相似詞語(yǔ)辨析【15】as well as和as well

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as well as,as well
    這一對(duì)短語(yǔ)僅差一字之微,意義相近,故很易引起混淆。
    作為習(xí)語(yǔ)用作介詞時(shí),as well as的涵義是“還有”、“不但…而且…”。值得注意的是,在A as well as B的結(jié)構(gòu)里,語(yǔ)意的重點(diǎn)在 A,不在 B.因此,“He can speak Spanish as well as English.”的譯文應(yīng)該是:“他不但會(huì)說(shuō)英語(yǔ),而且會(huì)講西班牙語(yǔ)”,決不能譯作:“他不但會(huì)說(shuō)西班牙語(yǔ),而且會(huì)講英語(yǔ)”。如果這樣翻譯,就是本末倒置了。as well as和 not only… but also…同義,但前者的語(yǔ)意重點(diǎn)和后者的語(yǔ)意重點(diǎn)恰好顛倒。
    如果 as well as用作連詞引出比較從句,其義為“和…一樣好”。因此,“He speaks Spanish as well as English.”應(yīng)譯作:“他說(shuō)西班牙語(yǔ)像說(shuō)英語(yǔ)一樣好”。語(yǔ)意的重點(diǎn)依舊在前部,不在后半部。
    請(qǐng)注意 as well as以下的用法:
    She called on you as well as I.
    不但我來(lái)看你,她也拜訪了你。
    She called on you as well as me.
    她不但拜訪了我,也拜訪了你。
    在下列句中,as well as表示“像…一樣”的涵義:
    She as well as you is an English teacher.
    她像你一樣也是英文教師。
    這里的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用is,不用are,因?yàn)榫渲械闹髡Z(yǔ)是she,不是she和you.
    As well是副詞短語(yǔ),其義為“也”,相當(dāng)于too,它一般放在句末,有時(shí)和連詞and或but搭配使用。例:
    He is a worker,and a poet as well.
    他是工人,但也是詩(shī)人。
    China possesses enormous quantities of coal and is rich in other minerals as well.
    中國(guó)擁有大量煤炭,其他的礦藏也很豐富。
    Mr.Liu can speak English,but he can speak Cantonese as well.
    劉先生會(huì)說(shuō)英語(yǔ),但他也能講廣東話。