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so[(轻读)sə, sʊ; sə; (重读)so; sou]副词(无比较级、最高级)A1 那样, 这样, 如此, 如彼Hold your chopsticks (just) ~.把你的筷子 (就像) 这样拿著So was I [I was so] engaged, when the telephone rang.我在那样做时电话铃响了As it so happened, he was not at home.碰巧那时他不在家2 a. [承接前述事项] 那样地, 真实地You probably won't believe it, but it is so.你也许不相信那件事, 但那是真的Are you married ? If so, tell me your wife's name.你结婚了吗?如果是 (这样) , 告诉我你太太的名字" Things will remain like this for some time. " -" Quite [Just] so." .“事情会像这样继续一段时期吧”“正是如此”b. [为 just 等字所修饰] 整然, 整整齐齐, 有条不紊He wants everything (to be) just so.他要把所有的东西都放得井然有序His books are always (arranged) exactly so.他的书总是排得整整齐齐c. [代替前述的名词, 形容词等] 那样, 如此He became a clergyman and remained so.他成为牧师并且一直担任这样的工作Everybody calls Tom a genius, but he doesn't like to be so called.每一个人都称汤姆为天才, 但他不喜欢被人如此称呼She was sad, and rightly so.她悲伤, 也难怪她如此He is poor so much so that he has hardly enough to live.他得难以维持生活3 a. 句型, 对前述之事 正是 (如此) , 实际如此You said it was good, and so it is. [`z; 'iz]你说 过它是好的, 而它确实是如此" You look very tired." -" So I am. [`m; 'm]" “你看起来很累的样子”“我确实是如此”" They work hard." -" So they do. [`du; 'du:]" “他们很用功”“他们真的是这样”b. [" so+ (助) 动词+主词" , 附于不同主词的肯定叙述] …也是 (如此) , …也一样My father was a Tory, and so am I. [`a; 'ai]我的父亲是保守党党员, 我也是The door is shut, and so are the windows.门关著, 窗户也关著Bill can speak French, and so can his brother.比尔会说法语, 他的哥哥[弟弟]也会 [也一样]He has lots of books, and so has his wife.他有很多书, 他的太太也有很多书 [也是如此]c. [用以反驳对方否定的说法] (口语.儿语)这样 (做了)" I didn't touch it." -" you did so !" .“我没有碰它”“你碰了!”4 a. 如此I think so.我这样想I don't think so.我不这样想I suppose so. = So I suppose.我想大概如此I told you so.我这样告诉过你(我不是这样告诉你的吗?)You don't say so?.你不是这样说的吧?b. 那样 (地)He was asked to leave the seat, but he refused to do so.人家叫他离开那个座位, 但他拒绝那样做c. [like so] (像) 这样 (地)Swing the club like so.像这样地挥杆5 [As﹍so﹍]a. 像…是…一样Just as the lion is the king of beasts, so the eagle is [so is the eagle] the king of birds.就像狮子是百兽之王一样, 鹰是百禽之王b. 与…同时…, 随著…而…As it became darker, so the wind blew harder.随著天变黑, 风也愈大6 a. [so﹍that﹍; 表示状态、目的] 使成为… (的情形)It so happened that he was not at home.碰巧他不在家They so arranged matters that one of them was always on duty.他们把事情安排成他们之中总有一人在值班b. [so﹍as to do] 如此…以致于; 使成为… (的结果) , 以便…The house is so designed as to be invisible from the road.这幢房子设计得从道路上看不到它7 [and so; 当连接词用] 因此, 所以 (therefore)He was biased, and so unreliable.他有偏见, 所以不可靠I felt very tired, and so went to bed at once.我觉得很累, 因此立刻就寝8 a. [用作话头] 所以, 因此So you don't love me.因此你不爱我b. 噢, 原来, 果然, 确实是So, that's who did it.噢, 原来是那个人做了那件事So, I broke it.确实是我打破了它 (, 那又怎么样) → so what? pron.B1 a. 到那种[这种]程度, 那样[这样]地, 如此地I caught a very big fish. It was so long.我捉到一条很大的鱼, 它大约这样长Excuse me for having been silent so long.原谅我久疏问候 [久未作声]So long!. → so longDon't get so worried.= Don't worry so.别那么担心I have never seen so beautiful a sunset.我从没见过如此美丽的日落He couldn't speak, he got so excited [so did he get excited].他兴奋得说不出话来b. (最多) 到那种[这种]程度I can eat only so much and no more.我只能吃那么多, 再多就吃不下了c. [加强语气] (口语)极, 非常, 很That's so sweet of you !.你真好!(I'm) so sorry!.很对不起!Thank you so much.多谢You've been so kind.你一直都非常亲切My husband so wants to meet you.我先生非常想见您 → ever so.2 [so﹍as﹍]a. (不) 到…的程度, (没有) 和…一样的程度He isn't so tall as you.他没有你那么高She wasn't quite so clever as I expected.她没有我所想的那样聪明I don't have so many friends [so much money] as you have.我没有像你那么多的朋友→ not so much﹍as﹍not [without] so much as﹍ → so much as﹍.b. [强调高程度] 像…那样…的A boy so wise as John ought to know better.像约翰那样聪明的孩子应该更懂事3 a. [so﹍that﹍] 到…的程度, 如此…以致于…No one is so busy that he cannot read the newspaper for a week.没有人会忙得一星期当中连看报的时间都没有He was so excited (that) he could not speak.他兴奋得说不出话来These lakes are so small that they aren't shown in maps.这些湖太小以致于地图上没有标示b. [so﹍as todo] …到 (做) …的程度; …得去 (做) …(cf. A 6 b)Nobody is so stupid as to believe that.没有人会愚蠢到相信那件事Would you be so kind as to hold the door for me?.你愿意帮我把门按住吗?■ and so forth[on]→ and■ in so far as﹍ = insofar as■ not so much﹍as﹍与其说…倒不如说…He is not so much a scholar as a writer.与其说他是学者倒不如说是作家She didn't so much dislike me as hate me.与其说她不喜欢我, 倒不如说她憎恨我■ or so大约…, …左右It'll be finished in a day or so.那大约在一天内可做完He must be fifty or so.他一定是五十岁左右的人There were ten or so customers.大约有十位顾客■ so as to do [so as not to] → as conj■ so called → so-called■ so far → far adv■ so far from doing﹍不但不… (反而) , 别说… (反而)So far from working as fast as my father, I could not even work half as fast.我工作不但不能和父亲一样快, 连他的一半都赶不上■ so long as → long adv■ so many → many adj■ so much(1) → B 1 b(2) [修饰不可数名词] 完全 (nothing but)It is only so much rubbish.那完全是废物(3) ] 多少的, 若干的at so much a week [a head]每周 [每人, 每头] 多少 (钱)so much brandy and so much water多少白兰地就多少水(一半白兰地一半水)(4) [修饰 the+比较级] 那更" It's begun to rain." -" So much the better [worse] (for us)!" .“下起雨来了”“那更好 [更糟] !”■ so much as﹍甚至…, 连… (even)He cannot so much as write his own name.他甚至连自己的名字也不会写He left us without so much as a goodbye.他连一声再见都没说就离开我们If I so much as speak to another man, my husband makes the most.我只要和其他男人说话, 我丈夫就会闹得天翻地覆so much for﹍(1) …事到此为止 [就此结束] , …的事[话]就是这些了So much for today.今天到此结束So much for him, now about.﹍.他的事到此为止, 其次关于…(2) …不过如此He arrived late againso much for his punctuality!.他又迟到了, 他的守时也不过如此(这就是他所标榜的守时)■ so that(1) [用以引导受词的副词子句] 为了…, 以便…Switch the light on so that we can see what it is.把灯打开, 好让我们看出那是什么(2) [用以引导表示结果的副词子句] 所以, 因此The roof had fallen in, so that the cottage was not habitable.那间小屋的屋顶已塌陷, 所以不适于居住■ so to say [speak]可以说, 好比, 如同The dog is, so to speak, a member of the family.那只狗可以说是家庭中的一份子conj1 因此, 所以(cf. adv. A 7)The wind was blowing harder , so I decided not to go.风刮得愈来愈大, 所以我决定不去了I'm feeling slightly unwell today , so can you come some other day?.我今天觉得有点不舒服, 你能不能改天再来?2 a. 为了…, 以便…, 好让…Speak a little louder so we can all hear you.说大声一点, 好让我们都能听到b. [just so] (口语)只要…I don't care what they say, just so I get paid.只要付给我报酬, 我不在乎他们说什么 |