mặc dù
(khi diễn tả một ý đối lập với ý của clause khác trong cùng sentence) [despite the fact that]
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- mặc dù
- (cảm xúc bình thường): though, although1
part of speech: though & although là các liên từ (loại subordinating conjunction)
- mặc dù
- (có ý nhấn mạnh): even though2
part of speech: even though là subordinating conjunction
part of speech: despite và in spite of đều là giới từ (preposition)
- mặc dù, bất kể: notwithstanding that, in spite of the fact that
part of speech: notwithstanding là giới từ có gốc hiện tại phân từ (-ing form)
- (adv) mặc dù
albeit
even though
although
conceding the fact that…
Example:
- THE RESTAURANT SERVES GOOD, THOUGH VERY EXPENSIVE, FOOD
- Even though he lost his job as Arts Minister, he continued to serve in the government.
- wiser though poorer
- WE HARDLY EVER SEE THEM DESPITE WE LIVE IN THE SAME CITY
- I ENJOYED THE FILM IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE STORY WAS SILLY
- HE STILL SMOKES, IN SPITE OF ALL THE HEALTH WARNINGS.
- I went to school notwithstanding the heavy rain
- Notwithstanding their inexperience, they were an immediate success
- The full services of the National Health Service are available to him, notwithstanding he is in custody
- The corn of Poland, in the same degree of goodness, is as cheap as that of France, notwithstanding the superior opulence and improvement of the latter country (1776 — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book I, ch. 1)
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