| 单词 | so |
| 释义 | so I. 1. a. < many farmers operated a tannery and so provided a convenient market for hides — W.M.Kollmorgen > < imposing a pattern which, so the author contends, the facts do not warrant — British Book News > < so it goes throughout the nation — F.L.Mott > < gave up the life of a missionary in the field to become an administrator … it was better so — Kemp Malone > < hold the shears right … incline the edge so — Thomas Hardy > — often used to indicate an exact or close parallel (as between two actions or situations) < just as in his absence during the war he required weekly reports from the manager … so now he kept up the same practice — H.E.Scudder > — often used with a following clause introduced by that or with an infinitive phrase introduced by as that shows the logical result or purpose of an action done in a specific manner with the following clause or phrase serving to indicate the desired manner as well as the outcome of the action < the educated people of our country would have to be so trained that they could see the dialectical possibility of the opposites of the beliefs they possess — R.M.Weaver > < it so happened that … the first work bearing this title by a sociologist was published in the same year — L.A.White > < nothing in this constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States — U.S. Constitution > < try to hit the snake on the head so as to stun it > — often used as a substitute in various expressions (1) to express the idea of an entire preceding clause or longer passage < perhaps they take life seriously too, but if so, that is only because there are things in life … worth taking seriously — Clive Bell > < this fly is the most common species of the horseflies, but even so it is not abundant — H.L.Van Volkenberg > or (2) to express the idea of a preceding phrase < there seems no logical necessity for local … organizations to fall into the hands of reactionaries even though the major national organizations have done so — Elmer Davis > or (3) to express approval (as of an action performed in a particular way) sometimes interjectionally < here, just let me turn that curl — there, so — T.E.Hook > < if it please you, so; if not, why, so — Shakespeare > b. < always worked on a farm and so did his father > < if a metropolis had its hard decorum, so had a village — Carl Van Doren > c. < for so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest — Isa 18:4 (Authorized Version) > d. < so home and to bed — Samuel Pepys > 2. a. (1) < there is usually some spirit of the age which historians can define, but the shape of things is seldom so clear to those who live them — J.W.Krutch > — often used with a following clause that indicates the extent or degree < the difficulties they encountered getting home so weakened him that he never recovered his strength — H.E.Starr > < was so eloquent he could sell refrigerators to the Eskimos — D.L.Graham > < the nest was … in so good a state of preservation that it might have been occupied the previous year — Manchester Guardian Weekly > < so gradual was the growth … that 90 years after its founding it had but 107 students — American Guide Series: New York City > — often used with a following infinitive phrase usually introduced by as that indicates the extent or degree by specifying a result or consequence < gossip so persistent as to be impossible to ignore — T.H.White b.1915 > < had been so kind to procure the child a new wardrobe — Mary Charlton > (2) < see a bullfight … it won't be half so gory as you think — T.H.Fielding > < thought that his share wasn't so big as his brother's > < never … had the condition of the Puritans been so deplorable as at that time — T.B.Macaulay > but also in positive constructions < the river was … deep enough for a pleasure boat so small as theirs — G.K.Chesterton > < if my aunt thought I was defeated so easily as that, she … was mistaken — R.H.Sampson > < many of our best citizens intend starting to California so soon as they can — Pamela Clemens > — often used in adjurative phrases < I did see him there, so help me > b. < had … a life of their own, but it was all so patterned and convention-ridden — H.S.Bennett > < so many of the subjects had been photographed so often — Norris Harkness > < said that he left her because he loved her so > — often used in mild negative understatements < isn't so slow as a lawyer himself — G.A.Nichols > c. < I can only move so fast — Dave Beck > d. < said, like a stolid little girl, “I am so pregnant” — Maude Hutchins > < “I didn't do it.” “You did so” > 3. — used in place of an adjective to avoid repetition of the adjective < susceptible, but not excessively so, to the attractions of other women — Anthony Quinton > < is paralyzed but was not born so > 4. < the records deal mostly with business and so are not as valuable … as records of a more personal kind — Notes & Queries > • - so far from - so fashion II. 1. a. < the choral work was clean, so every word was distinguishable — Douglas Watt > b. < separate the marginal items by slashes so they won't run together — H.M.Silver > 2. < some people don't care who goes hungry just so they themselves get enough to eat > 3. a. (1) < when I speak of these matters I am always accused of being a snob, so, to illustrate my point, I propose to quote — Nancy Mitford > (2) < was getting rather tired by this time, so that is why he sang a complaining song — A.A.Milne > b. (1) — used as an introductory particle < so here we are at last > occasionally reduplicated < so so, quoth he, these lets attend the time — Shakespeare > and often to belittle a point under discussion especially in the phrase so what < he took a drink now and then … so what? He was a man — E.D.Radin > < I may be a numskull scholastically, but what I remember of my family — it was so wonderful. So I misspell a word — Helen Traubel > (2) — used interjectionally to indicate awareness of a discovery (as of guilt) < so, that's who did it > or surprised dissent III. 1. < cocksure of many things that were not so — O.W.Holmes †1935 > 2. < insists on having his books just so > IV. 1. < became chairman … and remained so until his death — Marie A. Kasten > < “has she gone?” “I believe so” > — often used for emphasis at the beginning of a statement < the last day? Why, so it is > 2. < I've known him 20 years or so > < back in 1940 or so — C.D.Lane > < my joints are somewhat stiff or so — Alfred Tennyson > 3. < then fold the paper like so > V. variant of sol VI. |
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