却[què]

动

1. step back

♦ 退却

2. drive back; repulse

♦ 却敌

3. decline; refuse

♦ 推却

4. (used after a verb to indicate completion of an action)

♦ 冷却

副but; yet

♦ 她有许多话要说, 一时~什么也说不出来。 She had a lot to say, but at the time she was unable to utter a word.

♦ 文章虽短~很有力。 The essay is short but forceful.

♦ 这样推理很周全, ~说服不了我。 The logic is sound, and yet it does not convince me.