Смысл: as if 
as if [əzʹıf]
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<Í> 1.вводит придаточные предложения разного типа и отдельные члены предложения, выражающие нереальные сравнения (как) если бы, (как) будто бы, словно, как бы
he walked fast as if trying to escape - он шёл быстро, словно стараясь скрыться
he looks as if he had been seriously ill - он выглядит как после тяжёлой болезни
it looks as if it may rain - похоже на то, что пойдёт дождь
he looked up as if for approval - он поднял глаза, как бы ища одобрения
2.употребляется в восклицательных предложениях (как) будто бы, словно
as if you didn't know that! - как /уж/ будто бы вы этого не знали!
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as if
as if/though
He behaves as if he were mad．他的举动好像发了疯似的。
She looks as though she had seen a ghost．她那样子看上去就像见了鬼似的。
He talks as if he knew all about it．他说话的口气好像他全部已经知道了。
make as if to
Idiom(s): make as if to do sthTheme: ACTIVITY
to act as if one were about to do something.
• The thief made as if to run away but changed his mind.
• Jane made as if to smack the child.
look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth
Idiom(s): look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouthTheme: COLDNESS
to appear to be cold and unfeeling (despite any information to the contrary).
• Sally looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. She can be so cruel.
• What a sour face. He looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
as if|as though
conj. 1. As (he, she, it) would if; in the same way one would if seeing to show. The baby laughed as if he understood what Mother said. The book looked as though it had been out in the rain. The waves dashed on the rocks as if in anger. 2. That. It seems as if you are the first one here.look as if one has come out of a bandbox|bandbox|l
v. phr., informal To look very clean and fresh; look as if you had just had a bath and put on all-new clothing. In spite of the long, hot train ride, Jody arrived looking as if she had come out of a bandbox. After a day at the rodeo we were all dusty and tired except for Hope, who looked as if she'd come out of a bandbox.look as if butter wouldn't melt
look as if butter wouldn't meltsee butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth.
make as if
make as ifAlso, make as though; make like. Behave as if, pretend that. For example, Jean made as if she really liked the soup, or Dad made as though he had not heard them, or She makes like she's a really important person. The first two usages date from the early 1500s; the third, a colloquialism, dates from the late 1800s.
as if
1. Like. I acquire such a abhorrent headache—I feel as if my arch is activity to explode. I did acquaint her that I wouldn't be home for banquet tonight. It's as if she doesn't acquire to me at all!2. An assertion advertence complete adjournment of what has been said or suggested, implying that it is not the case or would never happen. A: "Tim thinks he's activity to go to the brawl with you." B: "As if! I'd rather go by myself."Learn more: ifas if
Also, as though. As it would be, as in He absitively to accept, as if it absolutely mattered, or John scowled as admitting he were absolutely angry. The aboriginal argot dates from the backward 1500s, the alternative from the backward 1700s. Also see make as if. Learn more: ifas if!
acclimated to accurate the speaker's acceptance that article is actual ambiguous or unlikely. informalas ˈif
(spoken) acclimated to accurate acrimony at or disapproval of a suggestion, an explanation, etc., or to abjure a possibility: As if I absolutely cared! ♢ ‘Don’t acquaint Tom I said that, will you?’ ‘Oh, as if (I would)!’Learn more: ifas if/as though
in a way that suggests something: He behaved as if annihilation had happened. ♢ It sounds as admitting you had a acceptable time.Learn more: if, thoughAs if!
and AI exclam. an announcement said back addition says article that is not accurate but wishes that it were. (Also, and conceivably usually, sarcastic.) A: I’ve got a accomplished lot of acceptable qualities. B: AI! My beard should attending like a accumulation of wet thatch? As if!
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