/jet; jɛt/
adv
1 (a) (used in questions and negative sentences and after vs expressing uncertainty, usu in final position; in British English usu with the present or past perfect tense, in US English usu with the simple past 用于疑问句和否定句中及用于表示怀疑的动词之後, 通常位于句末; 在英式英语中通常用于现在或过去完成时态, 在美式英语通常用于简单过去时态) by this or that time; until now/then 到这时; 到那时; 直至现在[当时]; 尚; 还; 仍然
*I haven't received a letter from him yet. 我至今尚未收到他的信. (Cf 参看 (US) I didn't receive a letter from him yet.)
* `Are you ready?' `No, not yet.' ｀你准备好了吗?＇｀还没准备好呢.＇
* She was not yet sure if she could trust him. 她还没有把握确定是否相信他.
* I doubt if he has read it yet. 我怀疑他是否看过这篇东西.
(b) now or in the immediate future 现在; 马上; 立刻
*Don't go yet. 先不要走.
* You don't need to start yet. 你不必立刻就走. =>Usage at already 用法见already already.
2 (used with a modal v; formal if placed immediately after the modal v 与情态动词连用; 若紧接情态动词之後则更文雅) at an indefinite time in the future 不久的将来; 迟早; 早晚
*We may win yet. 我们迟早会获胜的.
* She may surprise us all yet. 她总有一天会让我们大家感到惊奇.
* (fml 文) We can yet reach our destination. 我们终究能达到目的.
3 (used after superlatives 用于最高级之後) made, produced, written, etc until and including now/then 直至现在[当时]（所制造、生产、书写等）
*the most comprehensive study yet of his poetry 迄今为止对他的诗歌最全面的研究
* the highest building yet constructed 到现在为止最高的建筑物
* her best novel yet 她的最好的小说.
4 (used in front of comparatives 用于比较级之前) even 更
*yet one more example of criminal negligence 另一个刑事疏忽之例
* yet another victim of government policy on national health funding 政府的国民保健拨款政策的另一个受害者
* a recent and yet more improbable theory 最新的而且也是更加不可信的理论
* advancing yet further 更进一步的发展.
5 (idm 习语) as `yet until now/then 到现在[当时]为止
*an as yet unpublished document 现尚未发表的文件
* As yet little is known of the causes of the disease. 造成这种疾病的原因迄今几乎一无所知. yet a`gain (emphatic 强调) once more 再; 再一次
*Yet again we can see the results of hasty decision-making. 我们可以再一次看到仓促作出决定的後果 > yet conj but at the same time; nevertheless 然而; 而; 但是
*slow yet thorough 虽然慢但是彻底
* She trained hard all year yet still failed to reach her best form. 她全年艰苦训练, 然而仍未达到自己的最佳状态.