中英惯用短语:
  • v.  他然失去了工作, 但仍然享有养老金.   Despite losing his job he retains his pension
  • adj.  他然相貌平平, 但却很有才气.   Though unprepossessingto look at he is highly intelligent
  • n.  他然竭尽全力, 但仍未能将那石块搬起.   He failed to lift the rock in spite of all his exertions
  • n.  他然笃信宗教, 但有时仍感到迷惘.   Although a very religious man, he is still troubled by occasional doubts
  • adj.  他然老了, 可仍闲不住.   Although he's quite old he's still very active
  • adj.  他然还住著院, 可是看上去倒挺精神.   He's still in hospital, but he seems quite perky
  •   他病得很重, 但仍顽强地活下去.   Though seriously ill, he still clings tenaciously to life
  • adj.  他说又愚蠢又吝啬, 但他有幽默的长处.   He may be stupid and mean, but his one saving grace is his humour
  •   你应该道歉(然我不知道你是否这样做).   should apologize (though I'm not sure you will).
  •   即使,虽然   even if/though
  • adv.  可是, 然而, 不过, 然   though
  • adj.  在一年中的这个时候, 下霜也是可能的, 然可能性并不大.   Frost is possible, although unlikely, at this time of year
  • n.  她个子小但力大惊人.   For a small woman she has surprising strength
  •   她受聘说是临时性的, 但却是一大成功.   albeit temporary success
  • conj.  她得了头奖, 然这件事我们都没想到.   She won first prize, though none of us had expected it
  • v.  她动情, 他却无动於衷.   Her emotional appeal left him completely cold