Assessing situations with "kanlai"

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看来 can be translated as "apparently" or "it seems" and can be used to by the speaker to introduce an assessment of a situation.

表示对一种情况或这趋势的判断。

Basic Structure

看来 + judgment to the situation

Examples

  • 看来他不来了,都这么晚了。
  • 看来你玩得不高兴,怎么这么早就回来了?
  • 现在看来,事情没那么糟。

也会构成一个常用短语,表达一种个人的观点。

Fixed Structure

在+ somebody + 看来

Examples

  • 看来,不 会 花 钱 的 人 就 不 会 享受 生活。
  • 看来,公司 大小 不重要,重要的是老板好不好。

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