比較句型

　　as/so ... as ...
　　結構︰as/so+形容詞或副詞原級+as…
　　說明︰此句型意為“…和…一樣…”。比較兩件東西，並表示它們的程度一樣。第一個 as 為<副詞>，第二個 as 則為<副詞><連接詞>，引導<副詞子句>，修飾第一個 as。在 as…as 中可插入單數<可數名詞>，即：“as+<形容詞>+a/an+<名詞>+as”。若是複數<名詞>，可用“as many/few+複數 <名詞>+as”;若是<不可數名詞>，則用“as much/little+<不可數名詞>+as”。“as+原級(形、副)+as+原級(形、副)”這形式表示有關同一人(物)的兩種不同的性質、狀態是一樣程度的，譯作“既有…且還有…”。
　　He is as handsome as his brother (is). 他和他哥哥一樣英俊。
　　Judy goes to the movies as often as Sara does. 朱迪像莎拉一樣時常去看電影。
　　Old John goes to sleep as easily as a baby does. 老約翰像嬰兒一樣容易入睡。
　　The girls are as busy with their work as bees. 這些女孩子就跟蜜蜂一樣忙著工作。
　　He is as nice a boy as Peter (is). 他和彼得一樣都是好男孩。
　　She has as many friends as Mary (does). 她和瑪麗一樣有許多朋友。
　　He has as much money as John (does). 他和約翰一樣有很多錢。
　　He is as clever as (he is) handsome. 他不但英俊而且聰明。
　　My teacher is as kind as (she is) intelligent. 我的老師不但善良而且聰慧。

　　as many/much ...
　　結構︰as many/much+名詞…
　　說明︰此句型意為“同數(量)的…;一樣多”。本<片語>旨在用以代替句中前面已提到的相同數字，以避免該數字的重複。
　　He was tired enough to make ten errors in as many (=in ten) pages.
　　他疲倦得十頁中犯了十個錯誤。
　　Mike read five books in as many (=in five) months. 麥克在五個月內看了五本書。
　　I didn’t expect that he should have committed three robberies in as many days.
　　沒想到(老實的)他居然在三天內犯了三次搶劫罪。

　　as many/much as ...
　　結構︰as many/much as+數字+複數名詞/不可數名詞
　　說明︰此句型意為“多達…”。不要與“as many/much+<名詞>”(同數量的…)混淆。同理，此類<片語>還有：as long as+數字+<名詞>(長達…)，as wide as+數字+<名詞>(寬達…)， as high as+數字+<名詞>(高達…)，as early as+數字+<名詞>(早在…)，as late as+數字+<名詞>(遲在…)等。
　　She has as many as seven sisters. 她的姊妹有七人之多。
　　As many as 100 people were killed in the air crash. 這次空難中多達一百人喪生。
　　I gave the beggar as much as 1,000 yen¹. 我給了這乞丐整整一千元。
　　Building costs ran up to as much as NT$ 20 million. 建築費用漲到高達新台幣兩千萬。
　　I have been learning English (for) as long as 15 years. 我學英文已有十五年之久。
　　He came home as late as two in the morning. 他遲至清晨兩點才回家。
　　I saw your brother as late as last week. 上個禮拜我還看到你哥哥。
　　The river is as wide as 100 meters. 這條河寬達一百公尺。
　　I mailed the letter as early as Friday. 我早在星期五就把信寄了。

　　A is as much + N + as B is
　　結構︰主詞+be+as+much+名詞+as+(be)+主詞
　　說明︰此句型意為“…和…同樣…”。“as much+<名詞>+as+(be)+<主詞>”的 be 通常省略或放句末。
　　Comets are just as much members of the sun’s family as (are) the other planets.
　　彗星和其他的行星同樣是太陽家族的成員。
　　To eat too much is as much a bad thing as to eat nothing.吃太多和什麼都不吃同樣是壞事。
　　He is as much a member of the orchestra² as Tom. 他和湯姆同樣是管絃樂隊的成員。

　　not as/so + ADJ/ADV + as + N
　　結構︰not as/so+形容詞/副詞+as+名詞
　　說明︰此句型意為“不像…那樣…”。as…as 可用於肯定句或<否定句>，而 so…as 僅可用於<否定句>構中。
　　It is not as (so) popular as other foods. 它不像其他食物那樣受歡迎。
　　He does not study as (so) hard as John. 他不像約翰那樣用功。
　　I am not as (so) careful as Tom. 我不像湯姆那樣細心。

　　as far as ...
　　結構︰as far as+名詞
　　說明︰此句型意為“到…之遠;到…的程度”。而“as far as+<主詞>+<動詞>”則表示“只要…，在…範圍內的話…”。
　　Swallows from England go as far as South Africa. 英國來的燕子飛到南非那樣遠的地方。
　　We walked as far as the railroad station. 我們走到火車站那樣遠的地方。
　　We drove as far south as Kaohsiung. 我們往南開車一直到高雄。
　　He went as far as Yokohama to meet his friend from England.
　　他遠至橫濱去迎接由英國來的朋友。
　　I swam as far as I could. 我盡可能地游遠。

　　... just as ... as ...
　　結構︰主詞+動詞+just as+形容詞/副詞+as+(代)名詞/動名詞
　　說明︰此句型意為“…就像…一樣…”。第一個 as 是“同樣的;一樣的”，第二個 as 是“像”之意。若<主詞>之後不是 be <動詞>，則 as 之後不用<形容詞>，而要用<副詞>。
　　Being a good pedestrian³ is just as important as being a good driver.
　　做一個好的行人就像做一個好的司機一樣重要。
　　Writing is just as important as reading. 寫作就像閱讀一樣重要。
　　He wrote just as carefully as Tom. 他就像湯姆一樣小心地寫。

　　... as ... as one can
　　結構︰…as+形容詞/副詞/名詞+as one can
　　說明︰此句型意為“儘可能…”。“as ... as one can”相當於“as ... as possible”。one 要隨<主詞>的人稱而變化，而 can 要隨<時態>變化。
　　To speak English fluently, you had better read as many English articles as you can.
　　要想把英文講得很流利，你最好盡量多看英文文章。
　　Take as much exercise as you can. 盡可能多做運動。
　　Be as careful as you can. 盡可能小心。
　　Our teacher explained the lesson to us as clearly as he could.
　　我們的老師盡可能清楚地為我們解釋這一課。
　　She needed to soften⁴ her request to make it as polite and courteous⁵ as she could.
　　她需要使請求語氣柔婉，以便盡可能把它變成有禮貌與客氣。
　　You should be as careful as you can in making friends.
　　在交朋友方面，你應該盡可能小心。
　　We had better learn by heart as many sentence patterns as we can.
　　我們最好盡可能多背句型。
　　I looked down the road as far as I could. 我盡可能遙望這條路。
　　I will try to save as much as I can. 我會設法盡可能多儲蓄。
　　You should remain as quiet as you can. 你應盡可能地保持沈默。