请问一道Magoosh填空。

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The professor began to work ______________ on various research projects—though never to the point that she failed to attend to her classes, since whether she received tenure was determined not only by published research but also, to some extent, by student recommendations.

periodically
sporadically
monotonously
industriously
diligently
fruitfully
答案是EF。不过我觉得句子没怎么看懂。
Not only, but also 这个句型是强调的是but also 后面的吧？
还有那个though never to the point,
我就不知道这个though 有何意思？ 希望大家能帮忙解答一下。谢谢。

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used like ‘but’ to add a fact or opinion that makes what you have just said seem less definite, less important

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MJsai 发表于 2013-11-18 08:38
used like ‘but’ to add a fact or opinion that makes what you have just said seem less definite, le ...

还请详细的解答一下。though不是转折吗？

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MJsai 发表于 2013-11-18 08:38
used like ‘but’ to add a fact or opinion that makes what you have just said seem less definite, le ...

还请详细的解答一下。though不是转折吗？

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xywust 发表于 2013-11-18 08:49
还请详细的解答一下。though不是转折吗？

though做连词既可以表示“尽管”“虽然”，也可以表示“但是”“然而”
though在这个句子里面等同于but 就是说这个教授虽然在科研项目上花了大量时间，但是上课也不迟到

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MJsai 发表于 2013-11-18 09:01
though做连词既可以表示“尽管”“虽然”，也可以表示“但是”“然而”
though在这个句子里面等同于but  ...

好吧~ 学了这么久的英语，从来不知道though 但是的意思。 = =

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答案错了吧，应该DE吧。
though never to the point that she failed to attend to her classes让步对程度进行限定，因此前面要选表示程度深的词。

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alexl39 发表于 2013-11-18 09:15
答案错了吧，应该DE吧。
though never to the point that she failed to attend to her classes让步对程度 ...

好吧。我打错了。
！！！！非常感谢Alex版主。

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Mac上面词典的意思，这里翻译成 可是～～
②(modifying information)可是 kěshì
I think she knows, though I can't be sure
我想她是知道的，不过我不能确定
the house was small, though well-designed
那房子设计得很好，但有点小
a foolish, though courageous act
勇敢然而愚蠢的行为