单词音标:【音标】 [?:l'?ou] 汉语翻译conj. 虽然, 尽管词意辨析:though, although, as, even though这些连词均可表示“虽然,尽管”之意。 though: 和although在意义上几乎毫无区别,但在习惯用法上这两个词仍有以下一些差异:1.though可引出倒装语序的让步状语从句,although 则不能。2.though可与even连用,although则不能;在as though结构中,只用though,不能用although。3.though可以置于从句末,而although则不能。4.引出省略句时,通常用though。 although: 与though在意义上相似,但文体上是比较正式用词,语气比though强。 as: 引出让步状语从句只用于倒装语序结构中,语气强于上述两个连词。 even though: (=even if),意为“即使”,引导让步状语从句。though也引导让步状语从句,意为“虽然”;even though有退一步设想的意味,与though不同。though引导的句子所说的是事实,even though引导的句子所说的则不一定是事实。例如:- he will not tell the secret even though(even if)he knows it.
即使他知道这个秘密,他也不肯说出来。 - he will not tell the secret though he knows it.
他虽然知道这个秘密,但他不会说出来。
例句:- A car overtook me although I was going fast.
我虽然开得很快,还是被一辆车超过了。 - Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.
尽管她贫穷,但她总想装出上流社会阶层的样子。 - Although they can swim, the polar bears are terrestrial animals.
北极熊虽然会游泳,但也是陆栖动物。 - She seemed a babe although she was already thirty.
尽管她已经三十岁了,看上去还象个小孩。 - Although my uncle is old, he looks very strong and healthy.
我的叔叔虽然老了,但他看上去还是很健壮。
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