[语法] So do I(我也是),这个 so 是什么用法?
So do I(我也是),so 的这种替代功能怎么用?
在正式的上下文中,我们可以使用 so 来代替“连缀动词”后面的形容词(或形容词短语)。例如:
The situation became intolerable five years ago and it remains so even today.
局势于五年前变得无法容忍,时至今日依然如此。
这句话里前面的 became 和后面的 remain本质一样,称为“连缀动词”,所以 remain 后面可以用 so 来替代前面 became 后面的形容词 intolerable。
再来看一个:
Tom is very selfish. He’s been so since his childhood.
汤姆很自私。他从小到大一直都是这样。
连缀动词是前面的 is 和后面的 has been,所以 has been 后面可以用 so 来替代前面的 selfish。
另外,比较句型中,我们还可以使用 more so 和 less so 做为替代词,其中 so 代替前文的形容词。例如:
Jack seems cold and distant, Tom more so.
杰克似乎很冷漠,不容易接近,汤姆似乎更冷漠,更不容易接近。
最后,so 还可以指代前文中的一件事情,替代一个从句,比如:
Our manager is going to quit his job because he has inherited a lot of money. My colleague told me so when I came to work today.
我们经理即将辞掉工作,因为他继承了一大笔钱。今天上班时我同事告诉我这件事。
这里的 My colleague told me so 等同于 My colleague told me (that) our manager is going to quit his job.