新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

as

英 [əz]

[CONJ, PREP]

词汇频率：

CONJ. 连词

1. 在（某事发生的）同时
If something happens as something else happens, it happens at the same time.
双语例句
例：
Another policeman has been injured as fighting continued this morning.
又一名警察在今天上午的打斗中受了伤。
例：
All the jury's eyes were on him as he continued.
当他开始继续陈述时，所有陪审团成员的目光都集中在了他身上。
2. 像（做某事、某事发生）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.
双语例句
例：
I'll behave towards them as I would like to be treated.
我会以希望别人对待我的方式对待别人。
例：
Today, as usual, he was wearing a three-piece suit.
今天他像往常一样穿着一套三件套西装。
3. 如…（用于引导评注性短从句）
You use as to introduce short clauses that comment on the truth of what you are saying.
双语例句
例：
As you can see, we're still working.
如你所见，我们仍在工作。
4. 由于
You can use as to mean 'because' when you are explaining the reason for something.
近义词
since
双语例句
例：
Enjoy the first hour of the day. This is important as it sets the mood for the rest of the day.
享受每天的第一个小时。这很重要，因为这一小时决定了一整天的情绪。

PHRASE. 习语

as...as
1. 像…一样
You use the structure as...as when you are comparing things.
双语例句
例：
I never went through a final exam that was as difficult as that one.
我从未碰到过那么难的期末考试。
例：
Being a mother isn't as bad as I thought at first!
做母亲并不像我当初想的那样糟！
2. （数量）多达
You use as...as to emphasize amounts of something.
双语例句
例：
She gets as many as eight thousand letters a month.
她每月都会收到多达8000封信。
as it were
1. 好像是
You say as it were in order to make what you are saying sound less definite.
双语例句
例：
I'd understood the words, but I didn't, as it were, understand the question.
我已经理解了这些词，但我似乎还不理解这个问题。
as it is , as it turns out , as things stand
1. （比较可能性与事实）事实是... , 结果是... , 情况是...
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.
双语例句
例：
I want to work at home on a Tuesday but as it turns out sometimes it's a Wednesday or a Thursday.
我想星期二在家办公，但实际上有时是星期三或星期四。
as for , as to
1. 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.
双语例句
例：
I don't know why the guy yelled at me. And as for going back there, certainly I would never go back, for fear of receiving further abuse.
我不知道为什么那个家伙冲我吼叫。至于回到那儿去，我肯定永远也不会回去了，我怕虐待。
as to
1. 就…
You use as to to indicate what something refers to.
双语例句
例：
They should make decisions as to whether the student needs more help.
他们应该就该学生是否需要更多帮助作决定。
as of
1. 从（某日、某时）起
If you say that something will happen as of a particular date or time, you mean that it will happen from that time on.
双语例句
例：
The border, effectively closed since 1981, will be opened as of January the 1st.
自1981年关闭的边境将从1月1日起开放。
as if , as though
1. 好像
You use as if and as though when you are giving a possible explanation for something or saying that something appears to be the case when it is not.
双语例句
例：
Anne shrugged, as if she didn't know.
安妮耸了耸肩，好像她不知道。

PREP. 介词

1. 作为
You use as when you are indicating what someone or something is or is thought to be, or what function they have.
双语例句
例：
He has worked as a diplomat in the US, Sudan and Saudi Arabia.
他曾做过驻美国、苏丹和沙特阿拉伯的外交官。
例：
The news apparently came as a complete surprise.
这消息显然是个彻头彻尾的意外。
2. 还是（小孩）时
If you do something as a child or as a teenager, for example, you do it when you are a child or a teenager.
双语例句
例：
She loved singing as a child and started vocal training at 12.
她还是个小孩的时候就爱唱歌，12岁就开始了声乐训练。
3. 作为（结果等）
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.
双语例句
例：
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.
由于越来越担心家庭安全，更多人在外出时会在家中留人。