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金沙文字

四时有秋 大自然法则。人法地 地法天 天法道 道法自然 何悲之有？宇宙乃一微尘，而况人乎！
方此之時﹐雖曰秋至﹐實仍夏焉。[/color]--...实乃长夏。仅供参考。

海外逸士

謝謝各位。

那么用這個 ‘yet' 沒問題嗎？
沒問題。

Does it mean 'I want to cut some cost on air-conditioning, but I fail to
do so.'?
CORRECT。中英文有一個不同之處﹕中文裡﹐前面說過的﹐後面要再提一下。英文裡
不需要﹐就能UNDERSTOOD。

自娱自乐

为什么没问题呢？but 和 yet 是同义词。再来读这句句子 --- At such a time, though it is autumn, yet it is really still summer. ----yet 不是当副词用来强调否定含义或则其他，而是连接词 but 的意思。

rlee

两人对酌山花开，一杯一杯复一杯。 我醉欲眠卿且去，明朝有意抱琴来。

海外逸士

語言順其慣用。

周道模

两人对酌山花开，一杯一杯复一杯。 我醉欲眠卿且去，明朝有意抱琴来。
rlee 发表于 2010-3-1 11:43:00

老李浪漫，韵也不压，还是好诗。

自娱自乐

語言順其慣用。
海外逸士 发表于 2010-3-1 22:38:00

Well, I agree with you, anyway, 'yet' can also mean 'still'.

Though it is autumn, it is yet really summer?

or

Though it is autumn, (yet) it is really summer?

or

Though it is autumn, (still) it is (really) summer?

When 'still' and 'yet' are together appearing in this sentence, I reckon readers may have to regard 'yet' as 'but', is it possible?

Yishi, you haven't said much, I still think it is a good lesson to me though.


Thanks very much for your reply!

自娱自乐

Yishi, don't get it wrong please! I am not trying to correct you, but learning from you instead, for I am at any rate an amateur.

Cheers

自娱自乐

As for the other sentence, if I render it, I wonder if I could simply say 'if i want to cut some cost on air-conditioning, i will likely / surely fail'

自娱自乐

四时有秋 大自然法则。人法地 地法天 天法道 道法自然 何悲之有？宇宙乃一微尘，而况人乎！
方此之時﹐雖曰秋至﹐實仍夏焉。[/color]--...实乃长夏。仅供参考。
金沙文字 发表于 2010-2-28 20:07:00

Golden-sand, what's the difference between yishi's and yours please?