卻

[què]

英語翻譯

卻[què]

-（后退）stepback:
goback;retreat退卻
-（使退卻）driveback;repulse:
repulsetheenemy卻敵
-（推辭;拒絕）decline;refuse;reject:
decline;refuse;推卻
Itwouldbeungraciousnottoacceptyourinvitation.盛情難卻。
-（用在某些動詞后，表示動作的完成）:
cooloff;冷卻
forget;忘卻
-（表示轉折）but;yet;however;while:
Hewasfullofsympathyforher,yethedidn'tknowwhattosay.他很同情她，卻又不知說什么好。
Shehadalottosay,butatthetimeshewasunabletoutteraword.她有許多話要說，一時卻什么也說不出來。

卻què（ㄑㄩㄝˋ）

⒈ 同“卻”。

still, but; decline; retreat

我們盡可談論美的事物，然而美本身卻是抽象的。
We may talk of beautiful things, but beauty itself is abstract.
他到了渡口，卻發現渡船在對岸。
He went down to the ferry but found the boat on the other side.
你在夜晚可以看到星星，白天卻看不到。
You can see stars by night, but not by day.
他說他是位醫生，但后來卻發現他是個騙子。
He said he was a doctor, but it subsequently emerged that he was an impostor.
我花了很多時間在這件工作上，他們卻告訴我說這是無用的。
I had expended much time on the work but they told me it's useless.
沿海地區的冬天天氣暖和，可是相比之下中部平原卻異常寒冷。
The coastal areas have mild winters, but by contrast the central plains become extremely cold.
在倫敦英鎊對美元仍堅挺，但在紐約卻跌了一點兒。
The pound stayed firm against dollar in London but fell a little in New York.
他需要的一切都得到了，卻還牢騷滿腹。
He has everything he needs, but he is still full of grumbles.