Haveyouhadyourdinneryetx不能简单回答

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Have you had your dinner yet【x】不能简单回答

Answer 1

still和yet在意义上都作"仍然、还"解,在有些情况下,可以通用.
a．I have still a few more pages to read．（=I have a few more pages to read yet．）
still一般与现在时态或进行时态连用,而不与过去时或完成时连用.
b．The money is still here if you want it．
c．Are you still living in that room?
d．It is eleven o'clock but Henry is still hard at work．
yet几乎总是放在句尾,still一般放在句中.比较still和yet在句子中的位置：
e．You must work harder yet．（=You must work still harder．）
f．We have exported a lot of good,but we must export more yet．
（=We have exported a lot of goods,but we must export still more．）
still 出现在疑问句中,常表示"惊讶、生气"等情态.
g．What!Are you still working?I thought you had gone home．
h．Is that fellow still here?I wish he'd go away．（生气）
试比较下面两句话：
i．Isn't William here yet?
j．Is William still not here?
两句话都译成：威廉还没有来吗?但是,在表达情感的程度上却不一样：人们在期待着威廉,而他却没有来,这使得说话者感到十分惊讶,而且可能生气了.这里j句比i句表示的惊讶和生气程度更加强烈.
注意下面两句在意义上的不同：
k．Is William still here?威廉还在这儿吗?
1．Is William here yet?威廉来了吗?
k句表示威廉已经来过这里了,但说话者不知道他现在离开这里没有.I句表示人们在期待着威廉,但说话者不知道他现在来了没有.