定语从句as用法
as 在定语从句的用法如下:
一、as引导定语从句与其它词连用
A.用于the same...as...结构中
This is the same sickle as I lost yesterday.这把镰刀和我昨天丢的那把一样。
We drove out of the town by the same road as we had entered by.我们沿着进城的同一道路开车出城。
This is the same material as is used in building the bridge.这和建那座桥所用的材料一样。
注意:在这一结构中,as有时可以由that代替。例如:
I live in the same district as /that he lives in.我和他住在同一区。
但两者亦有区别:
1.当定语从句省略谓语部分时,要用as。例如:
She uses the same scent as you(do)/that you do.她用的香水和你的一样。
This book of his is the same as yours.他的这本书和你的那本一样。
2.在容易引起歧义时,慎用as和that。例如:
This is the same knife as I lost last week.
(一般理解为:这把刀和我上周丢的那把相似。也可理解为:这是我上周丢的那把刀。)
This is the same knife that I lost last week.这是我上周丢的那把刀。
3.that在现代英语中可作关系副词,而as则不可。例如:
I live in the same district that he lives.(不可用as。)
B.用于such...as...结构中
I never heard such stories as he tells.我从未听过像他讲的那种故事。
He was in such a fury as I've never seen.他怒气之大,我从没见过。
Such women as knew Tom thought he was charming.认识汤姆的女人都认为他很有魅力。
注:有时such和as连在一起用。例如:
We had hoped to give you a chance such as nobody else ever had.我们本希望给你一次别人不曾有过的机会。
We are living in a new era such as has never existed before.我们生活在前所未有的新时代。
C.用于“so+adj.+a(n)+n.(单数)+as结构中
We witnessed so great a parade as nobody ever dreamt of in preliberation days.我们见到在解放前没有人曾经梦想过的一次盛大的。
I'm not so strong a man as I was.我已不像从前一样健康了。
He's never written again so good a book as his first one.他再也没写出像他的第一部那么好的书。
D.用于“as+adj.+n.+as比较结构中
He is as learned a professor as works in the uni- versity.他是在这所大学工作的教授中最有学问的一个。
Some people have no doubt that their cat understands as many words as does a dog.许多人相信他们的猫跟狗懂的话一样多。
They are as fine women as ever walked.她们可以与任何卓越的女性媲美。
注:as...as...后面加上ever以加强语气,表示“不亚于任何……”,“不弱于……”,有最高级的意味。又如:
He is as brave a man as ever lived.他是世界上最勇敢的人。