already什么意思(Already, still 还是 yet?)

already什么意思？Already, still 还是 yet?

选择Already 或 yet?

我们用already来表示在说话之前已经发生或可能发生的事情。Already有时表示说话人感到惊讶，某事出乎意料:

Is it seven o’clock already? (The speaker didn’t expect it to be so late.)

yet最常用于疑问句和否定句中，用来谈论预期但尚未发生的事情:

Is it seven o’clock yet? (The speaker thinks that probably it’s almost seven o’clock.)

A:

Where will you be staying?

B:

I haven’t decided yet, but somewhere in the city centre.

Already指已经发生的事情或者人们认为可能已经发生的事情。Yet指尚未发生的事情或人们认为可能没有发生的事情。

Already, yet 还是 still?

我们用still 而不是 yet或already来表示一种情况的继续:

I still meet my friends from my schooldays now and then. (I continue to meet my friends)

Not: I already meet my friends or I yet meet my friends

比较

A:

Is your sister still at university?

B:

Yes. She’s got one more year to do.

I know she was at university. Does that continue to be true?

A:

Is your sister at university yet?

B:

No. She’s only 17. She’ll go next year.

I expect that she will go to university. Is she there now?

A:

Is your sister already at university? She’s only 17!

B:

Yes. She started this year. She’s so clever they let her enter a year early.

I’m surprised if your sister is at university. I did not expect it to happen until later.

否定用already, still, yet

yet的否定句意为到现在为止某事还没有发生:

I haven’t spoken to Henry about the car yet.

否定句用still仍然表明情况应该有所改变，但事实并非如此。

I still haven’t found my passport. I know it’s here somewhere. (I’ve been looking for it for a long time. I should have found it by now)

注意:

我们通常把yet放在主动词后面，而把still放在主语后面。

比较

I haven’t finished yet.

I still haven’t finished.

You know, it’s dark now and she hasn’t arrived yet.

You know, it’s dark now and she still hasn’t arrived.

already的否定词比yet和still的否定词要少得多。它们通常指在事情发生之前应该发生的事情:

If you’ve already registered, the price is 50 pounds. If you haven’t already registered, it’s 75 pounds for late registration.

I was surprised that they hadn’t already told me the news.