卻

nevertheless

yet

while

but

however

to go back

to decline

to retreat

only to

whereas

卻[què]

-（后退）stepback:
goback;retreat退却
-（使退却）driveback;repulse:
repulsetheenemy却敌
-（推辞;拒绝）decline;refuse;reject:
decline;refuse;推却
Itwouldbeungraciousnottoacceptyourinvitation.盛情难却。
-（用在某些动词后，表示动作的完成）:
cooloff;冷却
forget;忘却
-（表示转折）but;yet;however;while:
Hewasfullofsympathyforher,yethedidn'tknowwhattosay.他很同情她，却又不知说什么好。
Shehadalottosay,butatthetimeshewasunabletoutteraword.她有许多话要说，一时却什么也说不出来。

我们尽可谈论美的事物，然而美本身却是抽象的。
We may talk of beautiful things, but beauty itself is abstract.

他到了渡口，却发现渡船在对岸。
He went down to the ferry but found the boat on the other side.

你在夜晚可以看到星星，白天却看不到。
You can see stars by night, but not by day.

他说他是位医生，但后来却发现他是个骗子。
He said he was a doctor, but it subsequently emerged that he was an impostor.

我花了很多时间在这件工作上，他们却告诉我说这是无用的。
I had expended much time on the work but they told me it's useless.

沿海地区的冬天天气暖和，可是相比之下中部平原却异常寒冷。
The coastal areas have mild winters, but by contrast the central plains become extremely cold.

在伦敦英镑对美元仍坚挺，但在纽约却跌了一点儿。
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，却还牢骚满腹。
He has everything he needs, but he is still full of grumbles.

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