美
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to the same degree or amount
when
such as
because
like
become
for
for example
during the time when;while
since;because
although
in the way in which
"they were equally beautiful"
"birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"
"sang as sweetly as a nightingale"
"he is every bit as mean as she is"
He was as covetous as cruel.
出自： W. Wotton
Chance has..thrown me very often in her way, and she as often has directed a discourse to me.
出自： Steele
I'd as lieve let it alone.
出自： R. B. Sheridan
He used it, as far as he dared.
出自： Ld Macaulay
〔说明〕 as if〔though〕引导的方式状语从句中的谓语动词多用虚拟语气，指现在的情况时用一般过去时，指过去的情况时用过去完成时。从句中的谓语动词偶尔也可用陈述语气，这时表示的内容可能是真实的，也可能是不真实的。
He likes to talk big as if he was an important person.
他老爱说大话，就仿佛他是一位要人似的。
He talks as though he knew all about it.
他说话的口气似乎他全都知道了。
He continued with his reading as if nothing important had happened.
他若无其事地又继续看他的书。
He walks as if he is drunk.
从走路的情况看，他是醉了。
She treats me as though I am/were stranger.
她待我形同路人。
The house was lit up as though a big celebration was going on.
整个屋子灯火辉煌，犹如在举行盛大庆典。
Eagles were flying up and up as if to ride the white clouds.
老鹰越飞越高,好像翱翔在白云之上。
The girl listened as though turned to stone.
那姑娘仿佛变成了石头似地倾听着。
〔说明〕 as if〔though〕引导的表语从句中谓语动词可用虚拟语气，也可用陈述语气，完全依说话人对从句内容真实性的判断。在it looks,it seems等结构之后常用陈述语气。
She looks as if she were ill.
她看起来像生病一样。
She looks as if she had been ill.
她看起来像生过病一样。
He looks as though he would not hurt a fly.
他看起来善良得连只苍蝇都不肯伤害。
He felt as if he had lost his power of judgement.
他觉得自己仿佛已失去了判断力。
It seems as though it was spring already.
现在好像是春天了。
It looks as though it may blow up a gale tonight.
看来今晚可能要刮大风。
It sounds as though there is a knock at the door.
听起来好像有人在敲门。
〔说明〕 as if〔though〕引导无定形句可以表示惊讶、不信任、愤懑等强烈感情，意思是“好像…似的”“倒是…似的”。
As if I cared!
好像我在乎似的〔我才不在乎呢〕！
As if anyone would believe that story.
别人才不信那一套呢。
至于约翰,我会立即给他写信。
As regards the contract, the second paragraph must be changed.
至于这份合同,第二段必须修改。
You needn't worry as regards the cost of the operation.
你无需担心手术的费用。
As regards money,I have enough.
至于钱,我是够花的。
As is announced in today's papers, all the schools will reopen on 1 September.
句中的as指学校将在9月1日重开这件事。
As it is announced in today's papers, all the schools will reopen on 1 September.
句中的it是多余的，不该加。
I haven't got as much money as I thought.
我带的钱没有我自己想象的那么多。
I ate as much as I could.
我尽可能得多吃。
You ought to rest as much as possible.
你应该尽可能多地休息。
He is as old as she (is).
He is not so old as she (is).
He isn't quite so old as she (is).
You need not go with me, as you are busy.
可以说，因对方知道自己忙。
I cannot go with you, as I am busy.
应该避免使用，应对方不一定知道我很忙。
As you like music, so I like poetry.
正像你喜欢音乐一样，我喜欢诗歌。
Much as I should like to see you, I am afraid you may find it inconvenient to come in this hot weather.
Search as they would, they could find nobody in the house.
Here is so big a stone as no man can lift.
习惯上，虽然as和that都可做关系代词或链接词，但使用that时，要与it搭配使用，而as要单用，不可以搭配it使用。
Count the children as they will enter the room.
句中的will应该删掉。
Write so carefully as to make every sentence clear.
注意这两个结构是固定的搭配。
The shopping center will be open to the public as from 6 May, 2001.
商场会从2001年5月6日起重新开业。
He is a Chinese, but he has foreign friends as well as Chinese friends.
第一句是正确的表达，第二句是错误的。
I read French, German, as well as English.
这个句子是不可以的，应用and来连接。
He advised me as well as answering my question.
句中把as认作是介词，接了动名词answering，实际上是错误的，应改为answered。
误 She was kind as like as her mother.
正 She was as kind as her mother.
正 She was kind like her mother.
误 This piano is equally as good as that one.
正 This piano is as good as that one.
正 These two pianos are equally good.
析 介词like和副词equally同as的词意相同，不能同时出现在一个句子中。
误 You must get out of this place as immediately as possible.
正 You must get out of this place as soon as possible.
析 as...as possible结构中的形容词或副词应是可比较的，immediately没有比较级和最高级形式，故不可用于这个结构中。
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