- Please speak slowly so that we can take everything down. 请慢慢讲,以便我们能把一切内容都记下来。(目的)
- The charges of the nucleus and electrons are equal, so that the atom is electrically neutral. 原子核和电子的电荷相等,因此原于在电的方面呈中性。(结果)
- All these problems are hard enough, so that he cannot solve all of them. 所有这些问题都够难的,所以他不能全部解决。(结果)
- Such waste materials must be treated so that they can be utilized. 这样一些些废料必须予以处理,才能利用。(目的)
- They gave their “lives (so) that we might live a happy life. 他们牺牲自己生命是为了使我们过幸福生活。(目的)上述目的从句内,谓语动词一般和 may, can, should 等情态动词连用。这可以作为在结构形式上进行判别的一种标志。用 so that 引导的目的从句中,有时 "so that" 中的 "so" 省略,而在用 "so that" 引导的结果从句里,有时可以省略 "that"。例如:
- We went early, so (that) we fulfilled our task on time. 我们去得早,所以准时完成了任务。(结果)
- The crust of the earth has been carefully studied so (that) its make-up is well known. 地壳已经仔细研究了,因此它的构造是众所周知的。(结果)
- I stepped aside so that she might (或 could) go in. 我走往一侧,好让她进去。(目的)
注:so that 引导结果状语从句时,常可用 with the result that 代替。例如:He worked hard, so that (或 with the result that) his work was finished in time. 他努力工作,所以工作按时完毕。
- A computer is such an important device that modern industry cannot develop without it. 计算机是这样重要的装置,没有它,现代工业就不能发展。
- The temperature in the sun is so high that nothing can exist in the solid state. 太阳内的温度是如此之高,以致没有东西能以固态存在。
- He left in such a hurry that he forgot to lock the door. 他如此匆忙离开,结果他忘了锁门。
- She arrived so late that there were no seats left. 她到得很晚,结果没有座位留下。
- Fast cooling the hot steel in water gives very hard steels, so hard that in certain cases they are used for cutting softer steels. 在水中快速冷却热钢,能得到很硬的钢,这种钢是如此之硬,以致于在某些情况下可用来切削较软的钢。
- When a body can be divided into parts such that the center of mass of each is known, the center of mass of the whole can be usually found. 当将物体分成许多块,并已知其每块的质量中心时,则通常就能求出整个物体的质量中心。(没按原文结构翻译)
- Oxygen is so important to life that we cannot live without it. 氧气对生命如此重要,以致于没有它,我们就活不了。(结果从句,that 不说明 life。)
- The steel framework of a building is designed in such a way that it can expand and contract without damaging the structure. 建筑物的钢骨架是这样设计的,使得它能伸缩而不对结构有什么损坏。(结果从句,that 不说明 way。)
- We keep the battery in a dry place so that electricity may not leak away. 我们把蓄电池存放在干燥处以免漏电。(目的从句,that 不说明 place。)
- It was raining, so that we couldn't go out。当时正下着雨,所以我们没能出去。(结果状语从句,尽管从句内出现情态动词 couldn't。)
- I shall put the gear here so that he will see it when he comes. 我将把齿轮放在这里,以便他来时就会看到。(目的状语从句,尽管从句内无情态动词。)