相似英语词汇辨析02:according as,according to
2016-06-26来源:和谐英语
2 according as,according to
这两个词组虽然相似,但它们的结构和使用场合并不相同。according to表示“根据”、“按照”;而according as表示“视乎”,有depending及according to whether的意味。
according as是连词词组,其后接从句;according to 是介词短语,其后接名词。例:
the thermometer rises or falls according to the high or low temperature.
寒暑表根据气温的高低而升降。
they will be praised or blamed according as their work is good or bad.
给他们的赏罚将视乎他们工作的好坏来决定。
应当在此指出,在现代英语中,according as的句型结构已很少有人使用,正如 bergen evans和 cornelia evans在a dictionary of contemporary american usage 中指出的那样:“this construction is not often heard today”