as的用法: 【A部分】CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION USES 连词和介词用法 【1】CONJ-SUBORD (表示两件事情同时发生)当…的时候,在…的同时 If something happens as something else happens, it happens at the same time. Another policeman has been injured as fighting continued this morning... 今早又有一名警员在冲突中受伤。 All the jury's eyes were on him as he continued... 在他继续陈述的时候,全体陪审员的目光都集中在他身上。 The play started as I got there. 我到那里的时候演出开始了。
【2】PHR-CONJ-COORD 像…一样 You use the structure [as...as] when you are comparing things. I never went through a final exam that was as difficult as that one... 我从来没有碰到过像那次那么难的期末考试。 There was no obvious reason why this could not be as good a film as the original. 找不出明显的理由来解释为什么这部片子拍得不如原先的好。
【3】PHR-CONJ-COORD (强调数量)多达,只有 You use [as...as] to emphasize amounts of something. You can look forward to a significant cash return by saving from as little as £10 a month... 只要每个月存下区区10英镑,你就有希望得到相当可观的现金收益。 She gets as many as eight thousand letters a month. 她一个月里收到的信件多达8,000封。
【4】PREP 作为;当作 You use [as] when you are indicating what someone or something is or is thought to be, or what function they have. He has worked as a diplomat in the US, Sudan and Saudi Arabia... 他曾任驻美国、苏丹和沙特阿拉伯的外交官。 The news apparently came as a complete surprise... 这个消息显然让人大吃一惊。 I had natural ability as a footballer. 我天生就是当足球运动员的料。
【5】PREP 还是…的时候 If you do something as a child or as a teenager, for example, you do it when you are a child or a teenager. She loved singing as a child and started vocal training at 12. 她从小就喜欢唱歌,12岁开始了声乐训练。
【6】CONJ-SUBORD 同样地;一样地;像…一样 You use [as] to say how something happens or is done, or to indicate that something happens or is done in the same way as something else. I'll behave toward them as I would like to be treated... 我会以希望别人对待我的方式来对待他们。 Today, as usual, he was wearing a three-piece suit... 像往常一样,他今天穿的是三件套。 The book was banned in the US, as were two subsequent books. 这本书在美国遭禁,随后出版的两本也是一样。
【7】PREP 因为;作为(结果) You use [as] in expressions like [as a result] and [as a consequence] to indicate how two situations or events are related to each other. As a result of the growing fears about home security, more people are arranging for someone to stay in their home when they're away... 因为越来越担心住宅安全,更多的人在出门的时候会在家中留人。 In this changing business environment, different demands are being placed on employees. As a consequence, the education system needs to change. 在当今变幻莫测的商业环境下,员工被提出各种不同的要求。因此,教育体系有必要随之改变。
【8】CONJ-SUBORD (引导短从句)正如,就像 You use [as] to introduce short clauses which comment on the truth of what you are saying. As you can see, we're still working... 如你所见,我们仍在工作。 We were sitting, as I remember, in a riverside restaurant. 我记得我们当时是坐在一个河畔的餐馆里。
【9】CONJ-SUBORD 因为;由于 You can use [as] to mean ['because'] when you are explaining the reason for something. They are regularly sent booklets about personal safety, but they barely read them asthey have so much paperwork to deal with... 他们经常会收到关于人身安全问题的宣传册,但因为大量文案工作缠身,他们几乎无暇阅读。 Enjoy the first hour of the day. This is important as it sets the mood for the rest of the day. 好好享受每天的第一个小时。这之所以重要是因为它会决定你一整天的心情。
【10】PHRASE 事实上,实际上(表示实际情况和可能情况的对比) You use expressions such as [as it is] ,[as it turns out], and [as things stand] when you are making a contrast between a possible situation and what actually happened or is the case. I want to work at home on a Tuesday but as it turns out sometimes it's a Wednesday or a Thursday. 我想周二在家工作,但实际上有时却是周三或是周四。
【B部分】USED WITH OTHER PREPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS 与其他介词或连词连用 【1】PREP-PHRASE 至于… You use [as for] and [as to] at the beginning of a sentence in order to introduce a slightly different subject that is still connected to the previous one. I feel that there's a lot of pressure put on policemen. And as for putting guns in their hands, I don't think that's a very good idea at all. 我觉得给警员的压力太大了。至于让他们佩枪,我并不认为是一个明智之举。