【英文轉折語】但是、然而、可是英文怎麼用?but, however, nevertheless, nonetheless一次學會
文章編號:G4-007
轉折語在英文裡頭扮演著非常重要的角色,而轉折語使用上是否流暢,以及使用的時機都將會為我們在英文寫作、英文口語上有所加分
若是想要考多益、英檢的朋友,若能將轉折語學好的話,相信能夠為自己的英文能力更加分!
大家剛接觸英文時就會學到but「但是」這個對等連接詞(何謂對等連接詞? 詳見G26系列文章)
但英文學久了,總覺得用but來連接兩個立場相反的論點句子太平凡了
為了增加句子變化,可以把它換成用來表達「但是」、「然而」或「可是」這類意思的副詞,這類副詞就三個字:however/ nevertheless/ nonetheless.
這三個字有什麼不一樣呢?真要分的話,常用程度:however ⟩ nevertheless ⟩ nonetheless,而nevertheless跟nonetheless較however更為正式且語氣強烈.)
however/ nevertheless/ nonetheless如何連接句子
這三個副詞要如何用來連接兩個英文句子呢?既然它們是副詞,不是連接詞,用法上不能跟but一樣,直接連接兩個句子.如同我們在《G4-005【英文轉折語】一次弄懂而且 另外轉折語,英文寫作更加分!》有提到三種寫法,接下來我們用例子說明一下:
例如有人要邀請你去派對,但你有很多工作要做不能去,英文句子可以這麼說
E.g.: I would love to go to the party(,) but I have a lot of work to do today. |
(1) 第一句話寫完後句點.寫出這些轉折語之一(記得第一個字母要大寫),寫完後逗點,再接第二個句子。 |
換言之,以下的寫法是錯的唷:
I would love to go to the party, however/ nevertheless/ nonetheless, I have a lot of work to do today. (X)
however/ nevertheless/ nontheless 除了放句首,還可以放句中或句尾
以上例句看得出來這三個副詞都放在第二個句子的句首.但其實除了放句首外,還能放在句中或是句尾。
(放句中)
E.g.: This is an easy way to do it, but there are, however, dangers.
= This is an easy way to do it, but there are(,) nevertheless/ nonetheless(,) dangers.
(放句尾)
E.g.: This is an easy way to do it, but there are dangers, however.
= This is an easy way to do it, but there are dangers nevertheless/ nonetheless.
補充閱讀:「however」正確用法是?來看例句搞懂!
補充閱讀:不再搞混!but, however, nonetheless用法區別詳解!
提醒:however這副詞還有另外一個意思「不論多...」,等於no matter how, 後面可能會接個形容詞或副詞之後再接個副詞子句,不會像上面用法直接來個逗點就接個完整的英文句子唷,詳見G15系列文章
以上,however/ nevertheless/ nonetheless這三個副詞表達「但是」、「然而」或「可是」的用法熟悉了嗎?如果熟悉了,可以用下面的題目來小試身手~
課後小練習
Exercises: 請用however, nevertheless或nonetheless來連接每題內的兩個句子,並置於第二句話的句首.要注意大小寫跟標點符號唷~
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