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Though与Although有什么区别？什么时候该用Though，什么时候该用Although？ Hardly ever与Hardly有什么区别？什么时候该用Hardly ever，什么时候该用Hardly？

Answer 1

区别：①although和though同义，在一般情况下，可以互换使用。只是though较普遍，常用于非正式的口语或书面语中，而although则较为正式。另外although语气比though重，常用以强调让步概念。

e.g. Though/Although my car is very old, I don't want to buy a new one.

虽然我的汽车很旧，但我不想买一辆新的。

He insisted on doing it although I warned him not to.

虽然我警告他不要做，但他仍然坚持要做。

②even能和though组合表示强调，但even不能和although组合。因此，不能说even although,在这里even though=even if(no matter if; though即使……也……)

e.g. Even if/Even though we could afford it, we wouldn't go abroad for our vocation.

即使我们付得起这笔钱，也不出国度假。

③当让步状语从句指某种假设情况时，通常用though,而不用although。

e.g. Though all the world were against me, I should still hold to my opinion.

就算全世界都反对我，我还是坚持我的立场。

Though everybody deserts you, I will not.

即使所有人都抛弃你，我也不会的。

④though可以独立用作副词，常放在句末，意为all the same (还是；仍然)或however(可是；然而)，而although无此用法。

e.g. She didn't tell me what she had done, but I know it though.

她没有告诉我她所做的事情，但我还是知道了。

It's hard work. I enjoy it, though.

工作很苦，可是我喜欢。

⑤though引导让步状语从句时可以倒装，而although从句则不能。

e.g. Bravely though they fought, they had no chance of winning.

虽然他们打得很勇敢，但还是没有机会获胜。

相同点：①在although和though引导的让步状语从句中，主句里不可用but,若要强调前后两部分的对比意义，可在主句前加yet或still。

e.g. Although/Though he has a lot of money, yet/still he is unhappy.

他虽然有很多钱，但并不幸福。

②although和though引导让步状语从句时，常采用省略形式。

e.g. Although tired (=Although he was tired), he kept on working.

虽然很疲劳，但他继续工作。

The problem, though complicated(=though it is complicated), can be solved without much difficulty.

这个问题虽然复杂，但解决起来不会有很大困难。

hardly，adv. 几乎不, 简直不, 刚
hardly ever，很少, 几乎从不, 难得（ever 强调 hardly，没有实际的意义）
这两个词或词组通常放在谓语动词之前，作频度状语，（如果谓语动词中含有情态动词或助动词，则放在第一个情态动词或助动词之后），hardly 置于句首，则句子要求部分倒装。例如：

1. I can hardly wait to hear the news.
我迫不及待地想听到这个消息。
2. You can hardly blame me if you don't like the place, as you were the one who begged me to take you there.
如果你不喜欢那地方，你绝不该怪我，因为是你求我把你带到那去的。
3. Hardly had the game begun when it started raining.
比赛刚刚开始就下起雨来。
4. Hardly anybody came.
几乎没有人来。
5. She could hardly believe her ears.
她简直不能相信自己的耳朵。

1. He hardly ever (ie very seldom) goes to bed before midnight.
他很少在午夜以前就寝。
2. Peter is hardly ever late.
玛丽几乎从不迟到。
3. My grandfather loves his island. He hardly ever sets foot in the city.
我祖父热爱他那个小岛，他几乎从不进城来。
4. I have hardly ever been out of this city.
我几乎未曾离开过这个城市。
5. You hardly ever see owls in the daytime.
白天几乎看不 到猫头鹰。

Answer 2

没多大区别