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虽然汤药很苦，我还是不得不喝了。 I had to take the herb tea although it's bitter.
这个虽然不便宜, 但我觉得我们还是应该买. It's not cheap but I think we should buy it none the less.
我对他并不了解，虽然我认识他已经很长时间了。 I don't know him well though I've known him for a long time.
虽然很多人反对他的计划，他仍能巧妙地设法使它最后获得通过。 Although many people opposed his plan, he engineered it through to final approval.
北极熊虽然会游泳，但也是陆栖动物。 Although they can swim, the polar bears are terrestrial animals.
他虽然没有通过考试，但他做了很大的努力。 He didn't pass the exam, but it was a good attempt.
她虽疲劳但仍继续工作。 She kept on working although she was tired.
质量虽差，但仍能接受。 The quality is not so poor but it is acceptable.
虽然他严格，却富有同情心。 Stern as he is, he is full of sympathy.
虽然我倒油时很小心, 但还是洒了一些. Although I poured it carefully, I spilt some of the oil.
虽然任务艰巨，他们还是设法及时完成。 Difficult though the task was, they managed to accomplish it in time.
他们虽然没有得到官方的支持, 但仍继续奋斗. Though they lack official support they continue their struggle.
虽然她彻底地用力擦洗那只旧壶，但她无法把它完全洗干净。 Although she scrubbed the old pot thoroughly, she could not make it look completely clean.
虽然他竭力阻止这桩婚姻，但还是成了事实。 He tried to prevent the marriage but it still took place notwithstanding.
虽然他年纪很大了, 他仍然精力充沛。 Old as he is, he is none the less vigorous and active.
他虽然啃着苹果，但却很留神地监视着她的每一个动作。 Munching the apple as he was, he had an eye for all her movements.
虽然他拼命向她求爱，但她还是拒绝了他的殷勤。 Although he tried desperately to make love to her, she repulsed his attentions.
那个可怜的家伙，虽然不是懦夫，但一提到打针，脸都吓白了。 The poor fellow, though no coward, paled at the mention of the injection.
前年夏天它就坏了。虽然我早就许诺过我自己修，但是我从未腾出空来。 It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it.
他虽被命令不许去，但还是去了。 He went, notwithstanding he was ordered to stay.
我虽已退休, 但仍做些义务工作, 以便了解当前的情势. Although I'm retired, voluntary work keeps me in the swim (of things).
直接法虽不见得是最简单的，但却是最普通的机器翻译方法。 The direct approach is the most common, though not always the simplest, method of computer translation.
虽说委员会中的多数赞成这项议案，但还有一些人持不同看法。 Although most of members of the committee spoke for the bill, a few still held different views.
他虽然如此年轻，却很慎重。 Young as he was, he was prudent.
我虽然很喜欢她，却不打算娶她。 Much as I like her, I won't marry her.
我不喜欢吃菠菜，虽然我知道它对我有好处。 I don't like spinach even though I know it's good for me.
她虽然非常害怕, 但表面上还是显得很镇静. Though badly frightened, she appeared outwardly calm.
在一年中的这个时候，下霜也是可能的，虽然可能性并不大。 Frost is possible, although unlikely, at this time of year.
她受聘虽说是临时性的, 但却是一大成功. Her appointment was a significant, (al)though/albeit temporary success.
虽然绵羊看起来很相像，但那位老人仍能一一区别。 Much as the sheep look alike, the old man can tell one from another.
他虽然表面上很有礼貌地同他同事打招呼，但心里却充满了妒忌。 He greeted his companion politely enough, but inside he was smouldering with jealousy.
虽然他是懦夫，却无法忍受这样的侮辱。 Coward as he is (=Though he is a coward), he can't bear such an insult.
他坐在那儿发表他对法制的高论, 虽然他对此一窍不通. He sat there pontificating about the legal system although it was clear that he knew very little about it.
用意虽好, 考虑欠周. It was thoughtless if well-meaning.
他虽有体验却无长进. He hasn't benefited from (ie become wiser with) the experience.
比率虽有下降, 但微不足道. The rate has fallen by an insignificant (ie too small to be important) amount.
我们虽算不上关系密切, 但还常见面. We're not exactly on intimate terms, but we see each other fairly often.
那记者虽然有点累，但他那天晚上却连夜写文章。 The journalist chucked out ink throughout that night although he was a bit tired.
虽然我非常希望增加体重，但我仍然像以前一样的瘦。 Much as I hope I may gain weight, (yet) I am still as thin as before.
他带我到他的藏书室，里面的藏书虽然杂乱无章，数量却相当可观。 He took me into his library, a littery but considerable collection.
我的工作虽苦，但也有所补偿。 My job is hard, but it has its compensation.
她虽然身有残疾, 却是个游泳好手. She swims well despite her disabilities.
他虽竭尽全力，但仍然未能将那石头搬起来。 He failed to lift the rock in spite of all his exertions.
我的叔叔虽然老了，但他看上去还是很健壮。 Although my uncle is old, he looks very strong and healthy.
虽然富人和穷人住在一起，但是条件相差极为悬殊。 Rich and poor live side by side but in conditions of extraordinary disparity.
这地方虽然简陋，却是我们的会议厅。 Crude and simple, this place had to serve as the meeting hall.
歌声虽已结束，但美妙的旋律仍在萦回。 The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.
虽然事情进行得不如意, 玛丽还是继续尝试。 Though things went against Mary, she went on trying.
他虽说又愚蠢又吝啬，但他有幽默的长处。 He may be stupid and mean, but his one saving grace is his humour.
他的想象力有类于鸵鸟的翅膀—虽未可以飞翔，犹可使他奔驰。 His imagination resemble the wing of an ostrich. it enabled him to run, though not to soar.
嗜眠病以突然的和不由自主的，虽然通常短暂的深度睡眠发作，有时伴随有麻痹和幻觉为特征的一种紊乱 A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable, though often brief, attacks of deep sleep, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.
虽然助选团故意贬低她的作用，可是她以她的长才试行州长的想法，挑剔他的理论，评论他的演讲，并且时常指出他竞选作业的弱点并予改正。 Although the campaign plays down her role, she is the talent that test-drives the Governor's ideas, punches holes in his theories, comments on his speeches and often identifies the weak spots in his campaign operation and helps get them corrected.