引导让步状语从句的连词有:
1.although/though(尽管,虽然),even though/even if(即使)although与though两者意思相同,一般可互换,都可以与yet, still或nevertheless连用,但不能和but连用。
thereisnosuchthingasaconvincing[令人信服的]argument,although every man thinks he has one.
根本就没有什么令人信服的论证,虽然每个人都认为自己可以。注:每个人都觉得自己不会被别人说服,但自己可以说服别人。
it has been said that although god cannot alter the past, historians[历史学家] can.
据说尽管上帝不能改变过去,历史学家可以。注:有些历史是历史学家编的。
there are people who cannot meet a cripple(瘸子)withouttalking about feet.
尽管存在无数个优雅的话题,总有一些人遇见瘸子就谈论脚。注:有些人说话没有水平,别人不爱听什么他就说什么。
i own i would rather choose a wife of mine to h**e the usual numberoflimbs(肢体).andalthoughoneeyemaybeveryagreeable,theprejudice has always run in f**or of two.
我承认我宁愿选择一个四肢健全的妻子尽管一只眼睛也很令人愉。
快,但世俗的偏见还是认为两只眼睛好。
注:他最终还是没有冲破世俗的偏见,选择了两只眼睛的妻子。first,iwanttothankyouforthatgreatintroduction[介绍]__although it did confuse my wife.
half-way through she nudged(用肘轻推)me to find out who else was speaking tonight.
首先我想感谢你们这么精彩的介绍尽管确实迷惑了我太太,她一直用胳膊肘**想知道今晚的演讲者还有谁。
注:演讲嘉宾听完主持人对自己全是溢美之词的介绍后这么说,意思是我太太都不知道你们介绍得是谁。
though i am the perfect height of five-feet-nine-and-a-half i alwaysfeel depressed[沮丧的] in the presence of a man six-feet-two.
尽管我有着完美皿英尺9寸半的身高,但在身高6英尺2的人面前总感到情绪低落。
注:这是一个容易受伤但很有上进心的男人。
注意:though还可以用作副词,意为可是,然而,置于句末。he said he would come; he didn’t, though.
i h**e been a selfish human being all my life, in practice, though notin principle.
我一生都很自私,只是在实践上,原则上可不是这样。注:嘴上可不自私。
场景再现:鼓励别人勇于表达自己:speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
说出你的思想,即使你的声音在颤抖。
注:声音颤抖可能是紧张,也可能内心有不可告人的秘密,怕说错话被别人发现。
letusallbehappyandlivewithinourmeans,evenifweh**etoborrow the money to do it with.
我们要在力所能及的情况下愉快地生活,即使不得不借钱这样做。注:如果有能力借钱生活,是不是也是力所能及的生活呢?
no furniture is as charming as books, even if you never open them orread a single word.
任何家具都不象书这样有魅力,即使你从来没有打开或一个字都不读。
注:有些人家里、办公室里摆了很多书,就想显着有学问,实际上他们从来不看。
2.as引导让步状语从句倒装。
as从句一般放在主句之前,须用倒装语序。从句中的表语、状语或动词原形置于句首。若表语是名词,前置时要省略冠词。
muchasheisopposedtolawbreaking,heisnotbigoted[固执的]about it.
尽管他十分反对干违法的事,但并不一根筋。
注:有一些****也想遵纪守法,但有人稍微一**,他们就改变了主意。
child as he is, he knows a lot.
try as he might, he could not find a job.
注意:though引导的从句也可象as引导的从句一样用倒装语序,但是although引导的从句只能用正常语序。注意比较下面的说法:
smart though/as she is, she doesn’t study she is smart, she doesn’t study she is smart, she doesn’t study hard.不能说:
smart although she is, she doesn’t study she is smart, she doesn’t study hard.
3.不管。还是。);疑问词+ ever与no matter +疑问词(不管。;无论。)。
what number has nothing left if you take a half from it?
the number is 8, because only 0 is left whether you take away the tophalf or the bottom half.
哪个数如果你拿走一半什么也剩不下?
数字8,因为不管你拿走上半部分还是下半部分只剩下0。a man bitten by a dog, no matter whether the animal is mad or not, isapt to get mad himself.
被狗咬了,不管是不是疯狗,人很容易疯。
注:他不想被狗咬,可是被狗咬了,所以他疯了这样的推理是否合乎逻辑?
场景再现:你每天给老板端茶倒水,老板还不满意,你抱怨说:
no matter how much you do, you can never do enough.不管你做了多少工作,你总是做得不够。
no matter how hard you try, you can’’t fall off the floor!不管你多努力,你也从地板上摔不下去。注:
有些事情努力也做不到。whatever advice you give, be brief.不管你要给我什么建议,要简短。
注:表明他不想听长篇大论的建议。
whateverbadthingspeoplesayabouthim,ourpooroldgodisunable to defend himself.
不管人们说上帝什么坏话,我们可怜年迈的上帝都不能为自己辩护。
注:幽默思维就是从不同的角度看问题,信仰上帝的人认为上帝是万能的,这里却认为上帝可怜年迈。
注意:whoever, whatever, whomever, whichever还可以引导名词性从句。
you can take whatever you like.
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