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    Albeit is a small, rather careful word you use to add a point that pulls the last thing you said down a little.

    Albeit is a small, rather careful wordAlbeit是一個小小的、用起來相當謹慎的字 you use to add a point that pulls the last thing you said down a little用來補上一點,把你剛剛說的話往下拉一點。

    It means something like “although” or “even if,” but it usually stays inside the sentence instead of opening a big new one: “The film was good, albeit long.” “She agreed, albeit .” You will meet it in writing more than in playground talk.

    It means something like 'although' or 'even if,'它的意思有點像'although'或'even if', but it usually stays inside the sentence instead of opening a big new one但它通常待在句子裡面,不會另外開一個大句子: 'The film was good, albeit long.''The film was good, albeit long.'(這部電影很好看,雖然有點長)'She agreed, albeit reluctantly.''She agreed, albeit reluctantly.'(她同意了,雖然不太情願)You will meet it in writing more than in playground talk你在寫作裡會比在玩耍時的閒聊裡更常遇到它。

    It likes to sit in front of an adjective or an adverb more than in front of a whole clause with its own verb, though you will see both.

    It likes to sit in front of an adjective or an adverb它喜歡放在形容詞或副詞前面 more than in front of a whole clause with its own verb比較不喜歡放在有自己動詞的完整子句前面, though you will see both不過兩種你都會看到。

    It is not warmer or colder than “although”; it is just tighter and a bit more formal.

    It is not warmer or colder than 'although'它跟'although'比起來,語氣沒有比較溫暖也沒有比較冷淡; it is just tighter and a bit more formal只是比較精簡、稍微正式一點。

    Though actually, if you use it in every sentence it starts to sound like you are wearing a tie to breakfast.

    Though actually不過其實, if you use it in every sentence如果你每個句子都用它, it starts to sound like you are wearing a tie to breakfast聽起來就會像穿著領帶吃早餐一樣。

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組成Once three words: al (“all,” completely) + be (the old “let it be” form of be) + it. Middle English said al be it, shortened from “although it be that.” Now it is written as one word.

同家族的字

  • althoughthe fuller older phrase this was cut down from
  • allthe al piece: “completely”
  • bethe middle piece, an old form of be

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

albeitconj/ɔːlˈbiː.ɪt/

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    Although, despite (it) being.

    • VVho are you? tell me for more certainty, / Albeit Ile ſvveare that I do knovv your tongue.
    • The stranger had crossed a sacred line. He had mentioned the men’s mothers. Nothing could get him out of a beating now, even the fact that he was obviously a simpleton. Albeit a simpleton with a good vocabulary.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。