This flashcard defines "so-called" as an adjective used to indicate that a name or description applied to someone or something is thought to be incorrect or is a common, established label.
This flashcard defines "so-called" as an adjective used to indicate that a name or description applied to someone or something is thought to be incorrect or is a common, established label.
[ADJ 形容词](表示不认同)所谓的 You use so-called to indicate that you think a word or expression used to describe someone or something is in fact wrong.
[ADJ n]
These are the facts that explode their so-called economic miracle...
这些就是用来粉碎他们所谓的经济奇迹的事实。
More and more companies have gone 'green' and started producing so-called environmentally-friendly products.
越来越多的公司变得“环保”起来,开始生产所谓的环境友好型产品。
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[ADJ 形容词](指通常的称谓)所说的,所谓的 You use so-called to indicate that something is generally referred to by the name that you are about to use.
[ADJ n]
...a summit of the world's seven leading market economies, the so-called G-7...
世界七大市场经济国家,即所谓的“七国集团”召开的一次峰会
She was one of the so-called Gang of Four.
她是所谓的“四人帮”之一。
Oxford
ˌso-ˈcalledAWL/; NAmE/adjective1[only before noun ]used to show that you do not think that the word or phrase that is being used to describe sb/sth is appropriate (表示不认同)所谓的◆the opinion of a so-called ‘expert’一个所谓的“专家”的意见◆How have these so-called improvements helped the local community?这些所谓的进步对当地社会有什么帮助呢?2[usually before noun ]used to introduce the word that people usually use to describe sth (引出约定俗成的称谓)人称…的,号称…的◆artists from the so-called ‘School of London’号称“伦敦派”的一群艺术家ˌso-ˈcalled/; NAmE/
LDC
so-calledˈso-called ●●○W3 adjective [only before noun]
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1used to describe someone or something that has been given a name that you think is wrong: The so-called experts couldn’t tell us what was wrong.2used to show that something or someone is usually called a particular name: the health threats posed by so-called ‘mad cow disease’
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所谓的(100%)
adj.所谓的;号称的
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