Yet與still之間的差異

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Yet與still之間的差異

帖子 royl » 周日 2月 15, 2015 4:45 pm

The difference between yet and still
Yet與still之間的差異

Question(問題)
What is the difference between yet and still? — Emilli, Iran
Yet與still之間的差異是什麼?

Answer(韋氏字典英語語言學習出版總監Jane Mairs女士解答)
Yet and still are used to talk about things that have (or haven’t) happened over time. Their meanings and uses are distinct. However, there is a situation in which they are used in a similar way to convey a similar idea. This is why learners get confused.
Yet和still是用來談論某些經過一段時間已經發生(或尚未發生)的事情. 它們的意義和使用方法是有區別的. 但是, 有一個情況它們被使用於相似方式並傳達相似的意義. 這也就是英語學習者會混淆的原因.

Let's look at the uses of these two words separately, and then look at how their uses converge.
我們先來看看將這兩字分開的使用, 然後再看看兩字使用方式的匯合.

YET
The word yet is mainly used to refer to something that a person is waiting for and expecting, but that hasn’t happened so far. It is most common in negative statements and questions:
"Yet"這個字主要是使用於提到某事是某人所等待和期待的, 但迄今還沒發生. 它最常被使用於否定陳述和詢問:

• Negative statement: It isn’t raining yet. (=Rain is expected, but it has not started.)
否定陳述: 還沒下雨. (=下雨是預期要發生的, 但雨還沒開始下)

• Negative statement: The research has not been completed yet. (=Research has started, and the speaker thinks or hopes it will be completed soon, but so far it has not been completed.)
否定陳述: 這個研究工作還沒完成. (=這件研究工作已經開始了, 這名說話者想要或希望它將儘快完成, 但迄今它仍未完成)

• Question: Have the kids had dinner yet? (=It is expected that the kids will have dinner; the speaker is asking whether this has happened already or not.)
詢問: 小孩們吃過晚餐了沒? (=小孩們吃晚餐是被預期的; 這名說話者是在詢問小孩們是否已經吃過了晚餐)

STILL
The word still is used mainly to refer to something that began in the past and is continuing into the present. It is most common in affirmative statements and questions:
"Still"這個字主要是使用於提到某事開始發生於過去並且於現在仍在進行. 它最常被使用於肯定陳述和詢問:

• Affirmative statement: He still lives far away. (=He used to live far away, and he continues to live far away now.)
肯定陳述: 他仍舊住得很遠. (=他過去住得很遠, 並且他現在仍舊住得很遠)

• Affirmative statement: It’s still snowing! (=It was snowing in the past, and it continues to snow now.)
肯定陳述: 還在下雪! (=雪已經於在此之前開始下了, 並且現在仍舊下雪)

• Question: Do you still want to come over for dinner? (=Earlier you said you wanted to come over for dinner. Is that also true now?)
詢問: 你還想要過來吃晚餐嗎? (=早前你曾說你想要過來吃晚餐. 你現在還想不想過來吃?)

YET and STILL
Both yet and still can be used in negative statements to talk about something that wasn’t true in the past and continues not to be true in the present. This is where yet and still converge. For example, the two sentences in each pair below, one with yet and one with still, mean nearly the same thing.
"Yet和Still"都可以使用於否定陳述來談論某事過去不是真實的, 並且現在也仍舊不是真實的. 舉例, 下面的兩套話, 一句使用yet 以及一句使用still, 其意義幾乎相同.

o She hasn’t arrived yet. = She still hasn’t arrived.
o 她還沒到達.
o The reasons haven’t become clear yet. = The reasons still haven’t become clear.
o 這些理由還是不夠清晰易懂.

Notice however that yet is usually placed at the end of the sentence1, and still is placed before the verb. In addition, most English speakers would say that the sentences with still include a sense of impatience that the sentences with yet do not have.
然而你有沒有注意到yet通常是置於句子的尾部, still則置於動詞的前方. 除此之外, 大多數的說英語者在說帶有still的句子時會顯示出不耐煩的情緒, 但說到帶有yet的句子時卻沒有顯示出不耐煩的情緒.

I hope this helps.
我希望這對你有所幫助.


來源: http://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/Th ... -and-still

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