though /ˈðo/
(conj.)雖然,儘管;即使;可是,不過,然而(ad.)可是,不過,然而
Though conj. Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. --Job xiii. 15.
Not that I so affirm, though so it seem. --Milton.
Note: ☞ It is compounded with all in although. See Although.
As though, as if.
In the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded. --Gen. xl. 10.
Though, adv. However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.
I would not be as sick though for his place. --Shak.
A good cause would do well, though. --Dryden.
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though
adv 1: despite the fact that; "even though she knew the answer, she
did not respond" [syn: although, tho']
2: (postpositive) however; "it might be unpleasant, though"