as well与as well as只有一词之差,但意义和用法却相差甚远。
一、as well 用法:
1、as well常用作状语,作“又;也”解,相当于too或also,常位于句末,无须用逗号与句子分开。如:
I am going to London and my sister is going as well(=going,too)、
我要到伦敦去,我妹妹也要去。
I not only play the guitar,I sing as well(=I also sing )、
我不但弹吉他,而且还演唱。
2、as well 在口语中也可用于句中,作“也好,也行”或“倒不如”解,用来缓和语气。如:
You may as well go、
你去也好。
The weather was so bad that we might(just)as well have stayed at home、
天气太坏了,早知道如此,倒不如呆在家里为好。
3、as well 可以直接用于just后,用作应答语(可视为It's just as well、的省略),作“幸亏,幸而;无妨;没关系”解。如:
—We were too late to see the film、
我们去得太晚了,没有看上电影。
—Just as well、I hear it isn't very good、
不必遗憾,我听说电影也不怎么样。
二、as well as 用法
1、as well as常用来连接两个并列的成分,如名词、形容词、动词、介词,通常不位于句首。作“也,还”解。它强调的是前一项,后一项只是顺便提及。因此连接并列主语时,谓语动词与前一项一致;翻译时要先译后面,再译前面。而用not only 、、、but also、、、连接时,谓语动词与后一项一致。如:
Your wife as well as you is friendly to me、
不仅你而且你的妻子也对我很友好。
(=Not only you but also your wife is friendly to me、)
Electric energy can be changed into light energy as well as into sound energy、
电能既可以被转变成声能,又可以被转变成光能。
2、as well as 用来表示同级比较,指“一样好”。如:
You look as well as you did ten years ago、
你的身体看起来还和十年前一样好。
He plays the guitar as well as you、
他的吉他弹得和你一样好。
3、用作介词此时,as well as相当于besides,in addition to,意思为“除……之外”,后面通常接名词或动词,尤其是位于句首时。As well as / Besides / In addition to eating five course meals, they drank seven bottles of wine、 除了五道菜外,他们还喝了七瓶酒。