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as 与like的用法区别
as,like 在汉语中均可表示“像”,但它们的用法却是有差异的。在正规英语中,as是一个连词,like是一个介词,两者是不能互换使用的。如不能说:
I can speak English like you can.
而应该说:I can speak English like you.
或:I can speak English as you can.
as有两个用途
a) 表示一种职业、身份或用途
eg: He has been working as a bus-driver for six months. (as 表示职业)
I put four desks together as a bed.
(as 表示用途)
b) 通过两种不同动作或情况的比较来表现 出它们的共同点
eg: He ran away from home, as his brother had the year before.
(通过as的比较,表示出兄弟俩有离家出走的共同点。)
In Greece, as in in Italy, they use a lot of olive oil in cooking.
(as表明希腊和意大利都有用橄榄油烹饪的习惯。)
当as用于表示a)的意义时,as是一个介词,后面只能跟名词或代词。当as用于表示b)的含义时,as时一个连词,后面可以跟一个从句或介词短语。
like是一个介词,后面只能跟名词或代词
eg: My brother was soon able to swim like me.
Don't treat me like a child.
当as,like后跟名词或代词时,它们所表示的意义是不同的。as指的是一个人的职业,而like则表示“像 …… 一样做事”
eg: I worked as a slave. = I am a slave.
(as 用于表示身份)
I worked like a slave. = I worked very, very hard. (as用于表示比喻)
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再看這道OG10的題
60. According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.
(A) like that of earlier generations
(B) as that for earlier generations
(C) just as earlier generations did
(D) as have earlier generations
(E) as it was of earlier generations
我看了先看了as和like的區別然后再做的這道題還選錯,真是……
不過現在明白了。
The intended comparison should be completed by a clause beginning with as and containing a subject and verb that correspond to the subject and verb of the main clause. In E, the best choice, it refers unambiguously to the phrasal subject owning ... land, the verb was corresponds to is, and today's young adults are appropriately compared to earlier generations. Choices A and B lack a verb corresponding to is and a clear referent for that. Choices C and D are confusing and illogical because their verbs, did and have, cannot substitute for is in the main clause.