so-called

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishso-calledˈso-called W3 adjective [only before noun] 1 NAME OF A THINGused to describe someone or something that has been given a name that you think is wrong The so-called experts couldn’t tell us what was wrong.2 used to show that something or someone is usually called a particular name the health threats posed by so-called ‘mad cow disease’Examples from the Corpusso-called• Maggie's so-called apartment consisted of one small room with a closet-sized bathroom.• It was in 1886 that she could be seen in the evenings at the Elysees-Montmare as a so-called artist.• No similar evidence exists in the past for the use of so-called brain science for benign purposes.• He was one of the defendants in the so-called Conspiracy Eight trial.• However, they may provide an explanation of the observed value of one very important quantity: the so-called cosmological constant.• The so-called hybrid bus is virtually silent and produces fewer exhaust fumes.• By bribery - all men are corruptible - and by removing permanently any so-called idealists who stand in our way.• A lot has been written in recent years about the so-called "male menopause".• I went to see the playwright's so-called masterpiece and was very disappointed by it.• But it may also have to do with the so-called sports that were on display.• However, the so-called Street v Mountford test fails to cope with the demands placed upon it by its own social context.

单词	so-called
释义	so-called From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishso-calledˈso-called ●●○ W3 adjective [only before noun] 1 NAME OF A THINGused to describe someone or something that has been given a name that you think is wrong The so-called experts couldn’t tell us what was wrong.2 used to show that something or someone is usually called a particular name the health threats posed by so-called ‘mad cow disease’Examples from the Corpusso-called• Maggie's so-called apartment consisted of one small room with a closet-sized bathroom.• It was in 1886 that she could be seen in the evenings at the Elysees-Montmare as a so-called artist.• No similar evidence exists in the past for the use of so-called brain science for benign purposes.• He was one of the defendants in the so-called Conspiracy Eight trial.• However, they may provide an explanation of the observed value of one very important quantity: the so-called cosmological constant.• The so-called hybrid bus is virtually silent and produces fewer exhaust fumes.• By bribery - all men are corruptible - and by removing permanently any so-called idealists who stand in our way.• A lot has been written in recent years about the so-called "male menopause".• I went to see the playwright's so-called masterpiece and was very disappointed by it.• But it may also have to do with the so-called sports that were on display.• However, the so-called Street v Mountford test fails to cope with the demands placed upon it by its own social context.
随便看	empty handed empty headed empty house empty into empty into empty into something empty nest empty nest syndrome empty nesters empty of empty of something empty onto empty out empty promises etc empty something onto/into something empty suit empty words etc empty words/gestures/promises etc empty your bowels empty-handed empty-headed emptyhanded emptyheaded EMS EMS