| 释义 |
yet /jet/ ad. | conj. | phr.
I ad.
1. [常用在否定句中](迄今)还，尚
a yet unfinished task 尚未完成的任务
It isn't dark yet. 天还没有黑。
It is not time yet. 还不到时候。
He hasn't gone yet. 他还没有去。
He is not sixty for three months yet. 他还差3个月60岁。
His uncles weren't married even yet. 他的舅舅们甚至到现在还没有结婚呢。
By good fortune the leak has done no damage — yet. 亏得运气好，泄漏没有造成损害——至今还没有。
There was blood, not yet congealed, on his mouth. 他嘴上有血，那是还没有凝结的鲜血。
2. [常用于疑问句]已经
Have you had your lunch yet? 你吃过午饭了吗?
Is he dead yet? 他死了吗?
Is Jenny off the phone yet? 珍妮电话打完了吗?
Did you eat yet? 〈美〉你吃过了吗?
When you arrived, had they left yet? 你到达时他们已经离开了吗?
3. [常与最高级连用]迄今，至此；到那时为止
That's the best suggestion yet. 那是迄今为止最好的建议。
This is the most lethal of all poisons yet identified. 这是迄今已经鉴定的毒物中最致命的。
She's the best yet. 她是迄今为止最好的。
4. 仍然，还
There is hope for me yet. 我的事仍有希望。
Go at once while there is yet time. 乘还有时间，这就去吧。
Last time I saw him he was yet a child. 我上次见到他的时候，他还是个孩子。
Much yet remains to be done. 许多事还有待去做。
5. 此刻，现在
We could hear him yet. 我们还听得见他的声音。
We can't leave just yet. 我们现在还不能离开。
Don't sing yet. 现在别唱。
6. 在将来某个时候，终归，迟早
The ruffian will be caught yet. 那流氓终归要被抓获的。
He may succeed yet. 他迟早会成功。
We'll make a footballer of you yet. 我们终将把你培养成一名足球运动员。
7. 再，还
another and another and yet another 一个一个又一个
send yet another e-mail 再发一封电子邮件(指第三份或以上)
Play the tape yet another time (或 yet once more, yet again). 把磁带再放一遍。(指第三遍或以上)
We must export more yet. 我们必须再多出口。
He has yet to make a serious blunder. 他还要犯大错误的。
I have yet to meet the manager. 我还得见一见经理。
8. [与比较级或最高级连用，加强语气]甚至
a yet easier (more difficult) job 甚至更容易(更困难)的工作
Break the news gently to him. Better yet, just don't mention it. 把消息和缓地透露给他。要不，干脆只字不提更好。
To this list, worst yet, he might have added political conflict. 甚至更糟糕的是，他可能已把政治冲突加进了这张问题一览表。
9. [和 nor 连用]而且也
He won't listen to me nor yet to her. 他不愿听我的，而且也不愿听她的。
I've never read it nor yet intend to. 我从来没有读过这东西，而且也不打算读。
10. 〈非规范〉(除了一切之外)还；至少，起码
I wish I had a son out there in the football field. To have him be the quarterback yet. 真希望我有个儿子在那儿的球场上。而且最好还是个四分卫。
11. 然而，不过
young yet wise 年轻然而有见识的
They were born poor, yet proud. 他们出身贫苦，但有自尊心。
II conj.
然而，可是
Over 500 took the examination, yet out of that total only 15 passed. 应考者500余人，然而及格者仅15人。
He said he would be late, yet he arrived on time. 他说他可能会迟到，但是他却准时到达了。
He is sceptical about its veracity, and yet to me it seems plausible. 他对此事的真实性有怀疑，不过在我看来那似乎是可能的。
They didn't like it, yet (they) said nothing. 他们不喜欢这个，可是没说什么。
[<OE gēta; 与OFris jēta 有关] phr. as yet 迄今为止，到目前为止 No one, as yet, is suspicious. 迄今为止，还没有人起疑。The extract is taken from an as yet unpublished novel. 这一段摘要摘的是一部还没有出版的小说的内容。The new frontier has as yet no fences, trenches or barbed wire. 新的边界迄今还没有栅栏、壕沟或铁丝网。not yet 还没有，尚未 I hope the end is not yet. 我希望事情还没有完。A: Has he come? B: Not yet. 甲：他来了吗? 乙：还没有。A: Would you care for something to eat? B: Not just yet, thank you. 甲：你要不要吃些什么? 乙：谢谢你，这会儿还不要。 |