一、详细释义:
adv.
同样地;和…一样地
例句:
He runs as fast as Paul.
他跑得和保罗一样快。
例句:
Smith works as hard as you used to.
史密斯和你从前一样工作努力。
例如
例句:
These poems were written by poets as by keats and shelly.
这些诗篇是诗人例如济慈和雪莱写的。
例句:
Preserve in a pickling liquid, as of vegetables.
在有酸性的液体中保存食物,例如蔬菜。
conj.
当…时;在…的同时
例句:
I was coming in as he was going out.
我进来的时候,他正出去。
例句:
As I was coming here, I met your brother.
我来这儿的时候遇见了你哥哥。
因为,由于
例句:
As this question is of great interest, we will discuss it once again.
因为这个问题很有意义,所以我们决定再讨论一次。
例句:
As rain has fallen, the air is cooler.
由于下了雨,空气比较凉爽。
如同,像…一样
例句:
Things were almost as they had been before.
事情还如同以前一样。
例句:
I'm lost as a light is lost in light.
我如同灯盏迷失在光明里。
尽管,虽然
例句:
Intelligent as you are, I suspect you will fail.
尽管你聪明,我还是猜想你会失败。
例句:
Child as is Paul, he knows enough to tell good from bad.
保尔虽是个孩子,却已懂得区分好坏。
随着
例句:
The search intensified as dusk approached.
随着黄昏将至,搜寻加强了。
例句:
We get wiser as we get older.
我们随着年龄的增长变得更聪明。
依照
例句:
You should do as the law prescribes.
你应该按照法律的规定做。
例句:
Let it be as you desire.
就按照你的意思办吧。
prep.
如同
例句:
He does this job as a skilled labour.
他做起这个活如同个熟手。
例句:
We talked about such subjects as the weather.
我们谈论了诸如天气之类的话题。
当作,作为,以…的身份
例句:
He worked as a cashier in a bank.
他在一家银行干过出纳。
例句:
Don't regard me as a child.
别把我当成小孩看待。
二、词义辨析:
though,although,as
这些连词均可表示“虽然,尽管”之意。though和although在意义上几乎毫无区别,但文体上后者是较正式用词,语气比though强。此外,在习惯用法上这两个词仍有以下一些差异:1.though可引出倒装语序的让步状语从句,although 则不能。2.though可与even连用,although则不能;在as though结构中,只用though,不能用although。3.though可以置于从句末,而although则不能。4.引出省略句时,通常用though。as引出让步状语从句只用于倒装语序结构中,语气强于上述两个连词。