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单词 yet
释义 yet
I. \(|)yet, usu -ed.+V\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English yet, yit, yut, from Old English gīet, gīeta, gȳt; akin to Old Frisian ieta, eta, ita yet
1.
 a. : besides what has been considered or mentioned already : in addition : as well : also
  < had yet another side to his character — R.A.Hall b.1911 >
  < by ordinary post, as I could furnish yet another … if that went wrong — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
 b. : even — used as an intensive with comparatives
  < at a yet faster speed >
  < came nearer and yet nearer >
  or after nor
  < have never voted for him, nor yet intend to >
 c. : on top of everything else : no less
  < adjoining rooms with bath and kitchenette yet, at a price that is reasonable indeed — K.L.Wilson >
  < writes a whole book about them. With pictures, yet — J.N.Leonard >
2.
 a. : continuously up to or as late as the present or some specified time : as previously : still
  < animals yet thrive at the bottom — R.E.Coker >
  < riches were still respectable, the rise of a millionaire was yet a romance — Osbert Sitwell >
  < had developed a great civilization while yet pagans — Kemp Malone >
 b. : up to now : so far : hitherto
  < linguistic evidence has yet yielded but a scanty return to the historian of culture — Edward Sapir >
  < there is yet to be any scientist of any repute who encourages … the saucer-prophets — Saturday Review >
 c. : at this or that time : as soon as now
  < is it time to go yet >
  < has the mail arrived yet >
 d. archaic : at length : finally
  < ere yet the bees hum about globes of clover — John Keats >
3.
 a. : at some future time : before all is done : eventually
  < wish to get to him the two blue woolen shirts … and will try to do it yet — Walt Whitman >
  < could feel in the soft air the flowers that were yet to show themselves — J.B.Benefield >
 b. archaic : during the continuance of the present into the future : from now on : henceforth
  < yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me — Jn 7:33 (Authorized Version) >
4. : however, nevertheless, notwithstanding
 < the verse, which nowhere bursts into a flame of poetry, is yet economical and tidy — T.S.Eliot >
 < a life that was austere and which yet was happy because of its purpose — R.M.Hodesh >
II. conjunction
Etymology: Middle English yut, yit, from yut, yit yet, adverb
1. : but
 < a few pretty rivers that look like prime trout water, yet they are not — Pete Barrett >
2. : though
 < my soul, yet I know not why, hates nothing more than he — Shakespeare >
III. adjective
Etymology: yet (I)
: existing or lasting up to the present or a specified time : still continuing
 < the yet ruler, but not for long >
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