一般说来,分号的作用介于逗号和句号之间,即用分号隔开的两部分之间的关系,比用句号隔开的紧密,但不及用逗号分开的紧密。当两个主句没有任何连接词连接而出现在同一个句子中时,分号可起到替代连接词的作用。它常用于分隔没有连接词的句子,但一般不用在从句之间。简单地说,分号一般表示的是分句与分句之间的并列,主要用法有 In general, the semicolon’s role is between the comma and the period, that is, the relationship between the two parts separated by semicolons is closer than the period-separated but less comma-separated. When two main sentences without any conjunctions appear in the same sentence, the semicolon can be used as an alternative connective. It is often used to separate sentences without connectives, but generally not in the clause. In short, the semicolon generally indicates the parallel between clauses and clauses, the main usage there