while 表对比和让步的用法
(2016-07-23 22:02:37)
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while的用法对比与让步 |
分类: Grammar |
I. 用 while 表示同时存在的两种事物的对比,引出并列分句,有时甚至是两个独立分词结构。
1. Some substances are soluble, while others are not. 有些物质是可溶的,而另一些物质则不是。
2. While energy is the capacity to do work, power is the quantity of work done in unit time. 能是作功的本领,而功率则是单位时间内所作的功的数量。
3. Solids vary greatly in resistance, some being very good conductors, while others being insulators. 固体电阻变化大,有些是良导体,而有些是绝缘体。
4. Some experiments are difficult while others are easy. 有些实验是难的,而其它一些实验是容易的。
注:while 引出的并列分句在后面时,while 前一般打逗号,但也有不打逗号的,如上面最后一句。
II. while 表示“虽然”、“尽管”,引出让步从句。这只能根据上下文判别。
1. While part
of the heat can be converted back to mechanical work, it is never
possible to recover all of it. 虽然部分热量能够变回为机械功,但它永远不可能全部复原了。(如果将
While
引出的从句译成时间状语从句(正当……时候)或译成表示对比的关系(……而……),都不如译成让步意义(虽然……)为宜,因此就可推断
While 引导具有让步意义的从句。)
2. While the
practical contributions of probability theory are undisputed, few
theories have created such a philosophical controversy.
尽管概率理论的实际贡献是无可争辩的,但极少理论象它那样引起这样的争论。
3. The PV product, while (it is) nearly constant at a given
temperature, does vary somewhat with the pressure. 尽管 PV
乘积在给定的温度下几乎恒定不变,但它确实随压力而略有变化。
1. Some substances are soluble, while others are not. 有些物质是可溶的,而另一些物质则不是。
2. While energy is the capacity to do work, power is the quantity of work done in unit time. 能是作功的本领,而功率则是单位时间内所作的功的数量。
3. Solids vary greatly in resistance, some being very good conductors, while others being insulators. 固体电阻变化大,有些是良导体,而有些是绝缘体。
4. Some experiments are difficult while others are easy. 有些实验是难的,而其它一些实验是容易的。
注:while 引出的并列分句在后面时,while 前一般打逗号,但也有不打逗号的,如上面最后一句。
II. while 表示“虽然”、“尽管”,引出让步从句。这只能根据上下文判别。
摘自 《新编英语阅读手册》 叶永昌主编