并列連詞but和yet的用法

1. but 的用法

主要用于表示轉(zhuǎn)折，意為“但是” 。如

It was a sunny but not very warm day. 那一天天氣晴朗，卻不太暖和。

He drives not carefully but slowly. 他開車不是很小心，而是開得很慢。

注意：不要按漢語意思將“雖然……但是……”直譯為 although…but…。如

雖然我們很貧窮，但我們很快樂。

誤：Although we are poor,but we are happy.

正：Though we are poor,we are happy./We are poor, but we are happy.

2. yet 的用法

與 but 一樣，yet 也主要用于表示轉(zhuǎn)折，意為“但是”、“而” 。如

I have failed, yet I shall try again. 我失敗了，但我還要嘗試。

注意：有時(shí)可與并列連詞 and 或 but 連用，構(gòu)成習(xí)語 and yet 和 but yet，且兩者大致同義(均相當(dāng)于表轉(zhuǎn)折的 but)。如

She drove very fast to the airport, but [yet, and yet, but yet] she missed the plane. 她開快車去機(jī)場，可還是誤了飛機(jī)。