摘要:The problems are not serious. Nonetheless, we shall need to tackle them soon. (问题并不严重。尽管如此,我们仍需尽快解决这些问题。)[牛津高级学者辞典]
nonetheless前面要有背景句。它表达“尽管有背景句的事实,还是如此”,如
【例句1】The problems are not serious. Nonetheless, we shall need to tackle them soon. (问题并不严重。尽管如此,我们仍需尽快解决这些问题。)[牛津高级学者辞典]
【例句2】There are serious problems in our country. Nonetheless, we feel this is a good time to return. (我国存在严重的问题。尽管如此,我们认为现在是回归的好时机。)[剑桥高级学者辞典]
【例句3】There was still a long way to go. Nonetheless, some progress had been made. (还有很长的路要走。尽管如此,还是取得了一些进展。) [柯林斯高级学者辞典]
Nonetheless后面一般有逗号,这因它是对前面背景句的“尽管”。如果没有逗号的停顿,容易将它混进“如此”句中。
不过,也偶见到没逗号的,如
【例句4】The region was extremely beautiful. Nonetheless Gerard could not imagine spending the rest of his life there. (该地区非常美丽。尽管如此,杰拉德还是无法想象在这里度过余生。)[朗文当代英语词典]
如果nontheless出现在句末,自然不需要再画蛇添足加逗号,如
【例句5】The paintings are complex, but have plenty of appeal nonetheless. (这些画很复杂,但仍然很有吸引力。)[朗文当代英语词典]
注意上句有but连词。nontheless是副词,因此连词but必须有。可能but nontheless语感有点绕,就将nonetheless放到后面了。
其实有了but, 还加nontheless有点脱裤子放屁。不过自然语言没有编程语言那样吝啬,适当的脱裤子放屁在芸芸众生的表达中常常有。当然有时也有强调语效。
下面这句but nontheless放一起了,可能是因is后面的两个表语非常简洁,
【例句6】His face is serious but nonetheless very friendly. (他的脸很严肃,但仍然很友好。) [柯林斯高级学者辞典]
下面这句中的nonetheless用两个逗号与句子隔开,是插入语。提示说话人觉得这个nonetheless不是特别必要,
【例句7】The book is too long but, nonetheless, informative and entertaining. (这本书太长了,但内容丰富,很有趣。)[牛津高级学者辞典]
nonetheless是习语,它是比照nevertheless造的词,相当于是never+the+less的缩写。
nevertheless的词源和逻辑应该是比较乱,因为中古英语曾有neverthelater,never-less, ner-the-less,never-later, not-the-less等多个词都有差不多的含义。
大体上,这里的neve有“一点也不(not at all)”之义。猜测less后面应该有than what has been described短语被省略了。也就是,never the less大约是“确定性一点也不弱于上面所述”。
neverthemore原本也是用的,含义是“一点也不多于”,但现在已经废弃。
来源:笑到飞起