(yán)峻,卻完全公正。
They?are?the?same,?yet?not?the?same.?它們又一樣,又不一樣。
It?is?strange,?yet?it?is?true.?那真是怪事,然而卻是事實(shí)。
I’ve?been?away?only?for?three?years,?yet?I?can?hardly?recognize?my?hometown.?我僅在外三年,可我?guī)缀跽J(rèn)不出我自己的故鄉(xiāng)了。
He?said?he?was?our?friend,?yet?he?wouldn’t?help?us.?他說(shuō)他是我們的朋友,但卻不肯幫助我們。
■有時(shí)用在句首。如(from?):
Yet?the?house?was?cheerful.?但屋子里顯得很歡快。
Yet?its?population?has?doubled.?但它的人口翻了一番。
■yet有時(shí)可與并列連詞and或but連用,構(gòu)成習(xí)語(yǔ)and?yet和but?yet,且兩者大致同義(均相當(dāng)于表轉(zhuǎn)折的but):
I?gave?him?ten?pounds?(and)?yet?he?was?not?satisfied.?我給了他十鎊但他仍不滿足。
She’s?vain?and?foolish,?and?yet?people?like?her.?她很虛榮愚蠢,但人們卻喜歡她。
She?drove?very?fast?to?the?airport,?but?[yet,?and?yet,?but?yet]?she?missed?the?plane.?她開快車去機(jī)場(chǎng),可還是誤了飛機(jī)。
■although不能與表示轉(zhuǎn)折的but連用,但是卻可以與yet連用。如:
Although?we?have?made?some?progress,?yet?we?still?have?a?long?way?to?go.?我們雖然取得了些進(jìn)步,但還是遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不夠的。
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