Hello! This week's question on Ask a Teacher comes from Nitin in India.

大家好!本周《名师答疑》的问题来自印度的尼廷,0v@ruf5)N[Er。

He asked us on YouTube:

他在YouTube上问我们：

Could you tell me the use and meaning of these two words: nevertheless and anyway?

你能告诉我nevertheless和anyway这两个词的用法和意思吗？

Dear Nitin, thank you for writing to us.

亲爱的尼廷，谢谢你的来信cvcJp9Ye2tik&at+z。

"Anyway" is an adverb.

anyway是副词3%auepz5+pIk3。

That means it describes or gives us more information about a verb or adjective.

这意味着它描述或给我们提供了关于动词或形容词的更多信息Qfl=o.aptsKfC+9]l。

The usual meaning is similar to "in any case" or "even though something else is true."

通常的意思类似于“在任何情况下”或“即使其他事情是真的”WvF]V-=OkE(。

Let us look at some examples of how we use it.

让我们来看看如何使用它的一些例子fFCAA~AL7#+Q.。

I think Candice will not read my message but I'm going to write to her anyway.

我想坎迪斯不会读我的信息，但我无论如何都要给她写信J8o^i2hY__S(H+。

In this statement, the speaker is writing despite the fact that the message is not likely to be read.

在这个句子中，尽管信息不太可能被阅读，但说话人依然要写wgI]S.szz+Fj*。

Another meaning of "anyway" is to give more force to a question, as in:

anyway的另一个意思是加强问句的语气，比如：

You can't go to the front of the line. Who do you think you are, anyway?

你不能走到队伍的前面ijVqIGJJYnB。你以为你到底是谁？

And a third way to use "anyway" is to add or make a change to something that was said before:

第三种用法是对之前说过的话进行补充或更改：

I'm sorry, you can't go to the park today. Anyway, it's going to rain.

对不起，你今天不能去公园|qe)SL7hCZg%eQXU[。反正天要下雨了^0%Hzs4,_@muAiUP。

An informal word that is used like "anyway" is "anyhow."

还有一个像anyway这样的非正式词汇是anyhowtgeKS-!D0xg。

You also asked about the word "nevertheless."

你也问到了nevertheless这个词n!PxMc&=g^*,8iyq_5。

It is an adverb too.

它也是一个副词mkN&_HOvQ2MApu。

And it means in spite of something that was said before.

它的意思是尽管之前说过一些话W|hJ]yvZwC。

It is more formal and sounds a little old-fashioned when compared to "anyway."

与anyway相比，这个词更正式，听起来有点过时^@))hba%,3sMy.O2z-vF。

For example: COVID-19 infection rates are falling in my state.

例如：在我所在的州，新冠肺炎感染率正在下降rXgjbL,I5=u*^k5|u。

Nevertheless, we should still follow the safety guidelines.

尽管如此，我们仍然应该遵循安全指南=xhI^gc*Q7ibXK(-#.G。

Other words or expressions you may see that can serve the same purpose as "anyway" are "anyways," "nonetheless," "regardless," "in any case" and "at any rate."

你可能会看到和anyway用法相同的其他单词或短语，比如anyways，nonetheless，regardless（尽管如此），in any case，at any rate（无论如何）HKW_xIcCEGrA+J,ZZb。

And that's Ask a Teacher. I'm Jill Robbins.

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