⬅️复句 COMPLEX SENTENCES
转折复句 Adversative Complex Sentences
In adversative complex sentence, the first clause is the subordinate and the second is the main clause, and they express the opposite meanings to each other.
虽然…，但是/可是…。…，不过…。…X是X，就是/不过…。…，然而…。尽管…，但是/可是…。虽…，但/可/却/也…。…，而…（则）…。…，…倒/反倒…。…，其实…。……，反而……。
例如：
- 那些灯虽然是假的，但是看起来像真的。 Those lights are fake, but look real.
- 她想当演员，可是她父母不同意。 She wants to be an actress, but her parents disapprove.
- 他们正在寻求资金，然而根本找不到。 They are seeking more funds but the cupboard is bare.
- 他们吵过架，不过现在又和好了。 They had a quarrel, but they're friends again now.
- 他以为我讨厌他，其实不是那么回事。 He thinks I dislike him but that just isn't so.
- 尽管太阳高照，却不很暖和。 Although the sun was shining it wasn't very warm.
- 雪停了，反倒冷了。 The snow stopped, yet it's getting colder.
- 她非但没帮上忙，反而碍事。 She was more of a hindrance than a help.
- 这件事似乎十拿九稳，而不是仅有可能。 It now seems a probability rather than just a possibility.
- 大公司不得不紧缩，小企业则被迫关闭。 Just as large companies are having to cut back, so small businesses are being forced to close.
- 应当承认，每个民族都有它的长处，不然它为什么能存在？
- 尽管已讨论数月，谈判仍僵持不下。
- 他考试没考好，却上了一个不错的大学。
- 他说芝加哥是一个美丽的城市，虽然他从没去过。
- 雪停了，反倒冷了。
- 他不但没有解决问题，反而把问题弄得更复杂了。