二、用作介词的as
1.表示“如,像”。例如:They got united as one man./She spoke of me as her dearest friend.
2.表示“作为、当作”。例如:As a League member, you should think more of others.
3.与某些动词搭配,表示“把……当作……”,如:look on…as…, regard…as…, treat…as…, consider…as…, think of…as…, see…as…等。其中consider…as…中的as可以省略。as与famous或known搭配,表示“作为……而出名”。
例5 Linda worked for the Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining Company, ________ as 3M.
A. knowingB. known C. being knownD. to be known
解析:如果熟悉be known as这一短语,运用有关非谓语动词的常识,可选出正确答案B。
三、用作关系代词的as
1. 引导限制性定语从句,先行词前通常有as, so, such, same等修饰语。例如:He will marry as pretty a girl as he can find./My hometown is no longer the same as it used to be./As many people as are present will be given a present.在此种用法中,同学们要注意与结果状语从句的区别。比如:A: The teacher asked us such a difficult question that none of us could answer it. B: The teacher asked us such a difficult question as none of us could answer.A句为结果状语从句,而B句则是定语从句。
2. 引导非限制性定语从句,用来指代整个主句(即先行句),表示“这一事实,那一情况”。从句可以位于句首、句中或句末。例如:We stand when the national anthem is played, as is the custom.
例6 ______ I explained on the telephone, your request will be considered at the next meeting.
A. When B. After C. As D. Since
解析:根据句意,选项C是正确答案。as表现的正是本点所讲用法。
四、用作副词的as
修饰形容词或副词,表示程度,意为“同样地”。例如:He swims fast, but I swim just as fast. 但它通常构成表示比较的结构“as as ”,“not as as ”。此结构中第一个as是副词,第二个as是连词。否定结构中的副词as可以由so代替。as as possible /one can也属于此用法。例如:It is generally believed that teaching is as much an art as it is a science.
五、用在习语中的as
由as构成的习语很多,常见的有:as soon as “一 就”,引导时间状语从句;as/so long as “只要”引导条件状语从句;as if/though “好像,仿佛”,引导方式状语从句或表语从句;as to/ as for “至于,就 而言”;as much/many as“多达 ”;as/so far as “就 的限度”;as a result,as a result of “(由于 的)结果”;as a matter of fact“事实上”;as well “也、还”;A as well as B“不但A而且B”;as it is“照现状看,看样子”,等等。这些习语在高考中可能经常遇到,在高考题中有的作为正确选项,有的作为干扰项,有的出现在题干,值得同学们认真掌握。例如: