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又作‘那末’ ) - 1. like that; in that way; so
- ♦ 你不该~做。 You shouldn't have done that. or You oughtn't to have acted the way you did.
- ♦ 她不好意思~说。 It embarrassed her to say that.
- 2. (used before numerals to indicate approximation) about; or so
- ♦ 估计得走~三、四个钟头才能到。 I think it will take three or four hours to get there.
- 3. (used to connect a clause expressing a logical consequence to a conditional clause) then; in that case
- ♦ 既然这样不行, ~你打算怎么办呢？ Since that's impossible, what are you going to do?