喜樂美語

You can think of yet as standing on a timeline at 'now', looking at something expected that has not arrived up to this point — the slot is still empty, but it's pointed toward the future, so it could still come.

可以想成站在時間軸的「現在」這一點，望著一件本來預期會到、但到此刻還沒到的事：那個位子目前是空的，可是它朝著未來開著口，所以還有可能補上。

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意思相近

just yetevenbutso farstillhoweverup to nowneverthelessas yet

意思相反

nowalready

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

yetadv詞源 1/jɛt/

  • 1

    Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.

    • I haven't finished yet.
    • Have you finished yet?
  • 2

    Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.

    • Don't switch it on yet – wait until I've reconnected the pump.
  • 3

    archaicThus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.

    • He is yet breathing. (He is still breathing.)
    • O, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave […]? (US National Anthem)
  • 4

    At some future time; eventually.

    • The riddle will be solved yet.
    • He'll be hanged yet.
  • 5

    Not as of the time referenced.

    • I’ve yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him.
    • I had yet to go to a convention. — I had not yet gone to a convention.
  • 6

    In addition.

    • There are two hours yet to go until our destination.
    • It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
  • 7

    Even.

    • K-2 is yet higher than this.
    • Oh no! Yet more problems!

yetconj詞源 1/jɛt/

  • 1

    Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.

    • I thought I knew you, yet how wrong was I!
    • It’s incredible yet true.

yetverb詞源 2/jɛt/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo pour.

    • […] & stablenes of perseueraunce; graunt me for all wor[l]dly consolacyons the swete, gracyous vnccyon of the holy goost, & for all carnall loue
    • Some with a fals herte, and a payntyd face In his lordes seruyce to haue chefe rowme and place Into his lordes erys yetyth secretly Lyes venemous, […]
  • 2

    obsoletedialectalTo melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).

    • […] whiche shall present him selfe openly stained or embrued with sondry colours, or poudered with the duste of stones that he cutteth, or perfumed with tedious sauours of the metalles by him yoten.

yetnoun詞源 2/jɛt/

  • 1

    dialectalA metal pan or boiler; yetling.

yetverb詞源 3/jɛt/

  • 1

    To get.

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