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already是什么意思(为什么already是频度副词)

already是什么意思(为什么already是频度副词)

Using Still, Already, and Yet in English

英语中三个经常引起混淆的时间副词是still, yet和already。

所有这些词都用于描述即将发生的动作,或预期会发生的动作,或目前已经意外发生的动作。

在本文中,我们将更详细地研究still、already和yet的用法。

副词Still

用来描述延续到现在的未完成的动作或情况。

它经常用于描述比预期的时间要长的情况。

注意still的位置;它出现在动词或形容词的前面,而不是后面。

  • My grandfather is sixty-nine and he still works every day at the shop he owns.
  • Do you still live with your parents?
  • It’s 6pm, and I can’t leave the office because I still have work to do.
  • Are you still angry with your mum?
  • He is still asleep, so don’t wake him up.

    如果用两个动词(be动词和实意动词)来描述动作,still这个词就放在它们之间。

  • He started his exam an hour ago, and he is still answering the questions.
  • Is it still snowing? (= it continues to snow, it hasn’t stopped)
  • When I went to bed, John was still working.

    但是,如果动词动作的一部分是否定的,或者是not这个词,still出现在否定助动词的前面:

  • Adam has stopped smoking but his brother still hasn’t quit.
  • I took the clock to the repair shop, but it still isn’t working.

    副词yet用于阐明预期的动作,用在疑问句中。它可以用于过去的动作,但必须与过去时态动词连用。

    重要的是要记住,单词yet经常出现在句子的结尾。

  • Are we there yet? (这是孩子们在长途旅行时问父母的一个典型问题)
  • Is the report ready yet?
  • Hasn’t dad told you yet? We’re moving to Alaska!

    yet这个词也可以用在否定句,来表示预期的行动或事件没有发生:

  • Mary can’t go home yet. She hasn’t finished her work.
  • They haven’t paid me yet. (and I expected to be paid by now)
  • His parents haven’t kicked him out of their house yet.

    Yet有时用于肯定句中,与still意思相同。注意,这是更正式的语言,而不是一般的。

  • We have yet to hear the big news from Aunt Martha.

    此外, yet和still常用于解释为什么某个动作一直持续到现在。

  • I am still studying at the university because I haven’t graduated yet.
  • We still don’t know who our new boss will be. The owners haven’t told us yet.
  • I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to quit my job to go travel. I’m still thinking about it.

    Already用来描述发生得比预期的要早。这个副词用于肯定句,通常用于谈论过去或现在。如果使用了将来完成时,它也可以用来谈论将来。

  • “Ask Katie to send the article to her editor.” “She has already sent it.”
  • “I already know what I’m going to buy you for your birthday.”
  • “They’ve already seen Spiderman and really don’t want to see it again.”
  • “I will have already cleaned my room by the time you get home.”

    注意下面句子中already的位置:

  • Is Mary already here? She must have driven very fast to get here before me.
  • How does he already have the answers to tomorrow’s test?
  • Have they already obtained their visas?

    在现在时态的句子中,already位于做动作的主语和动词之间。

    对于现在或现在完成动词形式的疑问句,already就出现在主语的后面。

    然而,在现在完成时的肯定句中,词序是:主语 have already 过去分词。