中英慣用短語:
  • v.  他然失去了工作, 但仍然享有養老金.   Despite losing his job he retains his pension
  • adj.  他然相貌平平, 但卻很有才氣.   Though unprepossessingto look at he is highly intelligent
  • n.  他然竭盡全力, 但仍未能將那石塊搬起.   He failed to lift the rock in spite of all his exertions
  • n.  他然篤信宗教, 但有時仍感到迷惘.   Although a very religious man, he is still troubled by occasional doubts
  • adj.  他然老了, 可仍閑不住.   Although he's quite old he's still very active
  • adj.  他然還住著院, 可是看上去倒挺精神.   He's still in hospital, but he seems quite perky
  •   他病得很重, 但仍頑強地活下去.   Though seriously ill, he still clings tenaciously to life
  • adj.  他說又愚蠢又吝嗇, 但他有幽默的長處.   He may be stupid and mean, but his one saving grace is his humour
  •   你應該道歉(然我不知道你是否這樣做).   should apologize (though I'm not sure you will).
  •   即使,雖然   even if/though
  • adv.  可是, 然而, 不過, 然   though
  • adj.  在一年中的這個時候, 下霜也是可能的, 然可能性並不大.   Frost is possible, although unlikely, at this time of year
  • n.  她個子小但力大驚人.   For a small woman she has surprising strength
  •   她受聘說是臨時性的, 但卻是一大成功.   albeit temporary success
  • conj.  她得了頭奬, 然這件事我們都沒想到.   She won first prize, though none of us had expected it
  • v.  她動情, 他卻無動於衷.   Her emotional appeal left him completely cold