像美国人那样说英语:常用句型286
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Lesson 34 May/might as weII……as……与……一样

句型“may/might as well……as……”的标准形式是“主语+may as well+动词原形+喻体+as+动词原形+本体”,本句型是一个比较特殊的连接本体与喻体的句型。句中的“may”和“might”没有过去和现在之分,“as”所引导的本体有时可以省略,“might as well”比“may as well”更加委婉。翻译为“与……一样”。

征服句型

●You might as well work without experience as birds fly without wings.

你工作没有工作经验就像鸟儿飞翔没有翅膀一样。

●You might as well advise me to give up dancing as life.

你让我放弃跳舞就像让我放弃生命一样。

●You might as well let me sing in the public as make me lose honor.

你让我在公众场所唱歌就像是让我失去尊严一样。

●You may as well angry as a river god get into a terrible temper.

你生气了就像河神震怒了一样。

●We might as well have gone hike by bike as you suggested.

我们还不如像你建议的那样骑车去郊游。

征服对话

●Going for an outing in early spring is not interesting.

●You may as well go there as not.

踏青一点意思都没有。你去不去都行。

●I might as well sell all the stock in my hand as you suggest.

●My forecast is not absolutely right.

正如你建议的一样我会卖掉我手上所有的股票。我的预测也不一定准。

●He may as well eat as he is a tiger.

●His habit of eating is not good.

他吃饭的时候就像一头老虎。他吃饭的习惯不好。

Tips

“as well as”有“还有”“不但……而且”“和……一样”的意思。例如:She finishes the task as well as I.我完成了任务,她也完成了。My new car is as well as yours.我的新车像你的一样好。