as if
US /æz ɪf/
・UK /æz if/
B1 中級
conj.連接詞彷彿
He acted as if he didn't care, but I knew he was upset.
interj.感嘆詞好像是吧！
"He said he'd pay me back tomorrow." "As if!"
prep.介系詞好像
She treats me as if I were a child.
phr.片語好像
He ran as if his life depended on it.
conj.連接詞彷彿
I can't just quit my job as if it's nothing.
phr.片語如同
She treated me as if I were a child.
phr.片語好像是吧！
"Did he really pay for everyone's meal?" "As if!"
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戒掉中式英文！學會外國人真正的說話方式，讓你的英語更道地（If you want to sound like a native English speaker, stop saying phrases like this）
- "I'll let you know as soon as possible." Combine the sounds in "I will let you." "I'll let you." "I'll let you." "I'll let you know as soon as possible." Say this chunk, this phrase, as soon as possible, quickly, as if it were one word, because this is a very common phrase: as soon as possible.
注意我沒說 "what are you"，我說的是 "whaddaya"。
- Say this chunk, this phrase, "as soon as possible", quickly, as if it were one word,
快速地說出這段短語「盡快（as soon as possible）」，就像它是一個單字，
【瘋狂醫師】羅伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森《化身博士》經典名著 | 全本有聲書 (Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson | Full Audiobook)
- asleep—street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church—till
- all the folks asleep, street, after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church, till at last I got into that state of mind when a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman.
所有人都睡著了，一條街，又一條街，全都像遊行一樣點著燈，卻像教堂一樣空無一人，直到最後我進入那種狀態，一個人不停地聽著，聽著，開始渴望看到一個警察。
獵奇的創作人生兩難！杭特·S·湯普森道出瘋狂藝術家的宿命？ (The Terrible Paradox of Being a Creative Person - Hunter S. Thompson)
- Angels, fully immersed and welcomed in as if he was a member himself. The novel would ultimately cover this time he spent with the Hells Angels, from the motorcycle travels, to the bars, to the violent crimes, all filtered through Thompson's unique sensibilities and translated through his budding, unique prose. This all came to a head, however, when Thompson tried to stop one of the
他完全沉浸其中，彷彿自己就是其中一員。這本小說最終涵蓋了他在地獄天使幫度過的這段時光，從摩托車旅行到酒吧，再到暴力犯罪，所有這一切都經過湯普森獨特的感性過濾，並通過他嶄露頭角的獨特散文加以詮釋。然而，當湯普森試圖阻止 "地獄天使 "中的一個人時，這一切都發生了。
- For his research process, Thompson spent a year living with the Hells Angels, fully immersed and welcomed in as if he was a member himself.
在上述那封信中，湯普森談到了一個人一生中應該做的事情、
FBI探員揭祕「走路自帶氣場」的自信肢體語言！🚀 告別沒自信，瞬間提升氣場的祕密大公開｜GQ Taiwan (如何走路自帶氣場？FBI探員分析「自信」的肢體語言 Body Language Expert Explains How to Show Confidence｜科普長知識｜GQ Taiwan)
- I find a good solid wall and I will just lean into it like I'm holding this wall up, pressing against it just as if I were doing a push-up, and one of the things that that does is it releases a lot of muscular tension, and because I'm doing it very wide, it makes me feel more powerful, and I need to walk on that stage as though it's mine.
我會找一面堅固的牆，然後靠在牆上，就像扶著這面牆一樣，壓著它，就像做俯臥撐一樣，這樣做的一個好處是可以釋放大量的肌肉緊張，而且因為我做得很寬，所以讓我感覺更有力量，我需要走在那個舞臺上，就好像它是我的一樣。
- and I will just lean into it like I'm holding this wall up, pressing against it just as if I were doing a push-up.
我們可以培育。
美國人說的跟想的不一樣？這些英文單字在美國竟然是「相反的意思」（Words that Mean the Opposite in America）
- If they like your idea, an American will probably tell you, same as if they dislike it.
然後我回你：「謝謝，我會記在心上。」
- Same as if they dislike it.
同樣地，如果他們不喜歡。
進階英語口說特訓：擺脫生硬轉向自然表達，提升詞彙量（Advanced English Speaking Fluency – Start Speaking Naturally! Improve your vocabulary）
- You'll need to read your lines off the screen out loud as if we were conversing with each other.
然後你就會在 screen 上看到你的 lines。
- You'll need to read your lines off the screen out loud as if we were conversing with each other.
你要看著 screen 大聲唸出你的 lines，就像我們真的在 conversing 一樣。