yet的意思|yet的解释-里氏词典

yet [jet]

ad. 还, 尚, 仍然, 已经, 然而

conj. 然而

yet

[ adv ]

up to the present time

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I have yet to see the results

details are yet to be worked out

used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

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So far he hasn't called

the sun isn't up yet

to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons

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looked sick and felt even worse

an even (or still) more interesting problem

still another problem must be solved

a yet sadder tale

within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time

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he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves

sooner or later you will have to face the facts

in time they came to accept the harsh reality

used after a superlative

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this is the best so far

the largest drug bust yet

despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)

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although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it

while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed

he was a stern yet fair master

granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go

Yet \Yet\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large marine gastropods
belonging to the genus {Yetus}, or {Cymba}; a boat shell.

Yet \Yet\, conj.
Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.

Yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these. --Matt. vi.
29.

Syn: See {However}.

Yet \Yet\, adv. [OE. yet, [yogh]et, [yogh]it, AS. git, gyt,
giet, gieta; akin to OFries. ieta, eta, ita, MHG. iezuo,
ieze, now, G. jetzo, jetzt.]
1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. ``A
little longer; yet a little longer.'' --Dryden.

This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our
savior, lays such a particular stress acts of mercy.
--Atterbury.

The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of
piety and justice. --L'Estrange.

2. At the same time; by continuance from a former state;
still.

Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens.
--Addison.

3. Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; --
and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present
time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet.
See {As yet}, under {As}, conj.

Ne never yet no villainy ne said. --Chaucer.

4. Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in
time. ``He 'll be hanged yet.'' --Shak.

5. Even; -- used emphatically.

Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of
witches, nor yet the evidence against them. --Bacon.

"What portion of the 12 percent are drivers is not yet known," said Richard Sykes, professor of speech communication at the University of Minnesota and director of the survey.
Japan's robust economy has yet to show signs of inflation.
With just 3,000 employees, the service is smaller than the New York City Police Department, Morris said, yet its ranks are stationed in every U.S. judicial district from Guam to the Virgin Islands.
In New York's garment district, work sometimes comes to a halt as word of yet another AIDS death spreads across Seventh Avenue.
Bright Banc, with $3.1 billion in assets, is the biggest failed thrift in Texas and the largest yet sold by the Resolution Trust Corp.
'I'll pick it up and put it straight in the box.' The general indifference towards next month's elections is partly because the political parties have yet to launch their campaigns.
Manuel Antonio Noriega, and sources today said the Roman Catholic church would issue its harshest denunciation yet of the military strongman.
Jim Van Messel, co-executive producer of "Entertainment Tonight," says the show hasn't heard yet from any agents or lawyers offering to sell a client's grisly tale, but doesn't expect to wait long.
Although CableOne said no other advertisers have signed up yet, it expects advertisers to be attracted to the potential of "roadblocking," in which the same commercial runs at about the same time on a number of different networks.
As business slows at Wesray, some of its younger investment bankers, who haven't made Simon-size fortunes yet, are jumping ship.
Robins has asked the bankruptcy court to block suits against it that might be brought by women who haven't yet discovered that the Shield hurt them.
But the Fed later sent a signal that traders interpreted as a sign that the central bank hasn't yet launched another move.
Though not all the links are yet filled in, the system meets the current needs. Unusually, Mr McCammon enters all the data himself - partly to ensure its correctness, but he does it mainly to keep him in touch with all that is happening in the company.
Information in the filing indicates that the insurer has not yet put its real estate problems behind it, however. During 1991, foreclosures on real estate increased by $700 million to $1.8 billion, the company said.
McKesson remains one of the largest potential partners yet to sign such a deal. Sir Richard Sykes, chief executive, has said that deals with intermediaries and even other pharmaceuticals companies were under consideration.
"We don't know as yet the exact cause of the smoke.
One-seventh of the voters said they had decided in the past two weeks, and 22 percent indicated they could change their minds. Another 6 percent hadn't decided yet.
The recession, which began in mid-1992, has yet to bottom out.
Some countries, including Russia and Nigeria, have yet to be assessed.
And yet, this man, the governor, equated the president to a rotting fish.
The brewing and leisure sectors have similar property portfolios, yet the full significance of the change does not yet appear to have sunk in.
The brewing and leisure sectors have similar property portfolios, yet the full significance of the change does not yet appear to have sunk in.
The proposal was announced over a year ago and Canada's federal government hasn't yet introduced formal legislation.
Sir, With reference to your article, 'UN aims to redraw border of Iraq and Kuwait' (February 19), to date no final recommendations on the actual boundary have yet been made.
The statement appeared to be the most high-powered pledge of solidarity yet by writers with Rushdie and his publishers, and was a response to Khomeini's Feb. 14 call.
Kirk, in Atlanta, said those talks had not yet resumed, although he said aides to the two men had spoken.
We haven't addressed that yet."
The CBI message may yet seep into the general consciousness, confirming what people know from experience to be true.
Few aspects of modern life are so crucial and yet so taken for granted as words on the printed page.
If Mr Soskovets' tough line - rather than Mr Yeltsin's quiet granting of soft loans - is to be the new rule in Russian economic policy, then Russia could be poised for one of the most serious political battles it has yet faced.

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