however

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• ①[引导让步的副词子句]无论如何(=no matter how)
  • However cold it is, I always go swimming.无论天气多冷,我都去游泳。
  • However tired you may be, you must go.不管你多累,你非去不可。
  • He will never succeed, however hard he works.无论他怎样努力,他永远不会成功。
  • However much [little] he has, ...无论他拥有怎么多[少]…。

• ②[疑问词how的强调式]【口】到底,究竟(★以how ever二字的写法为正式)
  • However did you handle it?这件事你究竟如何处理的?(惊奇)
  • However did you do yourself?你究竟怎么自己做的?

• ③[当连接副词用]可是;然而;不过(★however通常与逗点并用,出现于句中或语尾,比but之意较弱,却较正式)
  • Later, however, she changed her mind.然而,后来她改变了主意。
  • He said that she loved him; he was mistaken, however.他说她爱他,可是他错了。
  • Most people think David is very nice. Not me, however.多数人认为大卫为人很好,但我不这样想。
  • However, I will not tell her.不过,我不会告诉她。