词汇精选：though的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

adv.

（尤用于句末补充说明，使语气减弱）不过，可是，然而

例句：

It might be worth your while to go to court. This is tricky, though, and you'll need expert advice.

你来说这官司或许值得一打，不过这件事有点棘手，你需要专家的建议。

例句：

We all tried our best, we lost the game though.

我们都已尽了最大的力量，不过我们还是输了。

conj.

尽管，虽然，即使

例句：

It's quite pleasant today, though the wind is rather cool.

尽管风有点凉，今天天气还是很不错。

例句：

Exhausted though he was, he was not ashamed to learn.

他虽然年纪大了，但不耻于学习。

（用于主句后，引出补充说明，使语气变弱）不过，可是，然而

例句：

It might be worth your while to go to court. This is tricky, though, and you'll need expert advice.

你来说这官司或许值得一打，不过这件事有点棘手，你需要专家的建议。

例句：

Honest advice, though unpleasant to the ear, benefits conduct.

忠言逆耳利于行。

二、词义辨析：

though,although,as

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，但文体上后者是较正式用词，语气比though强。此外，在习惯用法上这两个词仍有以下一些差异：gh可引出倒装语序的让步状语从句，although 则不能。gh可与even连用，although则不能；在as though结构中，只用though，不能用although。gh可以置于从句末，而although则不能。4.引出省略句时，通常用though。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。

三、参考例句：

He answered firmly though pleasantly.

他的回答虽和气，但语气坚持。

Reliable data, though, are scarce.

然而可靠的数据还是很少。

She behaved as though nothing had happened.

她表现得若无其事。

The pen as though (if) is mine.

这枝钢笔好像是我的。

Though he may fail,he will try.

纵然他可能失败，他还是要试试。

Good luck, though, finding a table.

祝好运，但愿你能挤到一个座位吧！

Chocolate has caffeine though, especially dark chocolate.

巧克力有咖啡因，特别是黑巧克力。

What I imagine, though, looks like this.

但在我的想象中，它会是这样的。

You looked as though you were tired.

你看起来好像很累。

Be warned though, it's contagious.

不过要小心，这是会传染的。