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也 [yě] 副

1. ■ （表示同样） also; too; as well; either; likewise:

不哭也不闹 (A child) neither cries nor makes any trouble.;

你不去， 我也不去。 If you're not going, I'm not going either.

他说法语，也会说西班牙语。 He speaks French, and Spanish as well.

他也会游泳。 He can also swim.

我也是教师。 I'm a teacher, too.

中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展 中国家。 China is a socialist country, and a developing country as well.

2. ■ （叠用， 强调两事并列） as well as:

操场上也有打球的，也有跑步的。 Some of the people on the sports ground are playing ball games, and some are running.

她也会打篮球，也会打网球。 She can play tennis as well as basketball.

3. ■ （叠用， 表示无论这样或那样;不以某种情形为条件）:

你去也得去， 不去也得去。 You've got to go , whether you want to or not.

他左想也不是， 右想也不是。 He just couldn't make up his mind either way.

天好我们也干， 天不好我们也干。 We never stop working, rain or shine.

4. ■ （表示转折或让步， 常跟上文的“虽然 、即使”等呼应）:

即使失败10次，我也不灰心。 I'll never lose heart even if I should fail ten times.

你不说我也知道。 You don't have to tell me. I know already.

5. ■ （表示委婉等语气）:

也只好这样了。 We'll have to leave it at that.

这袋土豆也就一百斤。 This sack of potatoes weighs a hundred jin at most.

6. ■ （表示强调， 常跟 “ 再、 一点、连” 等字连用）:

等了半天也没见他来。 We had been waiting for him for a long time, yet he didn't turn up.

他病得一点也不想吃。 He is so ill that he doesn't feel like eating anything.

我永远也不会忘记听她唱那支歌时的情景。 I shall never forget hearing her singing that song.

现在连偏僻的山区也用上了拖拉机。 Nowadays tractors are used even in remote mountainous regions.

再冷的天我也不怕。 I can stand colder weather than this.

助

1. ■ [书]

2. ■ （表示判断、 解释等语气）:

陈胜者， 阳城人也。 Chen Sheng was a native of Yangcheng.

非不能也， 是不为也。 It is not a question of ability but one of readiness.

3. ■ （表示疑问或反诘的语气）:

何也? How is that?; Why so?

是可忍也， 孰不可忍也? If this can be tolerated, what cannot?

4. ■ （用于句中， 表示停顿）:

地之相去也， 千有余里。 The place is over a thousand li away.

5. ■ （表示嘱咐）:

不可不慎也。 You must be very careful.

6. ■ （表示感叹）:

何其毒也！ How pernicious！

名

1. ■ （姓氏） a surname:

也伯先 Ye Boxian