still

/stɪl/ adv. / adj.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

仍然；依旧；还；静止的；平静的；不动的

释义与例句

adv. 仍然；依旧；还
continuing until now or until the time being talked about, or in spite of what has just been said
  1. She still lives in the house where she grew up.
    她仍然住在自己长大的那座房子里。
  2. Are you still waiting for a reply from the company?
    你还在等那家公司的回复吗？
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  1. It was raining heavily, but they still went ahead with the match.
    雨下得很大，但他们仍照常进行了比赛。
adj. 静止的；平静的；不动的
not moving, or calm and without movement or noise
  1. Please keep still while the doctor examines your arm.
    医生检查你的手臂时，请不要动。
  2. The lake was perfectly still in the early morning.
    清晨湖面十分平静。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. She stood still and listened to the birds.
    她一动不动地站着，聆听鸟鸣。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 still 作副词表示“状态仍持续”，作形容词表示“没有移动”；keep still 是保持不动，而 not yet 是“尚未”，不要混用。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • stillness 静止；寂静
    不可数名词，指没有动作、声音或干扰的平静状态。
反义词
  • moving 移动的；运动的
    still 作形容词表示“不动、静止”，moving 表示“正在移动”。keep still 是保持不动，keep moving 是继续移动，二者在该含义下相反。
    Stand clear of the moving parts of the machine. 请远离机器的运动部件。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • yet 还；尚；仍然
    still 表示某状态到某时仍在继续，常用于肯定句或疑问句；yet 常用于否定句或疑问句，表示某事截至某时尚未发生或询问是否已经发生。She is still waiting 与 She has not left yet 的含义和结构不同。
    We have not received the results yet. 我们还没有收到结果。
常见搭配
  • still waiting 仍在等待
    An hour later, we were still waiting for the bus. 一个小时后，我们还在等公共汽车。
  • keep still 保持不动
    The photographer asked everyone to keep still for a moment. 摄影师请大家保持片刻不动。
  • stand still 站着不动；静止
    The traffic stood still for nearly twenty minutes. 车流停滞了将近二十分钟。