as ~ as ...
2022. 5. 28. 21:58ㆍGrammar/Comparative
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비교하는 두 대상이 어떤 점에서 동등하다고 표현할 때 'as +형용사 / 부사 + as'를 사용한다:
- The world’s biggest bull is as big as a small elephant.
- The weather this summer is as bad as last year. It hasn’t stopped raining for weeks.
- You have to unwrap it as carefully as you can. It’s quite fragile.
비교하는 두 대상이 동등하지 않다고 표현할 때 'not as ... as'를 사용한다:
- It’s not as heavy as I thought it would be, actually.
- Rory hasn’t grown as tall as Tommy yet.
- She’s not singing as loudly as she can.
- They didn’t play as well as they usually do.
'Not quite as' 혹은 'not nearly as'를 사용해서 'not as ... as' 의미를 강조할 수 있다:
- The second race was not quite as easy as the first one. (The second race was easy but the first one was easier.)
- These new shoes are not nearly as comfortable as my old ones. (My old shoes are a lot more comfortable than these new shoes.)
'Not as ... as' 대신에 'not so ... as' 표현도 가능하지만 'not as ... as'가 흔한 표현이다:
- The cycling was good but not so hard as the cross country skiing we did.
As ... as + possibility
가능성 혹은 능력의 의미를 'as .. as' 뒤에 사용할 수 있다:
- Can you come as soon as possible?
- Go to as many places as you can.
- We got here as fast as we could.
As many as, as much as
수 / 양의 개념을 표현할 때 'As many + 복수 명사 as' 혹은 'as much + 셀 수 없는 명사 as'를 사용한다:
- Greg makes as much money as Mick but not as much as Neil.
- They try to give them as much freedom as they can.
- There weren’t as many people there as I expected.
다수의 무언가를 표현할 때 'as many / much as + 다수'를 사용한다:
- Scientists have discovered a planet which weighs as much as 2,500 times the weight of Earth.
- There were as many as 50 people crowded into the tiny room.
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