当 yet 作为连词使用时，和 but 相似，主要用于表示转折，意思是“但是”“然而”：例如，“I have failed, yet I shall try again.”（我失败了，但我还要尝试。）
“The judge was stern, yet completely fair.”（法官很严厉，却完全公正。）“They are the same, yet not the same.”（它们既相同，又不同。）“It is strange, yet it is true.”（这很奇怪，但却是事实。）“I’ve been away only for three years, yet I can hardly recognize my hometown.”（我仅仅离开三年，但我几乎认不出我的家乡了。）“He said he was our friend, yet he wouldn’t help us.”（他说他是我们的朋友，但却不肯帮助我们。）有时 yet 会被用在句首，例如：“Yet the house was cheerful.”（但屋子显得很欢快。）“Yet its population has doubled.”（但它的人口翻了一番。）yet 有时能与并列连词 and 或者 but 一起使用，构成习语 and yet 和 but yet，这两者大致意思相同（都相当于表示转折的 but）：“I gave him ten pounds (and) yet he was not satisfied.”（我给了他十镑，但他仍不满足。）“She’s vain and foolish, and yet people like her.”（她虚荣又愚蠢，但人们却喜欢她。）“She drove very fast to the airport, but [yet, and yet, but yet] she missed the plane.”（她开快车去机场，但还是误了飞机。）although 不能和表示转折的 but 一起使用，但是可以和 yet 一起用。比如：“Although we have made some progress, yet we still have a long way to go.”（我们虽然取得了一些进步，但仍然有很长的路要走。）
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