• 答: as long as 字面思是“和……一样长”。例:This rope is as long as that one.(这条绳子和那条一样长。)作为“只要……就……”讲,是延伸含义,指的是前后两者同等重要、“衡量标准相当”。
  • 例1:I will help you as long as I live. (只要我活着,就会帮你。)(活着的时长=帮你的时长)
  • 例2:As long as you have your health, nothing else matters. (只要你身体健康,其他任何事都无关紧要。)(身体健康= 其它什么都不重要)
  • 例3:I can’t jump so/as high as him. (我跳不了他那么高。)
  • 例4:I don’t like it as much as I used to. (我不像过去那样喜欢它了。)
  • 例5:He runs twice as fast as you do. (他跑的速度比你快一倍。)