| 词汇 | as if |
| 释义 | as if 主要翻译 as if conj (as though)好像；仿佛He looked as if he wanted to say something.他看起来好像想要说些什么。usage: ‘as if’ and ‘as though’You can use as if or as though at the beginning of a clause when you are describing how someone or something looks, or how someone behaves.It's a wonderful item and in such good condition that it looks as though it was bought yesterday.He lunged towards me as if he expected me to aim a gun at him.Many people think it is incorrect to use ‘was’ in clauses of this type. They say you should use were instead.He looked at me as if I were mad.She remembered it all as if it were yesterday.However, in conversation people usually use was. The secretary spoke as though it was some kind of password.He gave his orders as if this was only another training exercise.You can use was or were in conversation, but in formal writing you should use were. as if interj informal (sceptical)说得好像和真的一样！You're going to help me clean the house? As if!说得好像你真的要帮我打扫房子一样！ 复合形式： as if on cue, as though on cue expr (as though responding to a signal)似乎得到暗示；仿佛在暗示Tom was thinking about his mother when, as if on cue, she knocked on his front door. as if to say adv (in a way that suggests [sth])好像说；好像在说He nodded at her as if to say goodbye. make as if to do [sth], make as though to do [sth] v expr informal (pretend, feint)假装做某事；佯装做某事He made as if to throw the ball, but he actually ran with it instead. |
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