词组 | though (although)...yet |
释义 | though (although)...yet 【问】 我已经知道,though (although)... but是中国人常犯的典型错误。但是,though... yet为什么就不是典型错误呢? but和yet同是连词,为什么用法有这么大的区别? 【答】 首先应当肯定,though...yet是正确的英语格式: 1. Though he is poor,yet he is satisfied with his situation. (CGEL) 尽管他很穷,但他对他的境况是满意的。 2. Though the sore be healed,yet a scar may remain. (Prov) 伤口虽愈合伤疤却永留。 为什么在这里可以用yet,而不能用but呢?因为but是并列连词,而yet却是个副词。副词yet与从属连词though并用,可产生关联关系。除yet之外,在含有让步状语从句的主句中还可以使用nevertheless,still等副词: 1. Although (Though) admission was free,nevertheless few people attended the lecture. 尽管免费入场,但听讲的人却不多。 2. Although he was ill,yet/still/nevertheless he managed to look careful.(《新编英语语法》) 虽然他病了,但他尽力显出很注意的样子。 3. CGEL明确指出: “...formal correlation contributes both to stylistic elegance and to textual clarity (especial-ly where the two parts to be connected are long and complex)。” [“正式的关联词语(指though/although...yet/still/nevertheless等等)不仅能使文体优雅,而且还能使句子的前后关系明确(当两个相关联的部分长而复杂的时候,尤其如此)。”]据此可以证明,though...still条中所列出的全国高考英语试题是可以选D的。 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第1195页. |
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