释义 |
 | 所以 | | suŏyĭ | 连名 | | 1 [introducing a clause of result, preceded by a clause of reason or cause with or without an introductory 因为 or 由于] as a result; so; therefore: | | 天太冷,所以我不去了。 It's too cold, so I'm not going. | | 因为熊猫是珍稀动物,所以要尽一切努力保护它。 Pandas are very rare; therefore we should do our best to protect them. |
2 [between the subject and the predicate of a clause of result, followed by a clause of reason or cause introduced by 是因为 or 是由于] the reason why: | | 我们(之)所以没有去,是因为我们得到通知太晚了。 The reason why we didn't go was that we were notified too late. |
3 [in the pattern 是…所以 …的原因, preceded by a clause of reason or cause] that's why: | | 我和他在一起工作过两三年,这就是我所以对他比较熟悉的原因。 He and I have worked together for a couple of years. That's why I know him pretty well. |
4 〈口〉 that's just the reason; that's just the point: | | 所以呀,要不我怎么会这么说呢? That's just the point; otherwise I wouldn't have said it. |
II 名 〈书〉 [in certain set phrases as the object of the verb, to refer to sth. indefinite but understood]: | | 不明所以 not know why it is so |
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