as though

He drowsed off,but then woke up abruptly,as though someone had called his name.

他打个盹,但突然,好像是有人在喊他的名字。

It sounds as though there is a knock at the door.

听起来好像有人在敲门。

The clerks and ryots, however, seemed duly impressed, and likewise envious, as though deploring their parents' omission to endow them with so splendid a means of appealing to the Zamindar.

然而，在场的执事和农民却对此似乎印深刻，他们似乎还有些嫉妒，仿佛在抱怨他们的父母没有赋予他们这种向地主请愿的卓越。