[ səu; sə ] adv. 1.〔表示方式、方法、情况等〕那么，那样；这么，这样。 You will never do it so. 你那样做不行。 They may do so, if they please. 随他们的便。 Hold the knife so. 这样持刀。 He is not a child and should not be treated so. 他不是小孩，不要这样对待。 2.〔表示程度〕到那个程度，那样，那么。 Why are you panting so 你为什么那么喘气？ Don't walk so fast. 别走得那么快。 He didn't expect to live so long. 他没想到会活得那么长命。 3.〔表示强调〕非常，很，极，十分。 I am so glad to see you. 我看见你非常高兴。 Thank you so much. 多谢多谢。 He is ever so angry. 他气得不得了。 4.〔代替表语或谓语，使用倒装语序〕也…。 You are young and so am I. 你年轻，我也年轻。 Tom speaks French and so does his brother. 汤姆会讲法语，他的兄弟也会讲法语。 5.〔语气〕原来，那么。 So you are back again at last! 那么你终于回来了! So you are Doctor Smith. 原来你就是史密斯博士。 6.〔用作表语〕 (a) 那样的。 But it is so. 可是倒是那样的。 Is that so 是那样吗？ Not so. 不是那样。 How so 怎么会那样呢？ Quite so.＝Just so. 正是那样。 (b) 不错，真的。 You said it was good, and so it is. 你说过它好，它真好呀! Nineteen fifty So it is. 1950年？ 正是。 It was cold yesterday. So it was. 昨天天气冷。 是的。 We have all worked hard. So we have. 我们都努力工作。 是的。 7.〔代替形容词〕这么，那么。 短语和例子 He is complacent - so much so that he does not know what he is worth. 他很自满--自满得忘乎所以。 They wanted fifty dollars but John could not pay so much. 他们要五十元美金，可是约翰付不起那么多。 8. 〔关联副词〕 (a) 〔so ... that 结构〕…得…，这样…以便；如此…以致。 We have so arranged matters that one of us is always on duty. 我们已经做了安排，使得我们之中总有一个人在值班。 It so happened that I couldn't attend the meeting. 碰巧我无法参加会议。 He was so angry that he couldn't speak. 他很生气，气得连话也讲不出了。 He was so ill that we had to send for a doctor. 他病得很厉害，我们不得不请了一位医生来。 It is so small that you cannot see it. 小得你看不出来。 (b) 〔so that 结构，口语常将 that 省略〕以便，为了；所以。 Speak clearly, so that they may understand you. 说话说清楚，以便他们能够听得懂你的意思。 Finish this so (that) you can start another. 把这个做完，好开始另一个。 All precautions have been taken, so that we expect to succeed. 已经采取了各项预防措施，所以我们有希望成功。 Nothing was heard of him, so that people thought that he was dead. 再没有听到关于他的什么消息，所以人们认为他已经死了。 (c) 〔as ..., so ... 结构〕像…那样；…也…。 As you treat me, so will I treat you. 我像你对待我那样对待你[你怎样对待我，我也怎样对待你]。 (d) 〔so ... as... 结构〕像…一样。 〔not so ... as ... 结构〕没有…那样。 They must so walk as he walked. 他们必须照他的步法走。 他怎样走，他们也一定要怎样走。 I am not so tall as he. 我没有他高。 He was not so much angry as disappointed. 生气还是其次，他倒是失望得厉害。 He is not so old as you think. 他的年纪没有你以为的那么大。
1.〔古语〕只要…，要是，既是。 So it is done, it matters not how. 只要成功，怎样办都行。 2.〔口语〕那样就… (＝so that)。 短语和例子 Turn it from time to time so it may be cooked alike on both sides. 常常翻翻，那样两面就烤得匀了。 int. 好，那样行了；别动；别吵；停住，〔命牛马〕缩! 〔又作 soho〕。 A little more to the right, so! 再靠右一点儿，行了! If that will content him, so. 倘若那会满足他，那就行了。 If you agreed, so if not, so. 要是同意，好；要是不同意，也好。 pron. 1.〔用作 say, call, speak, tell, think, hope, expect, suppose, imagine, fear, hear, do 等动词的宾词〕。 I think so. 我想是这样。 I suppose so.＝So I suppose. 我想大概是那样。 I told you so. 我不是跟你说过是这样了吗？ Do you say so？ ＝You don't say so. 真的吗〔表示惊奇〕。 So he says. 他这样说。 2.〔用在 or 之后〕左右，上下，约。 短语和例子 two hundred or so 两百上下。 an hour or so 一个钟头左右。 He is forty or so. 他大概是四十岁。 and so 〔英古，美〕所以，从此(就…了)；〔古语〕其次 (And so to dinner)。 and so forth＝and so on 等等。 even so 〔古语〕确是那样。 ever so 非常，很 (He is ever so clever. 他很聪明。 He has ever so many children. 他有不少孩子。 That is ever so much better. 〔口语〕那个好得多)。 ever so bad 无论怎样坏。 every so often 〔美国〕时时。 if so 要是那样的话。 in so far as 到…的程度，在…范围内；只要 (You will succeed in so far as you persevere. 你能坚持，便会得到相对的成功)。 so and in no other way＝so and so only 别无他法。 so and so 某某，这么这么，如此这般〔参看 so-and-so〕。 so ... as to …得… (He was so angry as to be unable to say. 他愤怒得话都说不出了)。 so as to 为使，以便。 so be it 那样也好，算啦；不管喽。 so far 就是那么些；到现在为止，到此刻为止，到这里[那点，这点，那个程度]为止 (So far for today. 今天就是那么些了。 So far so good. 到这里为止，一切还好；到那点为止，一切还好)。 so far as 就…而论，在…的范围内 (so far as I know 就我所知。 so far as I am concerned 至于我。 so far as the style goes 若就文章风格来讲。 so far as in me lies 尽我力量所及)。 so far from 非但不…反而 (So far from loving him, I hate him. 我非但不爱他，反而恨他)。 so goes the story 据说。 so long! 〔口语〕再见。 so long as 只要。 so many 很多(的)；和…一样多的，同样多的； 全都是 (You have so many. 你有很不少。 so many apples and so many pears 这么多的苹果和同样多的梨)。 so much 和…一样多；就只那么多；多少 (It is only so much rubbish. 全是废物。 At so much a week [a head] 每礼拜[每人]多少(钱)。 so much brandy and so much water 一半白兰地一半水)。 so much for... …的事情[话]就是这么些[至此为止]；…不过如此 (So much for him, now about .... 他的事情就这样好了，下面且说…罢。 So much for his learning. 〔蔑称〕那家伙的学问不过如此)。 so much more 更加。 so much so that ... 到要…，因为非常…。 so much the better 反而好。 so please you 〔古语〕＝if you please. so so〔口语〕既不算好也不算坏，勉勉强强，还好 (How are you getting along Oh, so so. 近来怎么样？唉，勉勉强强)。 so styled [termed] 叫做…的，所谓。 so that's that 〔口语〕所以是这样。 so then 原来如此，那么，所以。 so to say [speak] 好比，如同，可谓。 So what 那么又怎样呢？ 那怎么样了呢？ 结果怎样呢？ 那有什么关系呢？ 你想怎么样呢？ n. 【音乐】＝sol1.
Related Translations:
sos: S.O.S. (＝Save Our Souls [Ship] Suspend Other Service) 【电讯】失事信号，呼救信号；发失事信号； (＝Service of Supply) 【军事】后勤部，供应署； (＝silicon on sapphire) 矽蓝宝石制作技术。
just so: 正要那样。just the same 完全一样。 just the thing 适合的东西，很合用。 just then 正在那时。 just the opposite [reverse], just the other way about 恰恰相反。 not just ... but 不仅…而且…。 only just enough 勉强过得去。
Example Sentences:
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So the days passed in spring and summer . 春夏的时光就是这样度过的。
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The drawer is so tight that i can't open it . 这抽屉太紧，我打不开。
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I do not relish having to get up so early . 我可不乐意这么早就起床。
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He scares people away by being so brash . 他狂妄自大把别人都吓跑了。
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She was so impersonal in her attitude . 她的姿态竟表明她根本无所谓。
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He was so pressing i could n't refuse . 他这样坚持，我实在难以拒绝。
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So that i may tell you decisively . 那样我就可以一言为定地告诉你了。
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I didn't know you were so encyclopaedic . 我还不知道你竟是这样渊博。
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Why do you have so much medical knowledge ? 你为何有这么多医学知识？
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His wife was so poignant and timely . 他的妻子是这样有分寸和适时宜。
