记忆方法
1、though 是维京借词：古诺斯 thōh 进英语，把自家亲戚古英语 þeah 顶了个干净；两家同源，往上追到 *to- 指示词根——同族 that（那个）、the（这/那）、this（这个）。
2、读音跟拼写闹独立：词尾 -ough 没随 tough（硬 /ʌf/）走，念 /əʊ/：英 /ðəʊ/ 美 /ðoʊ/。四兄弟对比记：though 虽然、thought 想法（/θɔːt/ 已入库）、through 穿过（/θruː/，顺手给意思）、thorough 彻底的（读 /ˈθʌr.ə/）——别在 tough 上找规律。
3、和 although 意义几乎一样，though 更口语且能玩花活：可放句末（I didn't like it, though）、可与 even 搭（even though）、可引倒装让步；as though = 仿佛。
2、读音跟拼写闹独立：词尾 -ough 没随 tough（硬 /ʌf/）走，念 /əʊ/：英 /ðəʊ/ 美 /ðoʊ/。四兄弟对比记：though 虽然、thought 想法（/θɔːt/ 已入库）、through 穿过（/θruː/，顺手给意思）、thorough 彻底的（读 /ˈθʌr.ə/）——别在 tough 上找规律。
3、和 although 意义几乎一样，though 更口语且能玩花活：可放句末（I didn't like it, though）、可与 even 搭（even though）、可引倒装让步；as though = 仿佛。
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中文词源
though 虽然，尽管
来自古英语 theah,尽管，然而，来自 Proto-Germanic*thaukh,尽管，来自 PIE*to,指示代词， 词源同 the,this,that.
英语词源
- though
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though: [12] English borrowed though from Old Norse thōh, and by the end of the 15th century it had virtually wiped out the related native form, which went back to Old English thēah. Both came from a prehistoric Germanic adverb formed from the demonstrative base *tha- (source also of English that, there, etc) and a suffix meaning ‘and’. Modern Germanic relatives include German and Dutch doch.
=> the - though (adv., conj.)
- c. 1200, from Old English þeah "though, although, even if, however, nevertheless, although, still, yet;" and in part from Old Norse þo "though," both from Proto-Germanic *thaukh (cognates: Gothic þauh, Old Frisian thach, Middle Dutch, Dutch doch, Old High German doh, German doch), from PIE demonstrative pronoun *to- (see that). The evolution of the terminal sound did not follow laugh, tough, etc., though a tendency to end the word in "f" existed c. 1300-1750 and persists in dialects.
权威例句
- 1. Though his background was modest, it was in no sense deprived.
- 尽管他家境一般，但也并不算贫穷。
- 2. The company treated me as though I were skiving.
- 公司对待我的态度就好像是我上班时溜号了似的。
- 3. His most prized time, though, will be spent quietly on his farm.
- 不过，他最宝贵的时光将在自己的农场里平静地度过。
- 4. Though Sybbis complained bitterly, Mama would not let up on her.
- 尽管西比斯大发牢骚，但妈妈不会放她一马。
- 5. Her nostrils were pinkish, as though she had a cold.
- 她的鼻孔略带粉红，好像患了感冒似的。
词语辨析
【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：1.though可引出倒装语序的让步状语从句，although 则不能。2.though可与even连用，although则不能；在as though结构中，只用though，不能用although。3.though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。
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：1.though可引出倒装语序的让步状语从句，although 则不能。2.though可与even连用，although则不能；在as though结构中，只用though，不能用although。3.though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。