though
conjunction
uk/ðəʊ/us/ðoʊ/B1
despitethefactthat:
虽然，尽管She hasn't called,eventhough she said she would.虽然她说过要打电话，可还没打。
B2
but:
可是，不过，然而They're coming nextweek, though I don'tknowwhichday.他们下周要来，但我不知道是哪天。
as though
B2
as if:
好像，似乎Youlookas though you've beenrunningamarathon!你看上去好像跑了个马拉松似的！
- He blurted everything out about thebaby, though we'dagreedtokeepit asecretfor a while.
- Iplaythepianotolerablywell, though I have noparticulartalentfor it.
- Even though she hasn't really got thetime, she stillofferedtohelp.
- Ienjoyedher newbookthough it's notquiteas good as her last one.
- Initialreportssay that sevenpeoplehavedied, though this has notyetbeenconfirmed.
Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast
- again
- any way you slice itidiom
- at any rateidiom
- at leastidiom
- best
- but
- disjunctive
- given
- hand
- however
- in the face ofsomethingidiom
- in the teeth ofsomethingidiom
- might
- nevertheless
- only
- rate
- slice
- spite
- tooth
- when
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Similar and the same
Grammar
Althoughorthough?
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:…Althoughandthoughmeaning ‘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:…Althoughandthoughmeaning ‘but’
When the although/though clause comes after a main clause, it can also mean ‘but it is also true that …’:…Thoughmeaning ‘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.…Butoralthough?
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:…though
adverb
uk/ðəʊ/us/ðoʊ/B2
despitethis:
可是，不过，然而We went to highschooltogether. I haven'tseenher foryears, though.我们是高中校友，但我已多年没见过她了。
Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast
- again
- any way you slice itidiom
- at any rateidiom
- at leastidiom
- best
- but
- disjunctive
- given
- hand
- however
- in the face ofsomethingidiom
- in the teeth ofsomethingidiom
- might
- nevertheless
- only
- rate
- slice
- spite
- tooth
- when
Grammar
Althoughorthough?
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:…Althoughandthoughmeaning ‘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:…Althoughandthoughmeaning ‘but’
When the although/though clause comes after a main clause, it can also mean ‘but it is also true that …’:…Thoughmeaning ‘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.…Butoralthough?
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:…