| 单词 | as if .../as though ... |
| 释义 | as if .../as though ...as if .../as though ... WAY/MANNER a) in a way that makes it seem that something is true or that something is happening 好像… It sounds as though she’s been really ill. 听起来她病得很重。 Gary was behaving as though nothing had happened. 加里表现得好像什么也没发生过。 Mrs Crump looked as if she was going to explode. 克伦普太太看起来好像要大发雷霆。 Beckworth shook his head as if to say ‘Don’t trust her’. 贝克沃思摇摇头，好像在说“别相信她”。 b) used to emphasize that something is not true or will not happen 仿佛，好像〔用于强调某事不是真的或不会发生〕 She said she’d never speak to me again. As if I cared (=I do not care at all). 她说她再也不会跟我说话了，好像我会在乎似的。 ‘Don’t try any funny business, now.’ ‘As if I would.’ “好了，别耍什么花样。”“我才不会呢。” As if! spoken informal He asked if I’d go out with him. As if (=it is extremely unlikely that I would go out with him)! 他问我是否愿意跟他出去，我才不愿意呢！ Examples from the Corpus as if .../as though ...• Brian shook his head as if to say "don't trust her."• Joe always sounds as if he's drunk.• Mandy felt as if they were all against her.• You look as if you're having a good time.• You make it seem as if you're being overworked.• She cried then, and went on crying for a week, mourning Fanshawe as though he were dead.• I felt as though I were plunging into something new and quite abnormal.• Everyone's looking as though it's wonderful but it's a din!• Blank-faced, she looked as though she had been drained of all sensation.• It sounds as though she's been really sick.• It was as though some one had burgled my heart and taken away something that meant a great deal to me.• It was as though there were only seven loaves and seven fishes.• He worked to dispel his doubts about his friend as though to pass another test, like his ordeal in the park.• All of them stared at him intently, as though trying to understand something. → as if .../as though ... at as2(3) |
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