英语短语"as well as"是一个常用的并列或比较结构,核心含义可分为两类,用法需结合语境判断:
1、 并列关系:表示“也;以及;还有”(强调前者,即“A as well as B”中A是重点);
2、 比较关系:表示“和…一样好”(用于两者能力、水平的比较)。
用于并列两个事物,强调前面的主语,因此谓语动词需与前面的主语(A)保持一致(而非后面的B)。
My mother as well as my father is a teacher.(我妈妈和爸爸都是老师。→ 强调“妈妈”)
Tom, as well as his friends, likes playing football.(汤姆和他的朋友都喜欢踢足球。→ 强调“汤姆”)
She invited me as well as you.(她邀请了我还有你。→ 强调“我”)
连接两个动作时,后面的动词通常与前面的动词形式一致(不定式可省to,动名词/谓语动词保持形式)。
He works hard as well as plays hard.(他既努力工作又尽情玩乐。→ 谓语动词一致)
I want to visit Paris as well as (to) see the Eiffel Tower.(我想参观巴黎还想看埃菲尔铁塔。→ 不定式省to)
She likes singing as well as dancing.(她喜欢唱歌也喜欢跳舞。→ 动名词一致)
用于描述主语同时具备两种特征,前后词性需一致。
The movie is interesting as well as educational.(这部电影既有趣又有教育意义。)
He speaks English fluently as well as accurately.(他英语说得流利又准确。)
可连接两个分句,通常省略重复的成分(如主语、助动词)。
I know he’s coming as well as (that) she’s staying.(我知道他要来还有她会留下。→ 省略从句引导词that)
She can cook as well as (she can) bake.(她会做饭也会烤蛋糕。→ 省略重复的主语和助动词)
此时as well as引导比较状语从句,需补充完整比较的对象(常用“do/does/did”代替前面的动作)。
He sings as well as his sister does.(他唱得和他姐姐一样好。)
I can run as well as you can.(我跑得和你一样好。)
相当于“besides”或“in addition to”,强调“额外的内容”。
As well as English, he speaks French and Spanish.(除了英语,他还会说法语和西班牙语。)
As well as being a doctor, she is also a writer.(除了是医生,她还是一位作家。)
1、 主谓一致:永远以前面的主语(A)为准,而非后面的B(易错点!)。
❌ 错误:Tom as well as his friends like sports.
✅ 正确:Tom as well as his friends likes sports.
2、 否定句不用:否定句中表示“也不”需用“neither...nor”或“not...either”,而非“as well as”。
❌ 错误:He doesn’t like coffee as well as tea.(易歧义)
✅ 正确:He doesn’t like coffee, and he doesn’t like tea either.(他既不喜欢咖啡也不喜欢茶。)
3、 与“and”的区别:
“and”是平等并列,谓语动词用复数(如:Tom and his friends like sports.);
“as well as”是强调前者,谓语动词随前者变化(如:Tom as well as his friends likes sports.)。
“as well as”的核心是“强调前者的并列”或“两者的同等比较”,关键是区分语境(并列 vs 比较),并注意主谓一致的规则。通过例子记忆会更清晰!