"as long as"是英语中常用的短语,核心含义可分为两类:引导条件状语从句和表示长度比较,具体用法及示例如下:
这是最常用的用法,强调"只有满足某个条件,主句的情况才会发生",相当于"on condition that"或"provided that"。
从句常用一般现在时表将来(遵循"主将从现"原则);
主句可根据语境用一般将来时、祈使句或情态动词(can/could/may等)。
1、 一般将来时+一般现在时:
As long as you keep practicing, you will improve your English.(只要你坚持练习,英语就会进步。)
2、 祈使句+一般现在时:
Take the key as long as you need it.(只要你需要,就拿走钥匙。)
3、 情态动词+一般现在时:
You can borrow my book as long as you return it tomorrow.(你可以借我的书,只要明天还我。)
4、 强调"既然"(隐含条件):
As long as you're here, why not stay for dinner?(既然你来了,不如留下吃晚饭吧?)
用于比较两个事物的长度,结构为"as long as + 名词/代词",相当于"the same length as"。
1、 This river is as long as that one.(这条河和那条河一样长。)
2、 Her dress isn't as long as mine.(她的裙子没我的长。)
3、 The bridge is as long as three football fields.(这座桥有三个足球场那么长。)
1、 口语中可替换为"so long as":
两者意思几乎一致,但"so long as"更口语化,"as long as"更正式。
So long as you're happy, I don't care.(只要你开心,我无所谓。)
2、 用于否定句表"只要...就不":
常以"Not as long as..."结构出现,表强烈反对。
—Can we go to the party? —Not as long as I'm alive!(—我们能去派对吗?—只要我活着就不许!)
3、 区别于"as long as"的字面义:
有时"as long as"也可字面理解为"长达..."(强调时间或长度的持续),但需结合语境:
He stayed in Paris as long as two months.(他在巴黎待了长达两个月。)
含义 | 用法 | 示例 |
---|---|---|
只要(条件) | 引导条件状语从句(主将从现) | As long as you try, you'll succeed. |
和...一样长(比较) | 比较长度(as...as结构) | This ruler is as long as that one. |
通过以上例子可以看出,"as long as"的核心是连接"条件"或"比较",理解语境是正确使用的关键~