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我女儿今天有点不舒服, 所以她没去上学. My daughter's a bit poorly today, so she didn't go to school.
今年我们不能出国，所以只能去上海度假了。 We can't go abroad this year, so we'll have to content ourselves with a holiday in Shanghai.
她是悄声说的，所以我没有听见。 She said it in a whisper, so I didn't hear.
那时我不在家，所以由我女儿招待客人。 I went away so my daughter acted as hostess.
我很忙，所以不得不中断每周的访问。 I'm so busy that I have to discontinue weekly visits.
他考试前没做任何准备，所以不及格。 He didn't do any preparation for this exam, so he failed.
这幅画被他看中了，所以他就把他买了下来。 The painting took his fancy, so he bought it.
因为现在是收获期，所以我们都非常忙。 We are all very busy because it's the harvest time.
我因有约在先，所以未能参加这个会。 I was unable to attend the meeting because of a prior engagement.
同样的问题人们向他问得太多了，所以他的答案也是千篇一律。 He was asked the same question so many times that the answer became mechanical.
哲瑞米是初出茅庐，所以我们并不指望他在这次比赛中表现得很好。 Jeremy's just being blooded, so we don't expect him to be very good at the game.
天在下雪，所以我无法外出。 It was snowing, and so I could not go out.
这根绳子不够结实，所以我们用金属线。 The rope was not strong enough, so we used wire.
她很独立，所以拒绝一切金钱上的资助。 She is so independent that she refused all pecuniary aid.
考期临近了, 所以学生们确实在刻苦钻研。 Now that the exam is near, the students are really going at their studies.
他总是用这样得方式说话，所以每个人都讨厌他。 He always talks in such a way that everyone dislikes him.
我原来一直盼望著能收到她送的礼物, 所以因得不到而失望. I was expecting a present from her, so I was disappointed I didn't receive one.
如您所知，由于本公司存货已不多，所以对此项货物的需求极为迫切。 As you know, we have been in urgent need of these items as we have only a few in stock.
我很匆忙, 所以随便地把衣服穿上了。 I was in such a hurry that I put my clothes on anyhow.
他料到自己的作品总归要受到批判，所以总是以攻为守。 He's always expecting criticism of his work, so he's always on the offensive.
那时，这老头儿只不过是个泥瓦工罢了。他之所以发迹，我认为靠的是精明的而不是业绩。 In his time, the old gentleman was a working mason, and had risen form the ranks more, I think, by shrewdness than by merit.
酗酒令人如此糊涂。而人本来就是糊涂，所以酗酒无非就等于是以罚款免人重罪罢了。 Drinking make such fool of people, and people is such fool to begin with, that it's compound a felony.
你祈求实现愿望时没闭上眼睛, 所以不算数! You didn't shut your eyes before you made the wish, so it doesn't count!
他的拒绝是那样委婉得体，所以我们并未感到不快。 His refusal was worded in such a graceful way that we could not be offended.
他没有钱, 所以, 他必定会出现的。 He hasn't got any money, so he's bound to turn up sooner or later.
我们喜欢的饭馆已客满, 所以我们只得到别处去. Our favourite restaurant was full, so we had to go elsewhere.
我们本周有紧急任务, 所以人人都该出把力. We've an urgent job on this week, so it's (a case of) all hands to the pump.
上次考试他给我指点错了，所以我没及格。 He gave me a bum steer on the last exam that I failed.
因为尺子被书盖住了，所以我没找到它。 I could not find my ruler because it was covered up by the books.
咖啡馆人手不够, 所以我们不得不排队等候。 The cafeteria is short handed so we'll have to wait in line.
这个地区很危险，所以你身上不要带太多现金。 This is a dangerous area, so don't carry too much cash on you.
我们自己无法做这项工作, 所以要承包出去. We haven't the resources to do the work ourselves, so we'll put it out to contract.
我并不了解讨论的情况，所以无法告诉你做了什么决定。 I was not privy to the discussion, so I cannot tell you what was decided.
他今早睡过了头，所以这会儿他千方百计要赶上那班火车。 He overslept this morning, so now he is trying to rush for his train.
教堂里太挤了，所以只好用电器设备向人转播礼拜仪式。 The church was crowded, so electrical machinery was used to relay the service out to the people.
当时我有些忘乎所以，疯狂地吻著他。 I'm afraid I forgot myself and kissed him wildly.
老师狠狠地瞪了我一眼，所以我怀疑我做错了什么事。 The teacher threw a fierce look at me, so I wondered what I had done wrong.
因为她的工作一向是她生命的支柱，所以退休后日子很不好过. Because her job had been the pivot of her life, retirement was very difficult.
数日之内我们将有三笔大额进款，所以我们最迟于下星期一以前定给贵方汇款。 As we expect to receive three large sum within the next few day, we will send you some money by monday at the latest.
那男孩是在城里长大的，所以觉得很难区别杨树和柳树。 Bring up in town, the boy find it difficult to separate a poplar from a willow.
米切尔博士病了, 所以我做代理（她的）工作. Dr Mitchell's ill so I'm deputizing (for her).
我因有约在先, 所以只好谢绝你的邀请. I shall have to refuse your invitation because of a prior engagement.
因为他懂得如何讨好老板，所以一再得到提拔。 He was promoted again and again because he knew how the rub his boss the right way.
人性就是这样，所以在场的每个人都感动得流下眼泪。 Such is human nature that everybody present was moved to tears.
向导们把我气死了，所以嘛，我今天杀掉了其中一个，还叫人给做成标本摆在我们的纪念品室。 Guides have annoyed me so, that today I kill one and am had him stuffed for our trophy rooms.
我受够了，所以辞职不干了。 I've had enough, so I quit.
他之所以成功是因为他工作勤奋。 He achieved because he was a hard worker.
我正巧路过，所以我想不妨进来坐几分钟。 I was just passing, so I thought I'd blow in for a few minutes.
为了预防回来以前天就黑了，所以他带着手电筒。 He took a flashlight lest it should get dark before he returned.
我学法语的时间还不长, 所以我只能凑合著说几句. I haven't been learning French for long, so I can only manage (ie speak) a few words.
我们的房子只住我们两人实在太大了，所以我们利用周末抽空外出看看是否有合适的套房，想买一套。 Our house is too large for just the two of us and so we spent part of the weekend seeing over some flats with a view to buying one.
这个盆子是镀金金属的，所以不太值钱。 This basin is only plate so it's not very valuable.
所以他们在执政的最后一年就彻底崩溃了。 And they go to pieces completely in the last year.
我已将情况告诉你，所以你必须酌情处理。 I have told you the circumstances, so you must act accordingly.
他在生活上过于奉行清教徒式的原则，所以不能领略跳舞的乐趣。 He is too much of a puritan to enjoy dancing.
所以真珠质的厚度就像脸上化妆品，不久就会磨薄了。 As a result, nacre thickness is sometimes just a cosmetic layer that can wear thin over time.
父亲不喜欢儿子在外夜宿不归，所以他斩钉截铁地禁止他再那样做。 The father didn't like his son staying out at night, so he put his foot down and forbade him to do it again.
他可不轻易夸奖人, 所以他要是说｀好＇, 他一定认为真好. He isn't one to ladle out praise, so when he says Good', he means it.
好多男人之（所以有）惊人的自制力，是由于他有老婆这一事实之故。 Many a man's wonderful self- control is due to the fact that he has a wife.
过去的已经过去，且一去不返，而聪明人总是努力着眼于现在和将来的事情，所以对过去耿耿于怀着无非是在捉弄自己罢了。 That which is past is gone, and irrevocable; and wise men have enough to do, with things present and to come; therefore they do but trifle with themselves, that labor in past matters.