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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第1203页（2888字）
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ad．①那么地，到那个程度：Why are you panting so?你怎么喘得那么厉害?Please don’t speak so fast．请别说得那么快．I have never seen so magnificent a hall．我从未见过如此宏伟的会堂．(比较：so magnificent a．hall=such a magnificent hall词意相同，但冠词位置不同．注意后接复数名词或不可数名词时不能用 so，只能用such．)not so …as不象…那么…，没有…那么…(as…as的否定式)：It is not so cold today as yesterday．今天没有昨天那么冷．It is not so troublesome as you think．这件事不象你所想的那么麻烦．not so much as与其说…不如说…：He was not so much angry as surprised．与其说他生气了还不如说他感到诧异．so …as to那么地…以致…：Would you be so kind as to lend me your bicycle?把自行车借给我用一下好吗?She is so excited as to shout herself hoarse．她兴奋得喊哑了嗓子．so …that如此…以致…：The two superpowers are so arbitrary that they have become more and more isolated．两个超级大国如此横行霸道以致越来越孤立．so much so that到那个程度以致…：The road was heavy so much so that the enemy’s motorized troops couldn’t move an inch．道路是那样地不好走，使敌人的摩托化部队寸步难行．②这样，那样：Is that so?是那样吗?Not so．不是那样．Quite(or Just) so．正是那样．How so?怎么会那样呢?I told you so!我早就告诉你是那样的了!I could scarcely believe it，but it was so．我简直不能相信，不过情况倒真是这样的．You will never do it so．你不要再这样干了．So I hope(=I hope so)．但愿如此．③是的，你说对了：A：“It is a useful tool!”B：“So it is．”甲：“这是有用的工具．”乙：“对，它真有用．”A：“It was cold yesterday．”B：“So it was．”甲：“昨天天冷．”乙：“是的．”④(谓语移在主语之前)也一样：You are much concerned about the comrades and so is he．你很关心同志，他也是这样．A：“I went to the cinema yesterday．”B：“So did I．”甲：“我昨天看电影去了．”乙：“我也去了．”⑤【口语】非常，很：I am so glad to see you．见到你我非常高兴．There was so much to do!要做的事真多!ever so 非常，极：I was ever so interested in the play．我对这出戏很感兴趣．
△and(so forth and) so on等等．or so 左右，上下：He will be back in an hour or so．他再过一小时左右就回来了．so as to 1)以便：He fired at once so as to cover his comrades．他立即开火以便掩护同志们．I will have everything ready so as not to keep you waiting．我要把一切都准备好，以便不让你久等．2)以至于：Don’t let your radio blare so as to disturb your neighbours．别把收音机开得太响以免打扰邻居．so far到现在(或那时)为止，到此为止：So far we have had no trouble．到现在为止，我们还没有碰到什么麻烦．So far，so good．到此为止还算好．so far as至于，就…而论So far as I know就我所知．So far as I am concerned就我来说．so far from决不是，绝非：So far from being a help，he was a hindrance．他决不是助手，而是障碍．so long再见．so long as只要：So long as I am still breathing，I will make revolution．只要还有一口气，我就决心干革命．so much统统是，只不过是(废话等)：What he has written is so much nonsense．他写的东西只不过是些废话而已．so much for就讲(做)这些吧，到此为止：So much for our visit．我们的参观就到此为止吧．so that 1)以便：Speak clearly，so that they may understand you．说清楚些，让他们明白你的意思．2)以至于，所以：My train was late，so that I couldn’t come earlier．我乘的火车误点了，所以我不能早些来．so to say(=so to speak)如果我可以这样说的话：You should have been more careful with your work，so to say．你本来应当对工作更细心一些，如果我可以这样说的话．
－conj．①因此，所以：We still have a lot to do，so let’s make good use of our time．我们还有许多事要做，所以要好好利用时间．②(表示感叹)那么，如此说来：So you have finished your work!如此说来你们已经把工作完成了!So there you are!情形就是如此!
△as… so …正如…，就…：As men sow，so will they reap．种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆．As two is to four，so is three to six．二比四等于三比六．