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adverb haʊhaʊ 1usually interrogative adverb In what way or manner; by what means. 怎样，怎么，如何 它怎么起作用的？ he did not know how he ought to behave 他不知他该如何表现。 with infinitive he showed me how to adjust the focus 他给我示范如何调焦。 Example sentencesExamples - Tell me how I can get clear land title in a transparent manner, and I am ready to do it.
- The very basis of government after all, is subjective views on how things ought to be.
- Would he allow the Fed to be told how to adjust interest rates by a bumbling Dutchman?
- This is not only the best single book on the subject but a model of how military history ought to be written.
- If we cannot even accept these criticisms, how can we claim to be a country of manners?
- We may not get to choose how we go, but we can definitely choose the manner in which we are waved goodbye.
- There is a distinction to be made between doing science and thinking about how science ought to be done.
- One further question: how would you word the abstract in a more objective manner?
- The people who ran the club before didn't have any knowledge of how a club should be run in a professional manner.
- Gordon had not caught the man's name, and was unsure how to ask in a polite manner.
- No more is said in that witness statement as to precisely how or in what manner service had been effected.
- It is not clear from the available data how these findings ought to be interpreted.
- This is a book that ought to be read to understand how women today got much of what they take for granted.
- I watched an equine chiropractor give a horse an adjustment and show us how to fit a saddle.
- There is a terrible feeling of being told by other people how we ought to lead our lives.
- Science engages with busy minds that have strong views about how things are and ought to be.
- Case law can also be more specific than general comments on how provisions ought to be understood.
- He observed that we had built a picture of ourselves that was based on an abstracted picture of how we ought to be.
- Such checks require that we choose what to monitor, when to monitor, and how to adjust treatment.
- But if they do behave in that way there is no need to tell them that that is how they ought to behave.
2usually interrogative adverb Used to ask about the condition or quality of something. 用于询问某事的情况或质量怎么样，如何 你的假期怎么样？ 他们表现得怎么样？ Example sentencesExamples - How are things going?
- How are your kids doing when it comes to social graces at the dinner table?
- 2.1 Used to ask about someone's physical or mental state.
用于询问某人的身体或精神状况怎么样，好吗 孩子们好吗？ 我问他过得怎么样。 Example sentencesExamples - How are you doing? I had a friend ask me that simple question today, and I wasn't really able to answer it.
- How Is Your Inner Child?
3usually interrogative adverb with adjective or adverb Used to ask about the extent or degree of something. 用于询问某事的情况或质量怎么样，如何 你多大了？ 需要多少时间？ I wasn't sure how fast to go 我对该走多快没把握。 Example sentencesExamples - First, even the experts today cannot agree on how common various intersex conditions are.
- Any trip, to any record store will prove how little material of quality there is.
- It's only when they go on holiday that you realise how oppressed their constant presence makes you feel.
- He will do so irrespective of how atrocious conditions may become throughout a Scottish winter.
- You'd be forced to hook up with all manner of unsuitable partners just to show how popular you are.
- There is a political question about how fast fares ought to be allowed to rise.
- She made a mental note of how close the school was to the grocery store and Subway.
- For common conditions, how appropriate and effective are the services we offer?
- For example, they propose trustworthiness as a criterion of how good a qualitative study is.
- Follow up is commonly too short to show how often the condition relapses or late complications arise.
- Sometimes I think we get carried away in our part of the world with how big and physical we are.
- It's amazing how difficult it is to get a proper physical massage when you want one.
- That's amazing when you think about how physically demanding the game is nowadays.
- I would like to point out to your readers that people in general do not realise how serious this condition is.
- The aim is for me to black out under controlled conditions and see how fast I recover.
- After the initial shock, he was surprised to find out how easily he adjusted to it.
- As I was a single, childless young male, I was not told just how serious my condition was.
- We have a robust clinical priority system for our operators to identify how serious the condition is.
- It was only once Kate had been x-rayed that doctors realised how serious her condition was.
- I was worried about how physically exhausting and painful it was going to be.
- 3.1 Used to express a strong feeling such as surprise about the extent of something.
用于对某事的范围表示强烈的感情，如惊讶多么，何等 他是多么善良啊。 how I wish I had been there! 我多么希望自己也在场！ Example sentencesExamples - How I wish I could always see my children the way I do today.
- How I wish I had my childhood back!
4usually interrogative adverb relative adverb The way in which; that. 以该种方式；如何 she told us how she had lived out of a suitcase for a week 她告诉我们她如何就靠带的箱子过了一个星期。 Example sentencesExamples - I think how you mentally survive the awfulness if you're sensitive of the situation.
- She described how the dreadful conditions and challenges of the trip had used all her mental reserves.
- Even our people in Japan have been surprised by how we have cut through the red tape.
- It is surprising how a little bit of research goes a long way towards solving an issue.
- Could that be done in this case without telling juries how they ought to go about fact finding?
- We will see shortly how this conception of theoretical entities applies to mental events.
- What was not fully understood at the time was how the quality of the armed forces had fallen.
- His attitude showed how domestic violence can be as damaging mentally as it is physically.
- It is amazing how we can all be so familiar with something and not know its history or its origin.
- A family told today how their dream holiday on a cruise liner turned into a nightmare.
- In order to keep his wife happy, he reminds her how it resembles their holiday home on the Caspian.
- I tell her that I'm surprised how the mix of sketch and drama works in the show.
- It is easy to see how force-dynamic interactions apply to domains other than the physical.
- It is surprising how people in the West have such a narrow viewpoint on this matter.
- This is also an example of how the physician influenced household remedies at times.
- I blush to think how the quality of my tv viewing has declined over the last few months.
- Crouch glanced at his partner and he may have reflected how their differences are more than physical.
- Roll on the summer holidays and watch how realism sets into the polls on the euro.
- It is surprising how you can do a cover story on a game that is played by only a few.
- It's amazing how you can see the personality of the examiner coming out in the tests.
- 4.1 In any way in which; however.
不管用什么方法；无论如何 I'll do business how I like 我爱怎么做事，就怎么做。 Example sentencesExamples - I just want to do it how I like thanks.
- I do what I want to do and do it how I like to do it.
- Because he had been head teacher for so long he had obtained the mentality the school was his and he could run it how he liked.
Phrasesinformal Very much so (used to express strong agreement) 〈非正式〉 用于表达强烈同意当然啦！那还用说！可不是！ ‘Did you miss me?’ ‘And how!’ “想我吗？”“当然啦！” Example sentencesExamples - ‘This'll do for a start… ‘The Grinch said, ‘and how!’
- LaBute was thrilled - ‘people were listening and responding and how!’
dated Said when drinking someone's health. 〈旧〉（祝酒用语）祝您身体健康！
1Used to make a suggestion or offer. 用于建议或提议如何，怎么样 喝一杯怎么样？ Example sentencesExamples - Or how about a session with a chiropodist followed by a pedicure?
- And if pubic opinion says otherwise, how about treating us as such and giving us free TV licences and bus passes?
- But how about a focus on something else that human beings have, the heart?
- We do need whiners but how about also suggesting a better way to deliver the winners?
- Or how about sampling some of Danny Krivit's original rare disco edits?
- Everyone is always so busy these days, so how about having a chance to try a full range of skin care and make-up in the comfort of your own home.
- If they want to make racing more exciting and slow speeds then how about these suggestions.
- But before then how about a little chamber music - just sit back, relax and let the glorious sounds wash right over you.
- There are bigger and better storage systems than you'll see here, and if you have them at work, how about offering me a job?
- If there are problems as this man states how about offering solutions instead of criticism?
2Used when asking for information or an opinion on something. 用于询问信息或对某事的意见（你以为）…怎么样 你的公司怎么样？ Example sentencesExamples - Or how about a risk-free investment scheme without any strings attached?
- Or how about if two pantry cars had blown up simultaneously when two trains were passing each other?
- If one set of masts may be safe, how about two or three?
- So if we can't really judge from evidence, how about ideology?
- I have a couple of years to satisfy that goal, so how about something closer to home, and well, more exciting.
- Even if it's too late for this Christmas, how about a New Year resolution to do at least 20 minutes' exercise three times a week.
- Or how about editing and simplifying the entire physical universe?
- And if media denizens bristle at that word, how about transparency and demystification?
- If high gas prices aren't enough to get you down, how about rising dairy prices?
- And how about having tea with the artists you saw the night before onstage?
Used as a greeting, equivalent to ‘how are you?’ hello Charlie, how are you going? Example sentencesExamples - I put my hand on his shoulder and just said, "Hey, buddy, how are you going?"
- One travel blogger said to the other travel blogger, "How are you going?"
- "How are you going?" he asked his mate.
- "How are you going?" inquired his father, in a gentle, soothing tone.
- I was mowing the lawn and my next-door neighbour came out and we were just chatting, she said, "Hi, how are you going?"
- "Anyway, enough about me, how are you going?"
- It's taken all the fun out of going down to the hall and saying "Hi, how are you going?", because now all we do is talk about money.
- It is good that the Governor-General can have lunch at a café in town without being harassed, and equally good to surmise that if someone had come over and said, "Gidday, how are you going?" she may have said, "Just fine, thanks. And you?"
The methods and reasons for doing something. （做某事的）办法和原因，如何和为何 tonight's edition demystifies the how and why of television ratings 今晚这期节目阐明了电视收视率的统计方法及其产生的原因。 Example sentencesExamples - That confidence has to be regained, and lengthy explanations about the how and why of Manila's response to the hostage crisis won't be enough.
- It's difficult to comprehend the how and why of this state of affairs.
- She can have anything she wants or needs if she'll just find the author, find the story behind it, the how and why.
- There have been lot of analyses on the how and why of this phenomenon.
- I think it should be a part of every high school curriculum, as well as compulsory education in the how and why of our electoral process.
- This is a fascinating book on the how and why of bird song and includes a cd that accompanies the text in the appendix.
- To find out the how and why - and whether - we have to go further back, to the 1880s, when London's and Europe's intellectuals were beset with doubt and anomie.
- When I had finished reading the letter I was no more informed of the how and why of it all than when I'd stepped off onto the platform, but at least I knew the order of play now.
- It would take many lifetimes to explore the how and why of nature, and our human existence.
- You have to investigate the how and why of the problem.
An informal greeting. 正式问候语你好！ Example sentencesExamples - She greets nearly everyone with warm intimacy, calls "How do?"
- He wrote: "In instructing its Yorkshire public what not to do if meeting The Queen at the races, it warned: a cheery:" How do, missus? '
A formal greeting. 正式问候语你好！ Example sentencesExamples - ‘There hasn't even been a preliminary ‘Hey, how do you do?’
- In Eliza's first venture into polite company, she comes off as an automaton relegated to a handful of standard phrases and topics: the weather, people's health and ‘how do you do?’
- He used to kick off his act with ‘Hello, playmates, how do you do?’
- I'm Jen, the captain of the squad, and this is my brother Ryan, how do you do?
how many books did you sell? 你卖了多少本书？ Example sentencesExamples - On Unix systems, there is a limit set in the kernel on how many open file descriptors are allowed on the system.
- We would like to know how many calls does it take to evaluate the n th Fibonacci number if we follow the given recurrence.
- Among other things, it can be used to find how many days old you are and the weekday you were born.
- It's the strength and size of a drink that determines how many units it has.
- How many people have your name?
What amount or price. 多少数量（或价钱） 我赢了多少？ Example sentencesExamples - I looked at a bunch of my client statistics and asked two or three friends to tell me how much traffic they were receiving from popular stories on each of the sites.
- The Institute talked to 21 UK companies about how much actual data breaches cost them.
- A company's decision on how much to give to charity can be influenced by its annual profit levels, long-term strategic giving goals, business priorities, and a host of other factors.
- Tell us how much you make, how much you've got for a downpayment, and your debt, and find out how far to stretch when home hunting.
- Mass is a measure of how much inertia an object displays.
archaic What is the meaning of this? 〈古〉这是怎么回事？这是什么意思？ Example sentencesExamples - How now? A rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead
- How now, a conduit, girl?
How can you show that that is so? 怎么会这样？为什么？为何如此？ Example sentencesExamples - ‘So I didn't know you knew his dorm room,’ I grinned, ignoring the flush rising up his face I continued. ‘In fact you seem to know him and his room fairly comfortably, how so?’
- No. All I did was approach her casually, and say, ‘Really, how so?’
- How so? Well, the location of our homes and the quality and range of transport links have a great impact on how we travel to work or do our shopping.
- Her forehead wrinkled in puzzlement, ‘Oh, how so?’
- "How so?" He asked, clasping his hands together.
1What is your opinion of that? 〈古〉这是怎么回事？这是什么意思？ how's that for stereotypical thinking? 难道这不是定势思维的一个显著例子吗？ Example sentencesExamples - How's That For Customer Service!
- I adjusted the sign a bit more and asked, ‘how's that?‘
- Okay, well I'll page him and then send him straight to you, how's that?
- How's that for saving memory?
- Maybe I won't give you any dessert, how's that?
2Cricket
Is the batsman out or not? (said to an umpire). 〔板球〕（问裁判）击球手出局了吗？ Example sentencesExamples - "How's that"? Asks James Hazzledine for Collingham.
- Appeals of "How's that?" to the umpire are usually made when the fielding side think that a batsman is out lbw, or caught behind the wicket by the wicketkeeper, or stumped or run out.
OriginOld English hū, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoe, also to who and what. Rhymesallow, avow, Bilbao, Bissau, bough, bow, bow-wow, brow, cacao, chow, ciao, cow, dhow, Dow, endow, Foochow, Frau, Hangzhou, Hough, Howe, kowtow, Lao, Liao, Macao, Macau, miaow, Mindanao, mow, now, ow, Palau, plough (US plow), pow, prow, row, scow, Slough, sough, sow, Tao, thou, vow, wow, Yangshao exclamation haʊhaʊ A greeting attributed to North American Indians (used in humorous imitation). 用于幽默的模仿（源自北美印第安人的问候语）好哇！
OriginEarly 19th century: perhaps from Sioux háo or Omaha hou. adverbhouhaʊ 1In what way or manner; by what means. 怎样，怎么，如何 它怎么起作用的？ he did not know how he ought to behave 他不知他该如何表现。 with infinitive he showed me how to adjust the focus 他给我示范如何调焦。 Example sentencesExamples - We may not get to choose how we go, but we can definitely choose the manner in which we are waved goodbye.
- There is a terrible feeling of being told by other people how we ought to lead our lives.
- Tell me how I can get clear land title in a transparent manner, and I am ready to do it.
- If we cannot even accept these criticisms, how can we claim to be a country of manners?
- This is a book that ought to be read to understand how women today got much of what they take for granted.
- He observed that we had built a picture of ourselves that was based on an abstracted picture of how we ought to be.
- There is a distinction to be made between doing science and thinking about how science ought to be done.
- The people who ran the club before didn't have any knowledge of how a club should be run in a professional manner.
- No more is said in that witness statement as to precisely how or in what manner service had been effected.
- Case law can also be more specific than general comments on how provisions ought to be understood.
- It is not clear from the available data how these findings ought to be interpreted.
- The very basis of government after all, is subjective views on how things ought to be.
- But if they do behave in that way there is no need to tell them that that is how they ought to behave.
- One further question: how would you word the abstract in a more objective manner?
- This is not only the best single book on the subject but a model of how military history ought to be written.
- Gordon had not caught the man's name, and was unsure how to ask in a polite manner.
- Would he allow the Fed to be told how to adjust interest rates by a bumbling Dutchman?
- Science engages with busy minds that have strong views about how things are and ought to be.
- I watched an equine chiropractor give a horse an adjustment and show us how to fit a saddle.
- Such checks require that we choose what to monitor, when to monitor, and how to adjust treatment.
2Used to ask about the condition or quality of something. 用于询问某事的情况或质量怎么样，如何 他们表现得怎么样？ Example sentencesExamples - How are your kids doing when it comes to social graces at the dinner table?
- How are things going?
- 2.1 Used to ask about someone's physical or mental state.
用于询问某人的身体或精神状况怎么样，好吗 孩子们好吗？ 我问他过得怎么样。 Example sentencesExamples - How Is Your Inner Child?
- How are you doing? I had a friend ask me that simple question today, and I wasn't really able to answer it.
3with adjective or adverb Used to ask about the extent or degree of something. 用于询问某事的情况或质量怎么样，如何 你多大了？ 需要多少时间？ I wasn't sure how fast to go 我对该走多快没把握。 Example sentencesExamples - We have a robust clinical priority system for our operators to identify how serious the condition is.
- You'd be forced to hook up with all manner of unsuitable partners just to show how popular you are.
- It's amazing how difficult it is to get a proper physical massage when you want one.
- The aim is for me to black out under controlled conditions and see how fast I recover.
- There is a political question about how fast fares ought to be allowed to rise.
- Any trip, to any record store will prove how little material of quality there is.
- It's only when they go on holiday that you realise how oppressed their constant presence makes you feel.
- After the initial shock, he was surprised to find out how easily he adjusted to it.
- As I was a single, childless young male, I was not told just how serious my condition was.
- Follow up is commonly too short to show how often the condition relapses or late complications arise.
- He will do so irrespective of how atrocious conditions may become throughout a Scottish winter.
- It was only once Kate had been x-rayed that doctors realised how serious her condition was.
- She made a mental note of how close the school was to the grocery store and Subway.
- I was worried about how physically exhausting and painful it was going to be.
- First, even the experts today cannot agree on how common various intersex conditions are.
- For common conditions, how appropriate and effective are the services we offer?
- That's amazing when you think about how physically demanding the game is nowadays.
- For example, they propose trustworthiness as a criterion of how good a qualitative study is.
- I would like to point out to your readers that people in general do not realise how serious this condition is.
- Sometimes I think we get carried away in our part of the world with how big and physical we are.
- 3.1 Used to express a strong feeling such as surprise about the extent of something.
用于对某事的范围表示强烈的感情，如惊讶多么，何等 他是多么善良啊。 how I wish I had been there! 我多么希望自己也在场！ Example sentencesExamples - How I wish I had my childhood back!
- How I wish I could always see my children the way I do today.
4relative adverb The way in which; that. 以该种方式；如何 she told us how she had lived out of a suitcase for a week 她告诉我们她如何就靠带的箱子过了一个星期。 Example sentencesExamples - A family told today how their dream holiday on a cruise liner turned into a nightmare.
- What was not fully understood at the time was how the quality of the armed forces had fallen.
- Roll on the summer holidays and watch how realism sets into the polls on the euro.
- It is easy to see how force-dynamic interactions apply to domains other than the physical.
- I think how you mentally survive the awfulness if you're sensitive of the situation.
- I tell her that I'm surprised how the mix of sketch and drama works in the show.
- I blush to think how the quality of my tv viewing has declined over the last few months.
- His attitude showed how domestic violence can be as damaging mentally as it is physically.
- Crouch glanced at his partner and he may have reflected how their differences are more than physical.
- It is surprising how you can do a cover story on a game that is played by only a few.
- It is surprising how people in the West have such a narrow viewpoint on this matter.
- She described how the dreadful conditions and challenges of the trip had used all her mental reserves.
- It is surprising how a little bit of research goes a long way towards solving an issue.
- We will see shortly how this conception of theoretical entities applies to mental events.
- It is amazing how we can all be so familiar with something and not know its history or its origin.
- Even our people in Japan have been surprised by how we have cut through the red tape.
- In order to keep his wife happy, he reminds her how it resembles their holiday home on the Caspian.
- This is also an example of how the physician influenced household remedies at times.
- It's amazing how you can see the personality of the examiner coming out in the tests.
- Could that be done in this case without telling juries how they ought to go about fact finding?
- 4.1 In any way in which; however.
不管用什么方法；无论如何 I'll do business how I like 我爱怎么做事，就怎么做。 Example sentencesExamples - I just want to do it how I like thanks.
- Because he had been head teacher for so long he had obtained the mentality the school was his and he could run it how he liked.
- I do what I want to do and do it how I like to do it.
Phrasesinformal Very much so (used to express strong agreement) 〈非正式〉 用于表达强烈同意当然啦！那还用说！可不是！ “Did you miss me?” “And how!” “想我吗？”“当然啦！” Example sentencesExamples - LaBute was thrilled - ‘people were listening and responding and how!’
- ‘This'll do for a start… ‘The Grinch said, ‘and how!’
dated Said when drinking someone's health. 〈旧〉（祝酒用语）祝您身体健康！
1Used to make a suggestion or offer. 用于建议或提议如何，怎么样 喝一杯怎么样？ Example sentencesExamples - But before then how about a little chamber music - just sit back, relax and let the glorious sounds wash right over you.
- If they want to make racing more exciting and slow speeds then how about these suggestions.
- We do need whiners but how about also suggesting a better way to deliver the winners?
- If there are problems as this man states how about offering solutions instead of criticism?
- And if pubic opinion says otherwise, how about treating us as such and giving us free TV licences and bus passes?
- Or how about sampling some of Danny Krivit's original rare disco edits?
- Everyone is always so busy these days, so how about having a chance to try a full range of skin care and make-up in the comfort of your own home.
- There are bigger and better storage systems than you'll see here, and if you have them at work, how about offering me a job?
- But how about a focus on something else that human beings have, the heart?
- Or how about a session with a chiropodist followed by a pedicure?
2Used when asking for information or an opinion on something. 用于询问信息或对某事的意见（你以为）…怎么样 你的公司怎么样？ Example sentencesExamples - So if we can't really judge from evidence, how about ideology?
- Or how about if two pantry cars had blown up simultaneously when two trains were passing each other?
- And if media denizens bristle at that word, how about transparency and demystification?
- Even if it's too late for this Christmas, how about a New Year resolution to do at least 20 minutes' exercise three times a week.
- And how about having tea with the artists you saw the night before onstage?
- I have a couple of years to satisfy that goal, so how about something closer to home, and well, more exciting.
- If one set of masts may be safe, how about two or three?
- Or how about a risk-free investment scheme without any strings attached?
- If high gas prices aren't enough to get you down, how about rising dairy prices?
- Or how about editing and simplifying the entire physical universe?
The methods and reasons for doing something. （做某事的）办法和原因，如何和为何 tonight's edition demystifies the how and why of television ratings 今晚这期节目阐明了电视收视率的统计方法及其产生的原因。 Example sentencesExamples - There have been lot of analyses on the how and why of this phenomenon.
- To find out the how and why - and whether - we have to go further back, to the 1880s, when London's and Europe's intellectuals were beset with doubt and anomie.
- When I had finished reading the letter I was no more informed of the how and why of it all than when I'd stepped off onto the platform, but at least I knew the order of play now.
- You have to investigate the how and why of the problem.
- It would take many lifetimes to explore the how and why of nature, and our human existence.
- That confidence has to be regained, and lengthy explanations about the how and why of Manila's response to the hostage crisis won't be enough.
- This is a fascinating book on the how and why of bird song and includes a cd that accompanies the text in the appendix.
- She can have anything she wants or needs if she'll just find the author, find the story behind it, the how and why.
- It's difficult to comprehend the how and why of this state of affairs.
- I think it should be a part of every high school curriculum, as well as compulsory education in the how and why of our electoral process.
An informal greeting. 正式问候语你好！ Example sentencesExamples - She greets nearly everyone with warm intimacy, calls "How do?"
- He wrote: "In instructing its Yorkshire public what not to do if meeting The Queen at the races, it warned: a cheery:" How do, missus? '
A formal greeting. 正式问候语你好！ Example sentencesExamples - I'm Jen, the captain of the squad, and this is my brother Ryan, how do you do?
- He used to kick off his act with ‘Hello, playmates, how do you do?’
- In Eliza's first venture into polite company, she comes off as an automaton relegated to a handful of standard phrases and topics: the weather, people's health and ‘how do you do?’
- ‘There hasn't even been a preliminary ‘Hey, how do you do?’
how many books did you sell? 你卖了多少本书？ Example sentencesExamples - Among other things, it can be used to find how many days old you are and the weekday you were born.
- On Unix systems, there is a limit set in the kernel on how many open file descriptors are allowed on the system.
- It's the strength and size of a drink that determines how many units it has.
- We would like to know how many calls does it take to evaluate the n th Fibonacci number if we follow the given recurrence.
- How many people have your name?
What amount or price. 多少数量（或价钱） just how much did it cost? Example sentencesExamples - I looked at a bunch of my client statistics and asked two or three friends to tell me how much traffic they were receiving from popular stories on each of the sites.
- Mass is a measure of how much inertia an object displays.
- A company's decision on how much to give to charity can be influenced by its annual profit levels, long-term strategic giving goals, business priorities, and a host of other factors.
- The Institute talked to 21 UK companies about how much actual data breaches cost them.
- Tell us how much you make, how much you've got for a downpayment, and your debt, and find out how far to stretch when home hunting.
archaic What is the meaning of this? 〈古〉这是怎么回事？这是什么意思？ Example sentencesExamples - How now? A rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead
- How now, a conduit, girl?
How can you show that that is so? 怎么会这样？为什么？为何如此？ Example sentencesExamples - Her forehead wrinkled in puzzlement, ‘Oh, how so?’
- No. All I did was approach her casually, and say, ‘Really, how so?’
- How so? Well, the location of our homes and the quality and range of transport links have a great impact on how we travel to work or do our shopping.
- ‘So I didn't know you knew his dorm room,’ I grinned, ignoring the flush rising up his face I continued. ‘In fact you seem to know him and his room fairly comfortably, how so?’
- "How so?" He asked, clasping his hands together.
Isn't that a remarkable instance of —? 难道这不是…的一个显著例子吗？ how's that for stereotypical thinking? 难道这不是定势思维的一个显著例子吗？ Example sentencesExamples - How's that for saving memory?
- How's That For Customer Service!
- Okay, well I'll page him and then send him straight to you, how's that?
- I adjusted the sign a bit more and asked, ‘how's that?‘
- Maybe I won't give you any dessert, how's that?
OriginOld English hū, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoe, also to who and what. exclamationhaʊhou A greeting attributed to North American Indians (used in humorous imitation). 用于幽默的模仿（源自北美印第安人的问候语）好哇！
OriginEarly 19th century: perhaps from Sioux háo or Omaha hou. |