a)in a way that makes it seem that something is true or that something is happening 好像…
It sounds as though she’s been really ill.
听起来她病得很重。
Gary was behaving as though nothing had happened.
加里表现得好像什么也没发生过。
Mrs Crump looked as if she was going to explode.
克伦普太太看起来好像要大发雷霆。
Beckworth shook his head as if to say ‘Don’t trust her’.
贝克沃思摇摇头,好像在说“别相信她”。
b)used to emphasize that something is not true or will not happen 仿佛,好像〔用于强调某事不是真的或不会发生〕
She said she’d never speak to me again. As if I cared (=I do not care at all).
她说她再也不会跟我说话了,好像我会在乎似的。
‘Don’t try any funny business, now.’ ‘As if I would.’
“好了,别耍什么花样。”“我才不会呢。”
As if! spoken informal
He asked if I’d go out with him. As if (=it is extremely unlikely that I would go out with him)!
他问我是否愿意跟他出去,我才不愿意呢!
Examples from the Corpus
as if .../as though ...• Brian shook his head as if to say "don't trust her."• Joe always sounds as if he's drunk.• Mandy felt as if they were all against her.• You look as if you're having a good time.• You make it seem as if you're being overworked.• She cried then, and went on crying for a week, mourning Fanshawe as though he were dead.• I felt as though I were plunging into something new and quite abnormal.• Everyone's looking as though it's wonderful but it's a din!• Blank-faced, she looked as though she had been drained of all sensation.• It sounds as though she's been really sick.• It was as though some one had burgled my heart and taken away something that meant a great deal to me.• It was as though there were only seven loaves and seven fishes.• He worked to dispel his doubts about his friendas though to pass another test, like his ordeal in the park.• All of them stared at him intently, as though trying to understand something.
a)in a way that makes you think something is true 好像〔指某种情形使你认为某事属实〕SYN as if
It looks as though everyone else has gone home.
看起来好像其他所有人都回家了。
b)in a way that might make you think something was true, although you know it is not true 好像,仿佛〔指某种情形也许会让你有种感觉,但其实你知道事实并非如此〕SYN as if
She stared at me as though I were a complete stranger.
她盯着我看,好像我完全是个陌生人。
Examples from the Corpus
as though• Either way, it looks as though 103 Dalmatians may now be out of the question.• Smitty jumpedas though he had been struck.• Bill looked as though he wanted to say something.• This Conditionrequires that the Insured acts with the same degree of careas though he was not insured.• Whlist I was asleep I suddenly felt as though I wanted to see a woman.• Now it looks as though its indifference may turn to acceptance.• Icycoldyes, there was something cold about all of her, as though she always pushedheat away.• But by mid-August it looked as though the tests really would take place in the next couple of weeks.