Ask & Learn聞問(wèn)切英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ):Skittish to Obnoxious Passenger (續(xù))

我們繼續(xù)討論 Anthony 提出的問(wèn)題：

1. A skittish and obnoxious passenger, he does not like to sit next to the driver.

2. As a skittish and obnoxious passenger, he does not like to sit next to the driver.

這兩句有沒有不同？

兩句的意思基本上一樣，都是說(shuō)乘客是一個(gè)既緊張又討厭的人，而且不喜歡坐在司機(jī)旁邊的座位。如果沒有 as 的話，只是說(shuō)出這位乘客的個(gè)性和行為。多加了 as，就把乘客的個(gè)性和行為的關(guān)系加強(qiáng)了，也就是說(shuō)，他不喜歡坐在司機(jī)旁邊的原因，是因?yàn)樗且粋€(gè)既緊張又令人生厭的人。

我們看另外一個(gè)例子：

A newcomer to the school, he is very popular with the teachers.

As a newcomer to the school, he is very popular with the teachers.

按照上面的理解，第二句把新生的身分和老師們都喜歡他這個(gè)事實(shí)關(guān)聯(lián)起來(lái)：老師喜歡他是因?yàn)樗切律?，說(shuō)不定他待久了，老師的看法就會(huì)有所不同。這個(gè)含義在第一句并不存在。

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