【小编寄语】今天英语网小编教给同学们的是英语语法:as和which的用法区别,一起来学习下吧!祝同学们学习进步! 许多语法书告诉我们, as和which之间有两点相同之处:一是二者都可以引导一个具有评述性的非限制性定语从句;二是二者都可以指代前面的整个陈述句。例如: He is an Englishman, as (= which) I know from his accent. (= As I know from his accent, he is an Englishman.) 他是一个英国人,那是我从他的口音中知道的。 A big earthquake occurred in the west part of Japan last night, as (= which) was reported on TV. (= As was reported on TV, a big earthquake occurred in the west part of Japan last night.) 据电视报道,昨天夜里日本西部地区发生了大地震。 但是, as和which并非在所有的非限制性定语从句中都可以互换使用的。笔者将它们的几种不同用法,作一介绍。 一、 as具有“显然或“为人所熟知的含义,可译为“正好……、“就像……、“由……而知等,而which则无此含义。 as从句仅仅提供一种附加说明,而which从句则提供较为重要的评述。试比较: The gentleman admires Mrs Brown, which surprised me. 这位绅士钦佩布朗夫人,这令我吃惊。 |