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Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. (Helen Keller)
虽然世界多苦难,但是苦难总是能战胜的。(海伦.凯勒)
【世博精解】
although是指虽然;尽管的意思。例如:Although I wanted him not to, he insisted on doing it.虽然我不要他做,但他坚持要做。这句话我们也可以说:Though I wanted him not to, he insisted on doing it.在这里,我们可以用though代替although。although与though作为连接词在意义上没有什么差别,都作“虽然”解释,只是although比though语气强。although或though引导状语从句,常采用省略形式。例如:Although tired, he kept on working. = Although he was tired, he kept on working.
要注意的是,当though = and yet时,还是不用although代替为好。例如:No one is infallible, though there are some people who think they are.每个人都回犯错误,但是有些人自以为是不会犯错误的。这样用法的though并不具有“让步”的意思,而且有“转折”的功能。
full of sth是固定搭配。它的一个意思是饱含的,充满的。还有一个意思是指头脑里充满某想法的,只想着某事物的。例如:He was full of new ideas.他满脑子都是新奇的想法。
关于full,在口语里有这么一个说法:a full bath,指带澡盆的卫生间。
这句话出自海伦凯勒,想必大家对她并不陌生,一直找不到该用什么来形容她。她黑暗的世界却比一般光明天地更照射出它的光辉,她的心窗比常人的明眸看得更透彻······
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