引导让步状语从句的从属连词有although, though, as, while(虽然), even if/though(即使), whether…or…(不论/不管……还是……) 以及“疑问词+ever”和“no matter+疑问词”等。如：

Although/Though they are poor they are happy. 虽然他们很穷，但很快乐。

Though he is very old, he works hard. 尽管他年老了但仍努力工作。

Tired as he was, he sat up late. 他虽然疲倦,可仍然很晚才睡。

While I like the color of the hat, I do not like its shape. 虽然我喜欢这顶帽子的颜色，但我不喜欢它的形状。

I’ll go even if/though it snows. 即使下雪我也要去。

Whether you believe it or not, it is true. 不管你信还是不信，这的确是事实。

However (=No matter how) tired you may be, you must do it today. 不管怎样累, 你也得今天做。

Wherever (=No matter where) I am, I will be thinking of you. 不管我在哪里我都会想到你。

注意：

1. as作“虽然”解，引导让步状语从句时，从句中的状语、表语或动词必须置于句首，though引导的让步状语从句，也可将这些成分置于句首，但although等其它词引导的让步状语从句不能将这些成分前置。如：

Hard as/though they tried (=Although/Though they tried hard), they couldn’t make her change her mind. 尽管他们做了很大努力，却没法让她改变主意。

2. 引导让步状语从句时，若提前的是可数名词单数，要省略不定冠词。如：

Child as he is, he knows a lot. 虽然他是孩子，但他却很懂事了。

3. 表示“虽然”的连词不能与表示“但是”的连词but连用，但可以yet或still等副词连用。如：

译：虽然当时正下着雨，他还是到那里去了。

误：Though it was raining, but he went there.

正：Though it was raining, he went there.

正：It was raining, but he went there.

正：Though it was raining, yet he went there.