whereas何以有“尽管,然而”?

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摘要:对当代英语,where限于空间的“哪里”,但在英语演变历史进程中,它也有拓展的in which position or circumstances, 因此whereas的含义是in the circumstances as,也就是“处于.....情形下”,这就

对当代英语,where限于空间的“哪里”,但在英语演变历史进程中,它也有拓展的in which position or circumstances, 因此whereas的含义是in the circumstances as,也就是“处于.....情形下”,这就是它作为连词而有“鉴于”的缘由。

虽然whereas对比了两个事实,但其目的是为了凸显两个事实中的一个,所以若将它换成but, 在语法上没有问题,可是语义上but所连的两个事实的重要性相等。故而whereas不宜翻与“但是”对应,而应翻译为“尽管”(whereas从句在前),或"然而”(wheresas 从句在后)。

品读例句:

【例句1】Some of the studies show positive results, whereas others do not. (一些研究显示了积极的结果,而另一些则没有。)[牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句2】We thought she was arrogant, whereas in fact she was just very shy. (我们认为她很傲慢,而事实上她只是很害羞。) [牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句3】You eat a huge plate of food for lunch, whereas I have just a sandwich. (你午餐吃了一大盘食物,而我只有一个三明治)[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句4】Pensions are linked to inflation, whereas they should be linked to the cost of living. (养老金与通货膨胀挂钩,而应与生活成本挂钩。)[柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句5】Whereas the population of working age increased by 1 million between 1981 and 1986, today it is barely growing. (尽管在1981年至1986年间,劳动年龄人口增加了100万,但今天几乎没有增长。) [柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句6】Whereas most new PCs have several USB slots, older ones often only had one. (虽然大多数新电脑都有几个USB插槽,但旧电脑通常只有一个。)

以上句子的whereas也可以换成while,但是指时间的while不能改成whereas, 如

【例句7】The secretary took care of my appointments while I was away from the office. (当我不在办公室的时候,秘书负责我的约会。)

后半句不可以改成:whereas I was away from the office.

来源:一品姑苏城

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