With the subordinate clause consisting only of an adverbial or complement: in the same way as, as if, as it were.
| 单词 | θ111706 |
| 释义 | the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > as if or as though (7) asOE With the subordinate clause consisting only of an adverbial or complement: in the same way as, as if, as it were. as ifc1175 With finite clause (originally usually with verb in the past subjunctive, now frequently with indicative tenses). askancesc1350 As though, as if. as whoc1380 as who (frequently followed by would or should) as or like one who; hence (with loss of relative force), as if one. archaic. like asa1393 Introducing a supposition: as if, as though. Cf. as, conj. 7, sense C. 1a. Also occasionally as like. Cf. like as if at phrases 1b. Now colloquial or… like1405 With complement. In or after the manner of; in the same way as; to the same extent as. With an adjective or adjectival phrase as complement: in the… like as and1523 like as and: as the case would be if, just as if; = as and at as, adv. conj.phrases 1d. Cf. phrases 1a(b), like as if at phrases 1b. Obsolete. rare. |
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