英语问答 : as with 是什么用法?

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问：Algebra is a very complex and complicated form of math. As with other branches

of mathematics it has grown beyond the circumstances of its birth. 句中的 as with 是

什么用法。

答：这句句子的意思是：代数是一种非常复杂的数学形式。和数学的其他分支一样，它的发展

已经超越了它诞生的环境。

从意思啥上看， as with …… 与 …… 一样，好像是引导方式状语。对，as 是连词，应该是连

接一个句子，简化了。从原版辞书上的注释是 as far as it is with ……句式的简化，也有说是 

as it is true with …… 的简化，严格意义上来说，是一个简化的方式状语从句。

例句：

The golden light of eventide illumined the city as (far as it is) with an aureole.

黄昏的金光像光环一样照亮了这个城市。

As (it is true) with all oily hair treatments, shampoo needs to be applied first.

和所有油性头发护理一样，需要先用洗发水。

Mercury does not amalgamate with copper so readily as with gold or silver.

汞与铜不象与金或银那样容易合并。

As with many technological revolutions, you are unlikely to be aware of it at the

outset.

与许多技术革新一样，一开始你不太可能意识到这一点。

And as for Arthur, he fell to trembling, and finally was shaken with doubt as with an

ague.

至于亚瑟，他开始颤抖起来，最后疑神疑鬼地颤抖起来，就像得了疟疾一样。

A U.S. government investigation into safety in Toyota cars has found no problems as

with the electronics in the company's vehicles.

美国政府对丰田汽车的安全调查没有发现象该公司（其他）汽车中的电子设备存在的问题。

As with all the best American comedies, the sharpness of the script made the

average British sitcom seem embarrassingly flat-footed.

和所有最好的美国喜剧一样，剧本的犀利让一般的英国情景喜剧显得笨拙得令人尴尬。

The flowers of sundews, as with nearly all carnivorous plants, are held far above

the leaves by a long stem.

毛毡苔的花，和几乎所有的食肉植物一样，都被长长的茎托在叶子之上。

Her eyes, over which heavy lashes drooped diffidently, were bafflingly deep, as with 

rich colour drowned in duskiness.

她的两眼深陷得令人困惑，沉重的睫毛羞怯地垂在上面，仿佛浓艳的色彩淹没在黑暗之中。