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🇺🇸 /ðˈoʊ/ 🇬🇧 /ðəʊ/
adv 编号: T01005 牛津3000 BNC #377 COCA #245
though 主要表示“虽然如此、不过”,也可放在句末加强语气;另有非标准拼写,误写作 thought。
💡 记忆钩子
把 though 想成说话时轻轻补上的“不过”:前面承认一种情况,后面转个弯补充另一面;放在句末时,则像把这层“确实如此”的语气再按重一些。
📝 学习建议
  • 先掌握“虽然……,不过……”和句末表示转折的用法,再学习它在口语中加强语气的用法。
  • though 不等于 thought;thought 是 think 的过去式或“想法”,though 是表示让步、转折的词。
📖 中文释义
adv
  • core 不过;虽然如此
    📖 它先承认前面的情况成立,再补出一个限制、例外或相反方面,核心感觉就是“即便如此,后面还要转一下”。放在句末时尤其常译为“不过、倒是”。
    💡 常用模式是“主句,though”,例如先说一个事实,再用 though 补充转折;也可以用“Though + 从句,主句”表示“虽然……但是……”。句末 though 比句首用法更口语,不能直接把它当作连接两个独立句子的普通标点词。
    conjunctive not-comparable
    The tickets were expensive. We had a great time, though.
    票很贵,不过我们玩得很开心。
    Though it was raining, we went for a walk.
    虽然下着雨,我们还是去散步了。
  • common 确实;可不是嘛
    📖 在口语中,though 可以放在回应或感叹的末尾,把前面的评价加强成“确实如此”。它不再主要引入新的转折,而是表达认同、强调或感叹。
    💡 常见模式是“Isn't it, though?”或在回应后单独说“though”,语气取决于上下文。这个用法很口语,通常不能按字面翻成“虽然”。学习时先把它理解为对前面评价的强烈认同,再根据语境译成“可不是嘛”或“确实”。
    not-comparable
    “That was a close game.” “Wasn't it, though?”
    “那场比赛真是势均力敌。”“可不是嘛!”
verb
  • rare thought 的误拼
    📖 这里不是一个真正的动词义项,而是把 thought 误写成 though;它和“不过”的 though 不是同一个用法。
    💡 不要使用这种拼写来表达过去的“想”或“想法”。看到它时,通常应根据上下文改读为 thought,并检查原文是否有拼写错误。
    alt-of misspelling
📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 1 组
(postpositive) however
同义词集: though
it might be unpleasant, though
🌳 词源
源自中古英语和古诺尔斯语,和表示“虽然、不过”的其他日耳曼语词有亲缘关系。
Proto-Indo-European *to-der. Proto-Indo-European *-weder. Proto-Germanic *þau Proto-Indo-European *-kʷeder. Proto-Germanic *-hw Proto-Germanic *þauh Proto-West Germanic *þauh Old English þēah ▲ Proto-Germanic *þauh Old Norse *þóhder. Middle English thogh English though From Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó). Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”). Both the Old Norse and Old English are from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”). Akin to Scots tho (“though”), Saterland Frisian dach (“though”), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though”), Dutch doch (“though”), German doch (“though”), Danish dog (“though, however”), Swedish dock (“however, still”), Icelandic þó (“though”). More at that.
🔄 变式
tho Internet thou alternative
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