although

[ɔ:l'ðəu]

conj.虽然, 尽管, 然而, 可是

例句与用法：

A car overtook me although I was going fast.

我虽然开得很快，还是被一辆车超过了。

Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.

尽管她贫穷，但她总想装出上流社会阶层的样子。

Although they can swim, the polar bears are terrestrial animals.

北极熊虽然会游泳，但也是陆栖动物。

She seemed a babe although she was already thirty.

尽管她已经三十岁了，看上去还象个小孩。

Although my uncle is old, he looks very strong and healthy.

我的叔叔虽然老了，但他看上去还是很健壮。

详细释义：

conj.

1. 虽然; 尽管

Although he was ill, he worked hard.

他虽然生病, 但仍努力工作。

2. 然而

I did not know that then, although I learned it later.

当时我不知道那件事, 但我后来知道了。