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Stenka25 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
The meaning of 'still'
the meaning of 'still'
The passage comes from Healing Spaces By Esther M Sternberg.
https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=EiV42F85iDgC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%22one+could+still+find+hospitals+where+the+only+department%22&source=bl&ots=DhvGwOMBo4&sig=82OsTOwQucSmRUHyV9PQAkk1osc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAGoVChMI65y0hYrUyAIVAb2UCh2aGAbe#v=onepage&q&f=false
In the early 1970s, one could still find hospitals where the only department that was air-conditioned was the Radiology Department, because the delicate equipment could not tolerate the summer heat.
I'd like ask a question regarding the underlined 'still'.
I cannot figure out the meaning of it.
The below dictionary that I looked up, doesn't show the meaning suitable to the 'still' in question.
Hope for your replies.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/still
adv.
10. at this or that time; as previously:
? Are you still here?
11. up to this or that time; as yet.
12. in the future as in the past.
13. even; in addition; yet (used to emphasize a comparative):
? still greater riches.
14. even then; yet; nevertheless.
15. without sound or movement; quietly:
? Sit still!
Regards.
The passage comes from Healing Spaces By Esther M Sternberg.
https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=EiV42F85iDgC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%22one+could+still+find+hospitals+where+the+only+department%22&source=bl&ots=DhvGwOMBo4&sig=82OsTOwQucSmRUHyV9PQAkk1osc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAGoVChMI65y0hYrUyAIVAb2UCh2aGAbe#v=onepage&q&f=false
In the early 1970s, one could still find hospitals where the only department that was air-conditioned was the Radiology Department, because the delicate equipment could not tolerate the summer heat.
I'd like ask a question regarding the underlined 'still'.
I cannot figure out the meaning of it.
The below dictionary that I looked up, doesn't show the meaning suitable to the 'still' in question.
Hope for your replies.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/still
adv.
10. at this or that time; as previously:
? Are you still here?
11. up to this or that time; as yet.
12. in the future as in the past.
13. even; in addition; yet (used to emphasize a comparative):
? still greater riches.
14. even then; yet; nevertheless.
15. without sound or movement; quietly:
? Sit still!
Regards.
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Stenka25one could still find (hospitals ...)~ a person was able to find, in the same way that a person was previously able to find, (hospitals ...)
I'd say the definition that comes close is 10: "as previously".
"still" has to do with the continuation of something that existed previously. The idea in the quoted text is that s
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Thanks a lot as always, teechr.
Thanks a lot as always, CJ.
Your reply drew me to the extct meaning of the 'still'.
Thanks a lot as always, CJ.
Your reply drew me to the extct meaning of the 'still'.
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