1. | 和；与；同；又；而also; in addition to |
bread and butter 涂黄油的面包 | |
a table, two chairs and a desk 一张桌子、两把椅子和一张办公桌 | |
Sue and I left early. 我和休早离开了。 | |
Do it slowly and carefully. 要慢慢仔细地做。 | |
Can he read and write? 他能读会写吗？ | |
I cooked lunch. And I made a cake.(= you are emphasizing how much you have done) 我做了午饭，还做了一个蛋糕。 |
2. | 加；加上added to |
5 and 5 makes 10. 5 加 5 等于 10。 | |
What's 47 and 16? 47 加 16 得多少？ |
3. | 然后；接着then; following this |
She came in and took her coat off. 她进来后脱了外衣。 |
4. | go, come, try, stay, etc. ~ （用于动词前代替 to，表示目的）…为了used before a verb instead ofto , to show purpose |
Go and get me a pen please. 请你去给我拿支钢笔来。 | |
I'll come and see you soon. 我很快就会来看你。 | |
We stopped and bought some bread. 我们停下来买了一些面包。 |
5. | （引出说话或提问）那么，于是used to introduce a comment or a question |
‘We talked for hours.’ ‘And what did you decide?’ “我们谈了好几小时。”“那么你们作出了什么决定？” |
6. | （表示结果）结果是；那么；就as a result |
Miss another class and you'll fail. 你再缺一次课就会不及格。 |
7. | （连接相同的词，表示反复或连续）接连，又，愈来愈used between repeated words to show that sth is repeated or continuing |
He tried and tried but without success. 他反复尝试，但没有成功。 | |
The pain got worse and worse. 疼痛越来越厉害了。 |
8. | （连接相同的词，强调差别）与…不同，各有不同used between repeated words to show that there are important differences between things or people of the same kind. |
I like city life but there are cities and cities. 我喜欢城市生活，但城市之间也有差异。 |
