such: [OE] Etymologically, such means ‘so formed’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic compound formed from *swa ‘so’ (ancestor of English so) and *līk- ‘form, body’ (source of English like). This reached Old English as swylc, which gradually lost its l and w and evolved into modern English such. Amongst its Germanic relatives are German solch, Dutch zulk, Swedish silk, and Danish slig. => like, so
such (adj.)
c. 1200, Old English swylc, swilc "just as, as, in like manner; as if, as though; such a one, he" (pronoun and adjective), from a Proto-Germanic compound *swalikaz "so formed" (cognates: Old Saxon sulik, Old Norse slikr, Old Frisian selik, Middle Dutch selc, Dutch zulk, Old High German sulih, German solch, Gothic swaleiks), from swa "so" (see so) + *likan "form," source of Old English gelic "similar" (see like (adj.)). Colloquial suchlike (early 15c.) is pleonastic.
雙語例句
1. Issues such as these were not really his concern.
他其實並不關心諸如此類的問題。
來自柯林斯例句
2. But legal experts are not sure if such a charge can stick.
但法律專家們不能肯定這一指控是否成立。
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3. Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.
如此無禮的言語讓我火冒三丈，我砰的一下把電話掛了。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The government wilted in the face of such powerful pressure.
政府麵對如此大的壓力，失去了信心。
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5. You flatter yourself. Why would we go to such ludicrous lengths?