and so forth

1 SAMEused to refer to other things of the type you have already mentioned, without actually naming them 等等 SYN et cetera

She started telling me about her bad back, her migraines, and so forth.

她开始向我诉说她背痛啦、偏头痛啦等等。

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and so forth• The study included women of different ages, races and so forth.• And she thought, oh, maybe she was just overtired, and so forth.• By uh by listing factors and so forth.• He must choose a diet, exercise, relaxation, and so forth.• Motion precedes quiescence, which in turn precedes motion, which in turn precedes quiescence, and so forth.• Please would we list our safety equipment, the radio, the distress beacon, and so forth?• You browse the Web daily for ideas and download interesting articles from newspapers, magazines and so forth.• Try Yahoo listings of organizations and so forth, and Google for mentions on Web pages.• Satan has sovereignties and powers and so forth working for him as well.

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2 used at the end of a list to show that you could continue it in a similar way 及诸如此类，等等

You can do things for your health in the way of diet, exercise, good lifestyle, not smoking and so on.

保持身体健康有多种办法，包括注意饮食、做运动、保持良好的生活习惯、不抽烟等等。

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and so on/forth• A central zone leads to other areas where you can test yourself, gain information, do puzzles and so on.• Asteroids contain a variety of rare radioactive isotopes of potassium, uranium, thorium, rubidium, and so on.• I also become more mentally sensitive to social problems, the ills of the world and so on.• Symbols are things that bear some resemblance to what they represent: drawings, silhouettes, and so forth.• And so on and so on, the critiques having merit but missing the point.• It would have to be done very quietly and so forth and so on.

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