即使

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即使
[jíshǐ]
even if; even though
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简体中文>英语, CC-CEDICT
即使
jíshĭ
(also 〈书〉 即令,即若) 连 even; even if; even though; even granted that; notwithstanding:
- 即使下雨我也去。 I'll go anyway even if it rains.
- 即使跟我没有关系,我也要管。 I shall make it my business even if it had nothing to do with me.
- 即使条件再好,也还要靠自己努力。 No matter how favourable the conditions are, we'll still rely on our own efforts.
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英词典
即使
jíshǐ
〈连词<posen>conj.</posen>表示假设的让步 {[expression supposition] even; even if; even though; though}:
- ~我们的工作取得了很大的成绩,也不能骄傲自满。 {We cannot afford to sit on our laurels even if we have made big achievements.}
- ~你当时在场,恐怕也没有别的办法。 {There was little you could have done even if you had been there.}[注意]<biaoqian>NOTE:
- </biaoqian>
‘即使’所表示的条件,可以是尚未实现的事情,也可以是与既成事实相反的事情。 {The condition indicated by this conjunction may be either sth. that has not happened or sth. that is opposite to the actual situation.}
简体中文>英语, 现代汉语词典
即使
jíshǐ
even; even if/though
- 即使很努力,他还是最后一名。 For all his efforts, he still came last.
- 即使不成功,他们也会支持你的。 They will stand by you even if you don't succeed.
- 即使如此,我也会来的。 I'll still come for all that.
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英大词典
即使
/jíshǐ/
even; even if; even though; if
简体中文>英语, 简明汉英词典
即使
jí shǐ
可以分别表示假设、让步或强调,有“就算是”的意思。
表示假设有以下几种译法。
if,指即使(先假设或虚拟),再用“也”,“还”等词转入正题。
- 你即使失败了也没有关系。 It doesn't matter if you fail.
- 这件事,即使要我的命也要干。 I will do it if it kills me.
- 即使太阳从西边出来,我也不会那么干。 If the sun were to rise in the west, I would not do so.
- 即使把我毙了,我也不能。 If I were to be shot for it, I wouldn't.
few (little) if any,指即使有其人其事,也不会多,few用于可数名词;little用于不可数名词。
- 即使有树也很少。 There are very few trees, if any.
- 即使有这样的人也为数不多。 There are few, if any, such people.
- 即使有希望也微乎其微。 There is very little, if any, hope.
- 他即使有钱也所剩无几。 He has little money, if any left.
seldom…if ever,指即使有某种情况也不会多。
- 昆明即使下雪,也很难得。 It seldom snows in Kunming, if ever.
- 即使确有其事,也不会多。 It occurred seldom, if ever.
- 她即使去看电影,次数也很少。 She seldom, if ever, goes to the movies.
用grant, admit, assume等动词的分词表示假设。
- 即使这是真的,又能得出什么结论呢? Granting this to be true, what is to be inferred from it?
- 他们的做法即使不对,你大包大揽也不对呀。 Granted that they weren't doing it the right way, you weren't right in taking everything upon yourself.
- 即使他有能力做这件事,也得努力工作才能完成. Admitting that he has the ability to do that, he has to work hard to carry it out.
- 即使事已如此,你也该对他说真话。 Assuming that it is so, you ought to have told him the truth.
表示让步有以下几种译法。
though,因为是假设下的让步,故不用although。
- 即使全国都反对他,他还是敢说他想说的话。 He is not afraid to say his say, though the whole country is against him.
- 即使土地丢了又怎么样,并不是一切都没有了。 What though the field is lost, all is not lost.
no matter what (how),表示的“即使”比though表示的更强烈。
- 这样的人即使活得长,也不过是行尸走肉。 Such men, no matter to what extent their life may be prolonged, are merely walking corpses.
- 即使出了事,他也不会说一个字的。 No matter what happens, he would not say a word.
- 即使所有的人都来攻击我,你也会保护我的。 You would defend me no matter how all the people attack me.
when, while, whereas,先退一步,再转入正题,以此进行让步情况下的对比。
- 即使全丢光,还有未来嘛。 When all is lost, the future still remains.
- 好说谎的人即使说了真话,也无人相信。 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
- 即使不一致,我们还是朋友嘛。 While we don't agree we continue to be friends.
- 你说的我即使理解,也不能同意。 While I understand what you say, I can't agree with you.
- 即使承认这些问题有困难,我也不是说就不能解决。 Whereas I admit that the problems are difficult, I don't suggest that they cannot be solved.
- 即使同情,我也帮不了多少忙。 Whereas I sympathize, I can't really do very much to help.
用动词不定式表示让步。
- 即使为救我的命,我也不干这种事。 I will never do that, to save my life.
- 即使把他们都杀了,也不足以泄恨。 To have had them all killed would not have vented our wrath.
用祈使句表示让步。
- 即使找遍天涯海角你也不会找到第二个这样的东西。 Seek through the world, you may not find another like it.
- 即使再穷,也不会有人卖国。 Let it be over so poor, there is nobody but betrays his country.
表示强调有以下几种译法。
even,除了单独使用外,常与if, though连用,分别强调假设或让步。
- 他呀,你即使用3头牛也拉不回来。 You couldn't pull him back even with three bulls.
- 他即使在晚上也很少放松。 Even at night he seldom relaxed.
- 即使我想生他的气,也办不到呀。 I couldn't be angry with him even if I tried.
- 我们相信,他们凭借种种造谣和欺骗的手段即使得逞一时,也终究难逃失败。 We believe that they will fail in the end even if they can have their own way at the moment by means of cheating and making rumors.
- 即使他肯定这一点,我也不会相信。 Even though he affirmed it, I wouldn't believe it.
- 即使你给钱,我也不干。 I won't do it, even if you pay me money.
very,强调所修饰的名词。
- 即使是北洋军阀,在走这一步以前也得三思而行。 The very Northern Warlords would have to think twice before taking such a step.
- 随着科学技术的进步,即使是星球也已进入了人类探索范围之内。 With science and technology advancing, the very stars have come within the range of human exploration.
反身代词,有时也可强调所修饰的名词。
- 大和小是相对的字眼,与原子核相比,即使一个小小的原子也是巨大的宇宙。 Large and small are relative terms. Compared with its nucleus, the tiny atom itself is a vast universe.
- 千得漂亮!即使成吉思汗亲自驭马也不过如此。 Well done! Genghis Khan himself could not have mastered a horse in better order.
形容词最高级有时也可强调所修饰的名词。
- 只要真理在握,人数即使再少,也比千军万马强大。 The smallest number, with truth in hand, are mightier than thousands.
- 对于知识来说,最长的寿命也嫌太短。 The longest life is too short for knowledge.
do,可用来强调动词。
- 他们即使有干预,这种干预也是软弱无力和犹豫不决的。 Where they did interfere, their interference was feeble and irresolute.
- 那几个即使活了下来,也受到严重烧伤。 Those who did survive got terrible burns.
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英翻译大辞典