yet
adv. 尚(未),还,仍; 更; 迄今为止
conj. 但是,然而
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. In British English the simple past tense is not normally used with this meaning of 'yet'.
They haven't finished yet...
他们还没有完成。
No decision has yet been made...
尚未作出决定。
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.
There was so much that Sam didn't know yet...
还有很多是萨姆当时不知道的。
He had asked around and learned that Billy was not yet here.
他四处询问,得知比利还没到这儿。
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.
Don't get up yet...
先不要起床。
The hostages cannot go home just yet...
人质目前还不能回家。
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.
This is the BBC's worst idea yet...
这是到目前为止英国广播公司的最糟糕的点子。
Her latest novel is her best yet.
她的最新小说是她迄今为止最好的一部。
You can use yet to say that there is still a possibility that something will happen.
Like the best stories, this one may yet have a happy end...
就像最精彩的故事那样,这个故事也许仍会有个美好的结局。
A negotiated settlement might yet be possible.
也许仍有可能通过磋商达成协议。
You can use yet after expressions which refer to a period of time, when you want to say how much longer a situation will continue for.
Unemployment will go on rising for some time yet...
失业人数在一段时间内还将上升。
Nothing will happen for a few years yet...
几年内还不会有什么事发生。
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.
She has yet to spend a Christmas with her husband...
她还从没和她的丈夫一起过过圣诞节。
He has been nominated three times for the Oscar but has yet to win.
他已经3次获奥斯卡提名,但从未获奖。
You can use yet to introduce a fact which is rather surprising after the previous fact you have just mentioned.
I don't eat much, yet I am a size 16...
我吃得并不多,但是却穿16码的衣服。
They were terrified James would die — yet there were moments when they almost wished he would...
他们很害怕詹姆斯会死——然而,有那么几个瞬间,他们几乎是希望他会死。
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.
Yet bigger satellites will be sent up into orbit...
更为大型的卫星将被送入轨道。
I saw yet another doctor...
我又看了一个医生。
You use as yet with negative statements to describe a situation that has existed up until the present time.
As yet it is not known whether the crash was the result of an accident...
目前尚不清楚撞车是否是由事故引起的。
We have not as yet received a response.
我们还未收到回复。
1. up to the present time;
2. used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time;
3. to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons;
4. within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time;
5. used after a superlative;
6. despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession);
but, however, still, yet, nevertheless, while, whereas
这些连词或副词均含"但是,可是,然而,而"之意。
still, yet
这两个副词均含有"仍,还"之意。
nor yet
也未
as yet
迄今
Have we got to the zoo yet?
我们到动物园了 吗 ?
Have you finished loading up yet?
你把货物装好了 吗 ?
Has that noisy class settled down yet?
那个吵闹的班安静下来了 吗 ?
Has the child rallied from her high fever yet?
这个女孩的高烧退了 吗 ?
I'm afraid your order has caught us on the hop — the goods aren't available yet.
恐怕你的订单来得太突然,我们全无准备,目前尚无货源.
adv. 也,太,并且,而且
toabovefurthermorefurtherbootwellasbeyondtoothanadditionoverthatandmoreoverinbesidesalsodittomoreadditionally
adv. 仍然,不管怎样,无论如何,但是,另一方面
atanywaytheofhowbeitevensameotherhandstillonneverthelessspiteallnonethelesscontraryandanysocaseanyhowthatfortimeregardlessfactinnotwithstandingafterdespitebuteventhoweverrate
adv. 到此时至今
timeupnowtothemomentatasuntilthuspresentfaryet
adv. 就在此时,此刻
conj. 虽然,但是
thoughevenbutneverthelessalthough
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