albethey
发音
UK
/ɔːlˈbiðeɪ/
其它
US
/ɔlˈbiðeɪ/
释义与例句
conj.
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1.
Used when introducing information referring to a plural phrase: alternative form of albeit.
罕用
词源
An alteration of albeit, replacing it with they. Albeit literally means “although it [may] be”, but has become univerbated as a conjunction in Standard English. Accordingly, a phrase like “they were good parents, albeit indulgent” should be read as “albeit [that they were] indulgent”. Speakers who are still aware of the underlying construct, however, may feel that they should be used for “proper” agreement. (Theoretically, this would require other forms like *albehe, *albeshe, etc., depending on the context.)
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