「though & even though」差異在哪?如何使用?
✒ though 作從屬連接詞時引導副詞子句,表示「雖然…」,可放在句首或句中。
Though Molly wasn't tired, she fell asleep at 10 p.m.
雖然茉莉不感到疲倦,她還是在晚上十點就睡著了。
Our dog loves going out for walks, though he's quite old and moves very slowly.
我們家狗狗很愛出去散步,雖然牠年紀大了以及行動緩慢。
!口語用法放句尾。
Billy didn't come to my birthday party yesterday. His brother did, though.
比利昨天沒來參加我的生日派對,不過他哥哥有來。
!注意!在中文裡,「雖然」常和「但是」連用,但英文中的 though 則絕對不可與 but 連用。這是因為在英文中,兩個子句只能用一個連接詞連接,而 but 是一個對等連接詞。
✒ even though 的意義與 though 相近,表示「雖然…;儘管…」,只是語氣更為強烈。通常是描述已經發生的事實或存在的狀況,可放在句首或句中。
Even though Tyler has been busy lately, he still goes to basketball practice three days a week.
儘管泰勒最近變得忙碌,他依然一個禮拜會去三次籃球練習。
Liam failed his history test, even though he spent many hours studying for it.
連恩的歷史考試依然沒及格,雖然他花了好幾個小時複習。
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