表示兩者之間選擇其一,常用的有:or(或者,否則),otherwise(否則),or else(否),either…or(不是……就是)。如:
(34)Either he is to blame or I am.不是他該受責(zé),就是我該受責(zé)。
(35)You must go to work or/or else/otherwise you'll lose your job.你得去上班,要不然就要失去這份工作了。
表示兩個概念有矛盾或?qū)φ眨S玫挠衎ut(但是),yet(然而),still(仍然),however(然而),while(而,可是另一方面),whereas(而,反過來)等。
(36)He is well over severty,but he doesn't look at all old.他七十多歲,但看上去一點兒也不老。
(37)She trained hard all year yet still failed to reach her best form.她全年艱苦訓(xùn)練,然而仍未達(dá)到自己的最佳狀態(tài)。
(38)Although she felt ill,she still went to work.她雖然覺得身體不舒服,但仍然去上班了。