so/səʊ]sə/

adv

1. [达到某种程度] 这(那)么

• Don't be so angry! 别那么生气!

• I'm so happy to see you. 见到你真高兴。

2. [表示方式或状态] 这(那)样

• Read the text so. 要这样读课文。

• So it was he became a lawyer. 就那样他成为了律师。

3. 也，同样

• You agreed and so did I. 你赞同，我也赞同。

• You are smart and so is your brother. 你很聪明，你弟弟也一样。

4. [用以表示同意] 的确，一定

• I hope to succeed and so I shall. 我希望能赢，我也一定会赢。

5. 因此，所以

• The gossip was not true and so unreliable. 流言不是真的，所以不可靠。

6. [表示惊讶、不满或讽刺] 如此看来，似乎

• So you don't like the article I wrote. 这么说你是不喜欢我写的文章了。

• So you think I am wrong. 看来你认为我错了。

7. [用于反驳对方的否认] 当真，确实

• You can so! 不对，你能的!

词组and so forth(或on)… 等等

• I need pen, rubber, rule and so on. 我需要钢笔、橡皮、尺子等文具。

• We study Chinese, English, mathmetics and so forth. 我们学习中文、英文、数学等科目。

so...as... 像…的那样…

• The author has never created so good a story as his former ones. 那位作者再没有创作出以前那么好的故事来。

so as to

1. 以便

• I got up early so as to catch the bus. 我早起是为了赶车。

2. 以致，结果使

• The room was dark, so as to make a good picture hard to take. 房间里很暗，照一张好像片很难。

so... as to 如此…以致

• The question is so familiar as to require no explanation. 这个问题太熟悉了，不需要解释。

so to speak (或say) [用作插入语] 用作插入语] 可以说；恕我直言；让我打个比方

• They were, so to speak,a fish our of water. 他们可以说是像离开了水的鱼。