27. as it is (2)
- If he were not ill he would attend the meeting. As it is, he stays at home. 「病気でなければ会合に出るのだが、しかしそうではないから（病気だから）家にいる」
as it is は前の文章の内容を受けて、「しかし実際はそうでないのであって」という意味で用いられることがある。
例文１
When the London carmen treat their wives as well as they treat their horses, I shall appreciate their sentiments of humanity; as it is, they only remind me of the love of the Turk for his dog. If, in the streets of Constantinople, you were seen to harm a dog, you would immediately have the populace at your heels; but you might serve a woman or child as badly as you pleased, and no one would think of interfering with you.
Max O'Rell, John Bull and his Island
もしロンドンの馭者が、馬を扱うときくらいやさしく妻に接しているなら、わたしは彼らの人間的な心を大いに評価するが、実際はそうではなく、彼らはただトルコ人の犬好きぶりを思い起こさせるだけである。コンスタンチノープルで犬に危害を加えようものなら、たちどころに人々に追いかけられるが、妻や子供を思うさま虐げても誰も止めに入ろうとはしない。
例文2
"For Heaven's sake, Dora," he said, quickly, "do look a little brighter; what will the countess think of you? You look like a frightened school girl."
It was an injudicious speech. If Ronald had only caressed her, all would have been sunshine again; as it was, the first impatient words she had ever heard from him smote her with a new, strange pain, and the tears overflowed.
Charlotte M. Braeme, Dora Thorne
「頼むからドーラ、もうちょっと明るい顔をしてくれ。伯爵夫人がどう思うかね。おびえた女学生みたいじゃないか」と彼は早口に言った。
それは軽率な言い方だった。もしもロナルドが彼女をなぐさめてさえいれば、万事はまた晴れやかなものとなっただろう。しかしはじめて聞いた夫の気短な言葉が、今まで知らなかった異様な苦痛を彼女に与え、涙が流れた。
