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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。
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。
"Anyway" is an adverb.
anyway是副词。
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。
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”。
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。
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。
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。
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。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。反正天要下雨了。
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anyhow。
You also asked about the word "nevertheless."
你也问到了nevertheless这个词。
It is an adverb too.
它也是一个副词。
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。
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。
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。
Nevertheless, we should still follow the safety guidelines.
尽管如此，我们仍然应该遵循安全指南。
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）。
And that's Ask a Teacher. I'm Jill Robbins.
以上就是本期《名师答疑》，吉尔·罗宾斯为您播报。
