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So Called Talk Word Fact Adj 形容词   [Adj N

英语单词 so-called
英美音标 英 [səʊ kɔːld] 美 [soʊ kɔːld]
中文释义 adj.<贬>号称的;所谓的
英语例句 (1) There is no so-called "recipe for success".
中文例句 (1) 所谓“成功的诀窍”是不存在的。
vocabulary简明 When you say someone is a so-called pacifist, you are suggesting that they are a pacifist in name only. While they are busy making everyone talk about how peaceful they are, chances are they're also bombing villages to dust.
vocabulary扩展 Using the word so-called is a great way to point out systemic hypocrisy and is a much-beloved tool of street preachers and conspiracy cranks the world over. They might talk about our so-called democracy being in fact a sham, and our so-called democratic elections being rigged by forces beyond our control.
柯林斯解释
1
[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。

2
[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。

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