yet

1. ADV 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. 尚 (用于否定句); 已經(jīng) (用于疑問(wèn)句)

They haven't finished yet. 他們還沒(méi)有結(jié)束。

No decision has yet been made. 尚未作出決定。

She hasn't yet set a date for her marriage. 她尚未定下她結(jié)婚的日子。

2. ADV 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. (當(dāng)時(shí)) 還 (用于否定句)

There was so much that Sam didn't know yet. 有那么多薩姆當(dāng)時(shí)還不知道的。

3. ADV 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. (此時(shí)) 還 (用于否定句)[with brd-neg, ADV with v]

Don't get up yet. 還別起床。

The hostages cannot go home just yet. 人質(zhì)們這時(shí)還不能回家。

4. ADV 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. 迄今 (最…)

This is the network's worst idea yet. 這是到目前為止該網(wǎng)絡(luò)最糟糕的點(diǎn)子。

Her latest novel is her best yet. 她的最新小說(shuō)是到目前為止她的最好的小說(shuō)。

5. ADV You can use yet to say that there is still a possibility that something will happen. 仍 (用以表示某事仍有發(fā)生的可能性)[ADV before v]

Like the best stories, this one may yet have a happy ending. 像那些最好的故事一樣，這個(gè)故事可能仍有個(gè)幸福的結(jié)局。

6. ADV 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. 還 (會(huì)繼續(xù)某段時(shí)間)[n ADV]

Unemployment will go on rising for some time yet. 失業(yè)人數(shù)還會(huì)繼續(xù)增長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間。

Nothing will happen for a few years yet. 幾年內(nèi)還不會(huì)發(fā)生什么事。

7. ADV 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. 還 (不曾做某事)[ADV to-inf]

She has yet to spend a Christmas with her husband. 她還不曾跟丈夫一起度過(guò)一個(gè)圣誕節(jié)。

8. CONJ You can use yet to introduce a fact that is rather surprising after the previous fact you have just mentioned. 然而

I don't eat much, yet I am a size 16. 我吃得不多，然而我是個(gè)穿16號(hào)的人。

9. ADV 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. 還 (尤用以強(qiáng)調(diào)令人吃驚的事物)[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

I saw yet another doctor. 我還看了另一位醫(yī)生。

They would criticize me, or worse yet, pay me no attention. 他們會(huì)批評(píng)我，甚或更糟，會(huì)不理我。

10. PHRASE You use as yet with negative statements to describe a situation that has existed up until the present time. 迄今還 (用于否定陳述句中)[正式]

As yet it is not known whether the crash was the result of an accident. 迄今尚不知該撞擊是否是由于一起事故。