so …as to 和so as to 的意思是否一样呢？

zuoyehaoduo111

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TerraceHo

（1）so + adj + as to do
in general, you don't use so ADJ as to VERB unless the VERB describes some sort of state/condition. i.e., if the verb is an action verb, this construction generally isn't used.【只有在動作描述狀態的時候才會使用so + adj + as to do；當動作僅僅是瞬間性動作時，不能這樣用】
for instance,
i am so ugly as to be viscerally repulsive to women. --> this works, because the verb “to be” describes a state/condition.
i am so ugly as to repel women on sight. --> you generally wouldn't see this in good writing, as “repel” is an action verb; the sentence would probably be written as i am so ugly that i repel women on sight.

（2）so as to
“so as to” is an interesting construction. i don't think that gmac likes it very much -- i've never seen it in an officially correct answer -- but i think the main distinction is that it's used to describe indirect intentions.【so as to在GMAT中從來沒有成為過正確選項。so as to表達的是indirect的目的】
Joe bought a gym membership so as to become more attractive to women.
Obviously, the act of buying a gym membership itself is not going to make joe instantly more attractive to women (women do not swoon over a man's gym membership card). Instead, there are plenty of implied intermediate steps between “by a gym membership” and “be more attractive”; the use of “so as to” implies that there are such intermediate steps in the process.

by Ron

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kiwifoodtown

一个是表结果，一个表目的。