1. [表示比较]像…(一样),达到…程度,以至于:
It flew straight as an arrow.
它直飞如箭。
You are as good as you think you are.
你像你自己认为的一样好。
2. [表示方式]以…的方式,按照;如同,如同…那样:
Do as you are told.
照吩咐去做。
Do as we do.
我们怎么干,你就怎么干。
3. [表示时间] 当…的时候,在…的同时,和…同时;当,正值:
She wept as she spoke.她边说边哭。
Pay as you enter.进来时付钱。
4. [表示原因]因为,由于,鉴于;既然:
As you object, we won't go.
由于你反对,我们不去了。
As you are leaving last, lock up.
你是最后一个离开,把门锁好。
5. [与so连用,表示结果或目的]:以至于,结果是:
The question is so obvious as to need no reply.
这问题很清楚,不必回答。
6. [表示让步,词序倒装]虽然,尽管,纵:
Tall as she was she couldn't reach the oranges.
她虽然长得这么高,仍够不着那些橙子。
Strange as it seems,it is so.
虽然看来很怪,但事实如此。
7. [口语][引导名词从句,在主从复合句的主句中]= that:
I don't know as I should.
我不知道我该这么做。
I don't know as I do.
我不知道我知道。
8. [与 so 连用,表示目的]为了,为使,以便:
Students should take notes so as to make revision easier.
为了便于复习,学生应该记笔记。
9. [常与 so
连用,表示比例或关系]正像;随着…:
As the wind blew harder,so the sea grew rougher.
风越刮越大,海浪也越来越汹涌。
10. 仿佛,好像( = as if):
It seems as she's never happy.
她似乎生活得一点也不愉快。
11. 根据;[与 go 连用]按照…的一般标准来说:
as far as it goes
就一般标准来说,就其本身来说
12. [口语][引导名词从句, = that]
13. [方言]比;与其…(不如…)( = than)