so /səu, sə/ I. adv. 1. (表示方式、方法、情况等)这样,那样:Hold your pen so.把你的笔这样拿着。Is that so? 是那样的吗? So you fully agree. 那么,你完全同意了2. (表示程度等)这么,那么,如此地: works so hard如此努力的工作;so important an event 这么重要的一件事 3.(代替上文的名词、形容词或动词)同样,也,对:You say he works hard; so he does, so do you. 你说他很努力,对,他确实很努力,你也一样。 4. 非常,极:It’s so good of you!你真好! 5. (表示结)因而,所以:It was late, so we went home.天晚了,所以我们就回家去了。6. 用于短语and so on等等:There are different kinds of power, such as water power, electric power and so on. 有很多种动力,如水力、电力等等。 ever so 非常,极其:He is ever so strong. 他非常健壮。 so and so某某;如此这般:He told me to do so-and-so他叫我如此这般地做。Dear Mr. so-and-so: May I draw your attention to the following. 某某先生,请看一下内容。so as to 为的是,使得,以便;结果,以致:I’ll get 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。He struck the snake so as to break its back. 他对蛇一击,结果打断了它的脊背。 so… as to…  如此以致(表示结果或程度)He was so angry as to be unable to speak.他气得话都说不出来了。She is so young as to look like a child. 她年轻得像个孩子似的。 so far 迄今为止,就此范围(或程度)来说:They are doing things no one has so far attempted. 他们正在做以前没有人尝试过的事情。so that 为的是,使得(表示目的,后面的从句中常有一个情态动词);结果是,以致:I’ll give you all the facts so that you can judge for yourself. 我把所有的事实都告诉你,使你能自己做出判断。Everybody lent a hand, so that the work was finished on time.人人动手,结果按时完成了任务。 so…that 如此以致,如此使得The wind blew so hard that we could hardly walk.风刮得很大,我们几乎不能走。[考句]So confused did he become that he didn’t know how to start his lecture.他感到很迷乱,不知如何开始自己的讲座。(so放句首,句子要倒装 so to speak 多多少少是真的:I am a writer, so to speak.多多少少我算是一个作家。so/as long as conj. 只要:[考句]  As long as he works hard, I don’t mind when he finishes the experiment.只要他努力去做就行,我不在乎他何时完成实验。‖II. pron. 1. (用作expect, hope, say一类动词的宾语)这样,如此: I hope so. 我希望如此。You don’t say so.你不会是这个意思吧。 2. (用在or之后)左右,上下: I read only a page or so. 我只看了一页左右。

[辨析]sosuch都可用来加强语气,表示如此 “这样,但其用法不同。 1. such是前位限定词,用来修饰名词;so是副词,用来修饰形容词或副词:We had such fun.我们玩得真开心。 Why are you so late?你怎么这么晚来? 2. suchso都可用在形容词+泛指的单数可数名词” 之前,但其位置不同,其结构分别是“such+a/an+adj.+n.”“so+adj.+a/an+n.”: I had never before met such a gentle person. (=… so gentle a person.) 我过去从来没有遇见过这么文雅的人。 3.在复数名词、不可数名词以及没有形容词修饰的单数可数名词之前,只能用such不能用so: They are such clever people. 他们是如此聪明的人。He is such a fool. 他真是个大傻瓜。4.如果名词前有表示数量多少的单个形容词(few, little, much, many)修饰时,只能用so不能用such: Don’t make so much noise. 不要这样吵闹。