| 词汇 | although |
| 释义 | although conjunction uk /ɔːlˈðəʊ/ us /ɑːlˈðoʊ/ B1 despite the fact that: 虽然，尽管 She walked home by herself, although she knew that it was dangerous.她一个人步行回的家，尽管她知道那样做很危险。 He decided to go, although I begged him not to.虽然我苦苦阻拦，他还是决定去。 B1 but: 但是，然而 He's rather shy, although he's not as bad as he used to be.他很腼腆，但是比以前要好一些了。 She'll be coming tonight, although I don't know exactly when.她今晚要来，但具体时间我不知道。 Mysteriously, the light came on, although no one was near the switch.奇怪的是，灯亮了，尽管没有人靠近开关。 I have the greatest respect for his ideas, although I don't agree with them. They won the war, although it cost them millions of lives.尽管牺牲了数百万人的生命，但他们赢得了战争的胜利。 In the final straight Meyers stumbled, and although he didn't fall it was enough to lose him first place.迈耶斯在最后的直道上绊了一下，虽然没有摔倒，但也足以使他丢掉第一的位置。 At 84 he's still quite active, although he walks with the aid of a stick.他84岁了，虽然走路需要拄着拐杖，可仍旧非常硬朗。 Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast after again albeit at any rateidiom at leastidiom best but disjunctive given however in the face of somethingidiom in the teeth of somethingidiom mind nonetheless rate slice spite though tooth when GrammarAlthough or though? Although and though both mean ‘in spite of something’. They are subordinating conjunctions. This means that the clause which they introduce is a subordinate clause, which needs a main clause to make it complete: … Although and though meaning ‘in spite of’ Although and though both mean ‘in spite of something’. They are subordinating conjunctions. This means that the clause which they introduce is a subordinate clause, which needs a main clause to make it complete: … Although and though meaning ‘but’ When the although/though clause comes after a main clause, it can also mean ‘but it is also true that …’: … Though meaning ‘however’ Especially in speaking, we can use though (but not although or even though) with a meaning similar to however or nevertheless. In these cases, we usually put it at the end of a clause: … As though As though has a meaning very similar to as if. As if is much more common than as though: … Conjunctions: contrasting The conjunctions but and although/though connect ideas that contrast. Whereas is also used but it is not as common: … But But is a coordinating conjunction used to connect ideas that contrast. Coordinating conjunctions connect items which are the same grammatical type. … Although/though Although/though can be used to contrast ideas. Although/though are subordinating conjunctions used to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause, like after, as, before, if, since, that, even though, even if. … But or although? But cannot be used in the same way as although/though. We use but to connect items which are the same grammatical type (coordinating conjunction). … Even though, even if Even though and even if are also used as subordinating conjunctions in the same way as although/though. Even though is similar to although but it makes a stronger contrast: … Conjunctions: typical errors We use and to connect words in a list and to connect phrases and clauses in a sentence: … although | American Dictionaryalthough conjunction us/ɔlˈðoʊ/ despite the fact that, or despite being: He decided to go, although I begged him not to. Examples of althoughalthough Although establishing new schools is not permitted, there is always a loophole that can be exploited. Although it is rarely clearly stated, we implicitly have a predicate whose result tells us when an abstract value permits strictness optimisations. Although many countries are planning to privatise, there has been little research into the effects of water privatisation. The studies use a nice mix of qualitative and quantitative measures, although they lack representative samples. The chapters illustrate a range of methods, although there is an overall emphasis in favour of qualitative approaches. The qualitative character of men and women's friendships was often distinctive, although mediated by social class and area differences. Although, in principle, strong objections may be raised against such direct comparisons, some qualitative results have been obtained. Although parties were relatively quick to form, historians have underscored the importance of the fact that they were not anticipated by the founders. Although it was well-known that rice is mainly self-pollinating, it was also known that some cross-pollination can take place. My judgement is that such experiences are no less vivid than ordinary experience, although of course greatly reduced in informational content. Mere preferences independent of evaluation are excluded, although they provide goals in the ordinary sense. Note that this phenomenon has a purely inertial character; viscous forces cannot prevent it, although these forces guarantee the space regularity of the solution. Related, although somewhat different considerations apply to texts of purely theoretical nature, too. I refused, although there was enough of the medicament for her and for myself. Although some approaches cluster functions under different types, some approaches make use of syntactic representations. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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