詞彙精選：although的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

conj.

雖然，儘管

例句：

Although Connie was in the final stages of her fight against cancer, she was alert and cheerful.

雖然康尼處於和癌症搏鬥的晚期，但她仍然神智清醒，精神愉快。

例句：

Although commission pricing is a common practice in Western countries, the method is different in China.

雖然回扣價在西方國家是很普遍的現象，但是回扣的方式與中國不同。

例句：

[Although] my uncle is old, he looks very strong and healthy.

我的叔叔雖然老了，但他看上去還是很健壯。

二、詞義辨析：

though,although,as

這些連詞均可表示“雖然，儘管”之意。though和although在意義上幾乎毫無區別，但文體上後者是較正式用詞，語氣比though強。此外，在習慣用法上這兩個詞仍有以下一些差異：gh可引出倒裝語序的讓步狀語從句，although 則不能。gh可與even連用，although則不能；在as though結構中，只用though，不能用although。gh可以置於從句末，而although則不能。4.引出省略句時，通常用though。as引出讓步狀語從句只用於倒裝語序結構中，語氣強於上述兩個連詞。

三、參考例句：

Although thirty, he is childlike.

儘管他已三十歲了，但還是孩子般的無邪。

She was civil, although distant.

她雖然態度冷淡，倒還算客氣。

Although nonflammable, oxygen is a strong oxidizer.

儘管不可燃，氧是一種強氧化劑。

Although he was ill, he worked hard.

他雖然生病,但仍努力工作。

Although corals are actionless, they are active.

珊瑚雖然一動不動但其實是活體。

Although they are poor, they are happy.

雖然他們很窮，但很快樂。

Although the idealistic Gotham City Police Dept.

警探詹姆士·戈登和他憤世嫉俗的搭檔哈維·波洛克很快就解決了這個案子，雖然看似如此，但事情似乎沒有這麼簡單。

Although, secretly, you feel like this.

然而你私底下的感覺是這樣。

They are ambitious although they are poor.

他們雖窮卻很有志氣。

Although thirty-years old, he is childlike.

儘管他三十歲了，但還是如孩子般天真｡