forsooth
英 [fə'suːθ]
美
- adv. 实在；的确；真的（表示轻蔑、讥讽）
中文词源
forsooth 确实
for-, 完全的。sooth, 真实。
英文词源
- forsooth (adv.)
- Old English forsoð "indeed, in truth, verily," from for-, perhaps here with intensive force (or else the whole might be "for a truth"), + soð "truth" (see sooth). Regarded as affected in speech by c. 1600.
双语例句
- 1. But truly, forsooth, I find it hard to believe him the same man.
- 不过, 说老实话, 我简直不敢相信他就是那同一个人呢.
来自英汉文学 - 红字