在学习了FANBOYS系列的AND, BUT, OR, FOR之后,今天我们继续讲解YET的用法及考点。
YET有两种词性,既是副词,又是连词,咱们一起来看看它的用法吧。
一、Yet作连词
Yet作连词时,表示“despite what has just been said 但是,然而”。
👉【常见形式】
A yet B
👉【例句】
American writer Edwidge Danticat, who emigrated from Haiti in 1981, has won acclaim for her powerful short stories, novels, and essays. Praising her lyrical yet unflinching depictions of her native country’s turbulent history, writer Robert Antoni has compared Danticat to Nobel Prize–winning novelist Toni Morrison.
在这个例句中,“yet”作为连词,它连接了“lyrical”(抒情的)和“unflinching”(坚定的)两个形容词,表达了 Danticat 在描述她祖国动荡历史时,文笔优美抒情,但又直面和揭露历史的残酷和挑战,不回避任何艰难的主题。
👉【常见形式】
SVO, yet SVO.
SVO—yet SVO.
👉【例句】
They were terrified James would die—yet there were moments when they almost wished he would.
在这句话中,“yet”作为连词,连接了两个句子,表达两个矛盾的情感状态,一方面他们害怕詹姆斯的死亡,另一方面在某些时刻,由于可能的痛苦或困境,他们又几乎希望他死去以结束这一切。这种转折表达了人物复杂的心理状态,他们的情感在恐惧和希望之间摇摆。
二、Yet作副词
Yet作副词时,有诸多含义,我们通过例句,来总结一下常用含义有哪些。
1. used in negative sentences and questions to talk about sth that has not happened but that you expect to happen
(用于否定句和疑问句,谈论尚未发生但可能发生的事)
例:
We have yet to decide what action to take.
我们尚未决定采取何种行动。
2. used to emphasize an increase in the degree of sth (= how bad, important, etc. it is)
(强调程度的增加)更
例:a recent and yet more improbable theory
一个新提出的但更加不切实际的理论
3. used to say that sth could, might, etc. happen in the future, even though it seems unlikely
(表示将来可能发生,尽管现在似乎没有可能)早晚,总有一天
例:She could yet surprise us all.
总有一天,她会让我们都大吃一惊。
4. used to emphasize an increase in number or amount or the number of times sth happens
(强调次数或数量的增加)
例:snow, snow and yet more snow
下雪,下雪,还要下雪
咱们来做一道真题,检验一下各位同学对这里的yet理解是否到位吧。
Australia ratified the Outer Space Treaty, an international agreement with over 100 signing nations that acts as the foundation for the laws of space, on January 27,1967 Colombia signed the treaty; it has yet to officially ratify it.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A. however,
B. similarly,
C. specifically,
D. for example.
答案:A
解析:
这个题目在考察逻辑词,此处“yet”的意思,会对该题的选择产生一定的影响,如果不确定这个词的意思,则可能判断失误。yet在此处表示“还未,尚未”,对应上述第一词条的用法,所以这句话翻译为“哥伦比亚签署了该条约;然而,它尚未正式批准”。了解到yet的意思后,有利于我们发现前后存在的转折关系,因此选择however。如果没有注意到这个小词的话,可能会误选其他答案。
以上就是与并列连词YET有关的主要考点啦,TD SAT教研组还会继续给同学们介绍“FANBOYS”中其它词的用法。咱们下期见!
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