as的用法搭配（as的用法）

1 used in time clauses

If something happens as something else happens, it happens while the other thing is happening.

如果某件事发生在其他事情发生的同时，则它在另一件事发生的同时发生。（即：可以被翻译为“当”或“随着”）

• She wept bitterly as she told her story.
• The play started as I got there.

You also use as to say that something is done whenever something happens.

您也可以用as来说 - 每当某件事情发生时，其他的某件事情就会被完成。即：可以被翻译为“当”或“随着”）

• Parts are replaced as they grow old. 每当零件变旧，它们就会被替换

Note that you do not use 'as' simply to mean 'at the time that'. For example, you do not say 'As I started work here, the pay was ￡2 an hour'. You say 'When I started work here, the pay was ￡2 an hour'.

2 used to mean 'because'

As is often used to mean 'because' or 'since'.

• She bought herself an iron as she felt she couldn't keep borrowing Anne's.
• As he had been up since 4 a.m. he was no doubt now very tired.

3 used with adjectives

You can use as in front of an adjective to say how someone or something is regarded or described.

您可以在形容词前使用as来表示，某人或某物被如何看待或描述。即：和...一样的

• He regarded them as snobbish.
• Hey regarded manual work as degrading.
• Officials described him as brilliant.

WARNING: You do not use 'as' after comparative adjectives. You do not say, for example, 'The trees are taller as the church'. You say 'The trees are taller than the church'.

- She was much older than me.

4 used in prepositional phrase

You can also use as in prepositional phrases to say how someone or something is regarded, described, treated, or used.

您还可以在介词短语中使用as来表示如何看待，描述，对待或使用某人或某物。

• He was regarded as something of a troublemaker.
• If Pluto had been discovered today, it would never be classified as a planet.
• I treated business as a game.
• I wanted to use him as an agent.

You can also use as in prepositional phrases to say what role or function someone or something has.

您还可以在介词短语中使用as来表达某人或某物的角色或功能。可译为：作为...的角色或功能

• He worked as a clerk.
• He served as Kennedy's ambassador to India.
• Bleach removes color and acts as an antiseptic and deodorizer. 漂白剂可去除颜色，并用作防腐剂和除臭剂。

5 used in comparisons

In writing, as is sometimes used to compare one action to another.

在写作中，as有时用来将一个动作与另一个动作进行比较。

• He looked over his shoulder as Jack had done.
• She pushed him, as she had pushed her son.

Like and the way are used in a similar way.

Like和the way以类似方式使用。

You can also use as in front of some prepositional phrases, especially at the beginning of a sentence. For example, instead of saying 'She took a holiday in April, as he had done in previous years', you can say 'As in previous years, she took a holiday in April'.

您还可以在某些介词短语前面使用as，尤其是在句子的开头。

• As in previous attacks there was no warning of the bomb.

When you have just made a statement, you can use as as a conjunction to indicate that the statement also applies to another person, thing, or group. After as you use be, have, an auxiliary, or a modal, then the subject.

当您刚刚发表了一个声明, 您可以将as用作连词，以表明该声明也适用于其他人，事物或群体。 在as后，你使用助动词或情态动词，然后是主语。

• Our daughter feels that way, as do our sons.

​​WARNING: You do not usually use 'as' in front of a noun group when you are comparing one thing or person to another. You do not say, for example, 'She sang as a bird'. You say 'She sang like a bird'.

- He swam like a fish.

- I am a worker like him.

- Children, like animals, are noisy at meal times.

However, you can make a comparison using as, an adjective or adverb, and another as. For example, you can say 'You are just as bad as your sister'.

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