1.The auditor-general is responsible for supervising and independently examining South Africa's finances.
be responsible for為…負責,形成…的原因
Who will be responsible for the expedition's supplies?
誰將負責探險隊的物資供應?
2.Yet among the job hopefuls were laborers, a security guard, a secretary and some whose highest education level was high school.
yet用作連詞時,與but一樣也主要用于轉折,意為“但是”“而”:
I have failed, yet I shall try again. 我失敗了,但我還要嘗試
。The judge was stern, yet completely fair. 法官很嚴峻,卻完全公正
。They are the same, yet not the same. 它們又一樣,又不一樣
。It is strange, yet it is true. 那真是怪事,然而卻是事實
。I’ve been away only for three years, yet I can hardly recognize my hometown. 我僅在外三年,可我幾乎認不出我自己的故鄉了
。He said he was our friend, yet he wouldn’t help us. 他說他是我們的朋友,但卻不肯幫助我們
。有時用在句首
。如:Yet the house was cheerful. 但屋子里顯得很歡快
。Yet its population has doubled. 但它的人口翻了一番
。