双城记中一句话,

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双城记中一句话,
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the period was so far like the present period,that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received,for good or for evil,in the superlative degree of comparison only.
关于这句话我疑惑的地方有：
so far 是指迄今为止,还是表示一种程度呢?
being received in the superlative degree of comparison only
除了字面意思,作者想表达的特殊含义什么呢?

答案

一、so far 有两种含义：1.表示时间,意思是“迄今为止”,如：So far there's been no word from them.至今没有他们的消息.2.表示程度,意思是“到一有限的程度”,如：You can go only so far on five dollars.你顶多...