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conj

1. 像…一样

• She is as tall as you are. 她和你一样高。

• She is actually not so calm as she looks. 实际上她的内心不如她的外表看起来那么平静。

2. 以…方式；如同…那样

• Do as I say! 照我说的去做!

• He has told the story just as it happened. 他已如实地讲了这一情况。

3. 当…的时候；在…期间

• I met him as I was spending the summer holiday. 我在暑假里遇见了他。

4. 因为；由于

• As he's been in trouble，perhaps he'll need my help. 他由于处境困难可能需要我的帮助。

5. 尽管；虽然

• Try as I might, I couldn't persuade him. 我试过多次，却仍然说服不了他。

• Young as he is, he already knows what career he wants to follow. 他虽然还年轻，但是对要从事的职业已胸有成竹。

6. 随着；正如

• As time goes by, my hopes begin to wane. 随着时间的流逝，我的希望开始变得渺茫。

• As a man lives, so he dies. 人有生就有死。

7. 为了，以便

• I turned back so as to avoid seeing him. 为了避开他，我转过身去。

• I got up early so as to catch the first bus. 我早早起床以便赶上早班车。

词组as against 与…比较

• As against last year, the profits increased by 60%. 和去年相比，利润增加了60%。

as for 至于

• As for you, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. 至于你，你应该感到惭愧。

as if(或as though) 好像；仿佛

• I behaved as if nothing had happened. 我装作若无其事的样子。

• I feel as if we've never parted. 我感到似乎我们从未分离过。

as it is 看样子

• We were hoping to have a holiday next month-as it is, we may not be able to get away. 我们原来盼望着下个月放假，可看样子走不了啦。

as it were 可以说

• He seemed very relaxed-in his natural setting as it were. 他似乎十分悠然自得，可以说是有自己随遇而安的天地。

as of

1. 自从…起

• The new regulation takes effect as of next month. 新规定从下月开始施行。

2. 直至

• Following is an analysis of the stock prices as of this week. 到本周为止的股市行情分析如下。

as to

1. 至于

• As to his ability I have no doubt. 对于他的能力我毫不怀疑。

2. 根据

• We stored the apples as to size and colour. 我们按照大小和颜色挑选苹果。