yet
音标发音
- 英式音标 [jet]
- 美式音标 [jɛt]
- 国际音标 [jet]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adv. 还；但是；已经
- conj. 但是；然而
- n. (Yet)人名；(东南亚国家华语)一
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的gieta，意为直到现在。
用法辨析
- yet用于否定句和疑问句中及用于表示怀疑的动词之后,意思是“还,尚,仍然,直至现在”,在英式英语中通常用于现在或过去完成时,在美式英语中通常用于一般过去时。
- yet用于疑问句中,还可作“已经”“还”“仍然”解,通常放在句末。
- yet用于肯定句中,可表示“还”“尚”,有时含有“还为时太早”之意; 与形容词或副词的比较级连用时意为“甚至,更”“还要”,与最高级连用意为“到目前〔当时〕为止(最…)”。
- yet还可与表示未来含意的情态习语be to或have to连用构成“be yet to”或“have yet to”结构。
- 在美式英语中, yet可用在感叹句中。
- yet用作连词的意思是“然而,但是”,往往含有“尽管如此,但…”之意,连接意思相反的分句。
- yet可与and, but, although或though连用。
adv. (副词)
conj. (连词)
英汉例句
- He can't drive yet.
他还不会开车。 - She's a funny girl, yet you can't help liking her.
她很滑稽,但你禁不住会喜欢她。
用作副词 (adv.)
用作连词 (conj.)
英英字典
- (UNTIL NOW) still; until the present time
- (IN THE FUTURE) from now and for a particular period of time in the future
- (EVEN NOW) even at this stage or time
- (MORE) used to add emphasis to words such as another and again, especially to show an increase in amount or the number of times something happens
- (and) despite that; used to add something that seems surprising because of what you have just said
- You use yet in negative statements to indicate that something has not happened up to the present time, although it probably will happen. You can also use yet in questions to ask if something has happened up to the present time.
- You use yet with a negative statement when you are talking about the past, to report something that was not the case then, although it became the case later.
- If you say that something should not or cannot be done yet, you mean that it should not or cannot be done now, although it will have to be done at a later time.
- You use yet after a superlative to indicate, for example, that something is the worst or the best of its kind up to the present time.
- You can use yet to say that there is still a possibility that something will happen.
- You can use yet after expressions that refer to a period of time, when you want to say how much longer a situation will continue for.
- If you say that you have yet to do something, you mean that you have never done it, especially when this is surprising or bad.
- You can use yet to introduce a fact that is rather surprising after the previous fact you have just mentioned.
- You can use yet to emphasize a word, especially when you are saying that something is surprising because it is more extreme than previous things of its kind, or a further case of them.
- You use as yet with negative statements to describe a situation that has existed up until the present time.
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专业释义
- 然而