So
[səʊ] or [so]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) in a manner that facilitates; 'he observed the snakes so he could describe their behavior'; 'he stooped down so he could pick up his hat'.
(adv.) to a very great extent or degree; 'the idea is so obvious'; 'never been so happy'; 'I love you so'; 'my head aches so!'.
(adv.) (usually followed by `that') to an extent or degree as expressed; 'he was so tired he could hardly stand'; 'so dirty that it smells'.
(adv.) in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied; 'They're happy and I hope they will remain so'; 'so live your life that old age will bring no regrets'.
(adv.) to a certain unspecified extent or degree; 'I can only go so far with this student'; 'can do only so much in a day'.
(adv.) in the same way; also; 'I was offended and so was he'; 'worked hard and so did she'.
校對:马特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(adv.) In that manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be known.
(adv.) In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as.
(adv.) In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape.
(adv.) Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely.
(adv.) In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate.
(adv.) The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction.
(adv.) It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; -- used to express assent.
(adv.) Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it?
(adv.) Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So?
(adv.) About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so.
(conj.) Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if.
(interj.) Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.
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同義詞及近義詞:
ad. [1]. Thus, in like manner, for a like reason, with equal reason.[2]. To such a degree, in such a manner.[3]. Likewise, in the same manner, in such a manner, in this way.[4]. Such, in the same state or condition, as it is, as it was.[5]. Therefore, for this reason, on this account.[6]. Thus it is, so it is.[7]. Be it so, thus be it, it is well.
conj. Provided that, on condition that, in case that.
整理:保罗
例句/造句/用法:
- Yet it was a hard time for sensitive, high-spirited Jo, who meant so well and had apparently done so ill. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Reason is wholly inactive, and can never be the source of so active a principle as conscience, or a sense of morals. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- It was generally believed that there would be a flurry; that some of the extreme Southern States would go so far as to pass ordinances of secession. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Which of them had a step so quiet, a hand so gentle, but I should have heard or felt her, if she had approached or touched me in a day-sleep? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Miss Havisham sat listening (or it seemed so, for I could not see her face), but still made no answer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- It made her blood run sharp, to be thwarted in even so trifling a matter. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- No, I have nothing to give you instead, he said, sitting up and turning so that he faced her. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- But not so easily did Elinor recover from the alarm into which it had thrown her. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Who, then, shall conduct education so that humanity may improve? 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- One sees very little about it in the newspapers and popular magazines, in spite of the fact that it is the keystone, so to speak, of the motion-picture industry. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The duties of her married life, contemplated as so great beforehand, seemed to be shrinking with the furniture and the white vapor-walled landscape. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But men of your character are mostly so independent. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I can't very well do it myself; because my back's so bad, and my legs are so queer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- So old an art, and so great and continuous a need for its products necessarily must have resulted in much development and progress. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- So there was that. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
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