as though

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

打了个盹,但突然又醒了,好像是有人的名字。

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

听起来好像有人敲门。

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，场的执事和农民却对此似乎印深刻，们似乎还有些嫉妒，仿佛抱怨们的父母没有赋予们这种请愿的卓越口才。