Though, although 的倒装句

一、名词+as / though+主语+动词

King as he was, he was unhappy. 他虽是国王，但他并不幸福。

Child as he is, he knows to help other. 他虽是个孩子，但却知道帮助别人。

Teacher though he is, he can’t know everything. 他虽然是老师，但也不可能什么都懂。

【说明】其中的动词通常为连系动词，也就是说位于句首的名词是其后连系动词的表语。另外，要特别注意位于句首的名词前习惯上不用冠词，即使其前有形容词修饰也不用冠词。比较： Boy as [though] he is, he likes to play with girls.=Though [Although] he is a boy, he likes to play with girls. 他虽是男孩，却喜欢与女孩子玩。

Strong man as [though] he is, General Botha has been severely put to the test during the past few weeks.= Though [Although] he is a strong man, General Botha has been severely put to the test during the past few weeks. 波赛将军虽然坚强，但在过去的数周里也受到了严峻的考验。

二、形容词+as / though+主语+动词

Successful as he is, he is not proud. 他虽然成功，但不骄傲。

Improbable as it seems, it’s true. 虽然看起来不太可能，但却是真的。

Stupid as it sounds，I was so in love with her that I believed her. 尽管听起来很愚蠢，我是如此爱她竟然相信了她的话。

Patient as he was，he didn’t like waiting that long. 他虽说有耐心，也不愿等这么长。 Beautiful though the necklace was，we thought it was over-priced. 那条项链虽然很漂亮，我们认为价钱太高。

【说明】其中的动词也通常为连系动词，也就是说位于句首的形容词是其后连系动词的表语。

三、副词+as / though+主语+动词

Much as I like Paris, I couldn’t live there. 尽管我喜欢巴黎，但我不能住在那里。 Hard though they tried, they couldn’t make her change her mind. 尽管他们做了很大努力，却没法让她改变主意。

Fast as you read, you can’t finish the book in two days. 尽管你读得很快，你总不能在两天之内就读完这本书。

He was unable to make much progress, hard as he tried. 尽管他做了努力，却未能取得很大进步。

【说明】有的词典将much as 作为习语看待，认为它是一个用以引导让步状语从句的复合连词。再如：

Much as I admire him as a writer，I do not like him as a man. 他作为一名作家我很佩服他，但我却不喜欢他这个人。

Much as I like you, I couldn’t live with you. 我尽管很喜欢你, 却不能和你在一起生活。

四、动词原形+as / though+主语+动词

Object as you may, I’ll go. 纵使你反对，我也要去。

Try as he might, he couldn’t solve the problem. 尽管他想方设法，却未解决这个问题。 Search as they would, they would find nobody in the house. 无论怎样搜查，他们在房子里仍然没有找到一个人。

Dislike him as we may, we must acknowledge his greatness. 尽管我们不喜欢他，但必须承认他的伟大。

Lose money as I did, we got a lot of experience. 钱虽然丢了，我们却得到了许多经验。 Fail in the election as he did, he became famous for his fiery speech against slavery. 尽管落选了，但他却以其反对奴隶制的激烈演说而出了名。

【说明】主语后的动词通常为may, might, would, did 等情态动词或助动词(若表示情态意义，则选用情态动词；若陈述事实，则用did, do 等助动词)。

五、分词+as / though+主语+动词

Raining hard as it is, I’m going out for a walk. 虽然正在下着大雨，我还是要出去散步。

Surrounded as we were by the enemy, we managed to march forward. 虽然我们被敌人包围着，但我们还是设法前进了。

Munching the apple as he was, he had got an eye for all John’s movements. 他尽管在一个劲地嚼着苹果，但仍警惕着约翰的一举一动。

【三条补充说明】

1. 这类倒装的让步状语从句可用as, though 来引导，但不能用although来引导；但是，未倒装的让步状语从句则可用though, although来引导，而不能用as来引导。也就是说，although引导让步状语从句时不能倒装，as引导让步状语从句时必须倒装，而though引导让步状语从句时可以倒装也可以不倒装。如：

虽然很晚了，但我们还是继续工作。

正：Late as [though] it was, we still went on working.

正：Though [Although] it was late, we still went on working.

误：Late although it was, we still went on working.

误：As it was late, we still went on working.

2. 上面提到的倒装结构有时也可用来表示原因，区别的办法主要看句子的内容：让步从句的内容大多数与主句在意义上相反，而原因从句则与主句之间有因果关系。比较：

Tired as he was, he sat up late studying at night. 昨晚他虽然很疲倦了，但还是学习到很晚才睡。(表让步)

Tired as he was, he went to bed early. 因为很累，所以他睡得很早。(表原因)

Young as he was, he was equal to the task. 他虽年轻，却能胜任这项工作。(表让步) Young as he was, he was not equal to the task. 他因为年轻，所以不能胜任这项工作。(表原因)

3. 在美国英语中，人们通常用as…as引导让步状语从句。如：

Cold as it was, we went out.=As cold as it was, we went out. 尽管天气冷，我们还是出去了。

Successful as he is, he is not proud.=As successful as he is, he is not proud. 他虽成功了，但不骄

 

第二篇：as much as的用法

as much as的用法

一、表示数量

1.表示具体的数量，其后通常直接跟具体数量，其意为“??之多”“多达”“整整”，强调“多”。如：

In fact it cost me as much as 100 dollars. 事实上，它整整花了我100美元。

We walked as much as 50 miles that day. 那天我们整整走了50英里。

She trained hard for the race， sometimes running as much as 60 miles a week. 为了比赛，她拼命地训练，有时一个星期要跑60英里。

—Is it hot up there？ 那上面热吗？

—Of course， as much as 45 degrees. 当然热，高达45度。

The speed can vary by as much as 15 percent. 其速度的差别可高达15％。

注：如上例所示，as much as 用于表示具体的数量时，其后接的可能是可数名词，但由于它们意义上仍然为不可数，故用 as much as，不

用 as many as。如 100 dollars，尽管其中的 dollars 为可数名词的复数形式，由于 100 dollars 仍是一个不可数的概念，仍是不可数的。但是下

面这句是错的：I read as much as 100 articles today. 因为这里的 100 articles 表示的是可数概念，故应改为：I read as many as 100 articles.

2. 表示模糊的数量，其意为“与??一样多”，有时 much 后可接被修饰的名词（不可数）。如：

I ate as much as I could. 我能吃多少就吃了多少。

I’ll spend as much as necessary. 需要花多少钱，我就花多少钱。

Give me as much as you gave Jane. 给我的要和你给简的一样多。

I haven’t got as much money as I thought. 我不像原来想象的有那么多钱。

I’m sorry I haven’t done as much as I should. 我很抱歉，我做得很不够。

Some of the doctors are paid almost twice as much as the nurses. 有些医生所获得的报酬差不多是护士的两倍。

We can take as much as our buyer can supply. 买主能提供多少我们就能要多少。

If you charge as much as that， you’ll scare customers off. 如果你要价那么高，你会把顾客吓跑的。

二、表示程度

1. 译为“尽量”“尽最大努力（可能）”，主要用于 as...as possible ［one can］。如： You ought to rest as much as possible. 你应当尽量多休息。

I have helped you as much as I can. Now it is up to you. 我已尽我所能地帮助你了。现在该看你自己了。

I won’t have a pudding—it was as much as I could do to finish the very large first course. 我不要布丁了——我能把第一道大菜吃完就已经很不容易了。

2. 译为“像??一样（的程度）”。如：

He doesn’t think of you as much as he ought to. 他没有像本应该的那样对你好。 We’re in the dark just as much as you are. 我们跟你们一样被蒙在鼓里。

I don’t pretend to know as much as he does about it. 我不敢说我对此事的了解有他那样多。

I like cats as much as dogs. 我喜欢猫和喜欢狗的程度相同。（此句可视为 I like cats as much as I like dogs 之省略）

3. 译为“与??一样多”。如：

I haven’t as much responsibility as before. 我不再担负过去那样多的责任了。

4. 译为“好像”“几乎”“差不多”“等于”。如：

That is as much as saying I am a liar. 那无异于说我撒谎。

He as much as admitted that it was his fault. 他几乎承认说是他的错。

You said “all right”， which was as much as to say that you were satisfied. 你当时说“行”，这就等于说你认为满意。

注：as much as to say ［saying］ 可视为习语，意为“等于说”。

5. 译为“既??又”“不仅??而且”。如：

It is as much your responsibility as mine. 这件事你和我一样都有责任。

He retorted that it was my fault as much as his. 他反驳说那不仅是他的错，而且也是我的错。或：他反驳说我的错误并不比他的错误小。

I expect to weep as much as （to） laugh. 我简直又想哭，又想笑。

6. 有时有较灵活的译法：

His latest play is not as much a farce as a burlesque tragedy. 他最近的一个剧本与其说是一个滑稽剧，不如说是一个滑稽的悲剧。

三、表示经常性

Do you dine out as much as you did in Paris？你还像在巴黎那样常常在外面吃饭吗？ Grandma’s getting on a bit and doesn’t go out as much as she used to. 奶奶年事日高， 不像从前那样常出门了。

四、两点特别说明

1. 第二个 as 有时为关系代词，用以引导定语从句。如：

I gave him as much as he could eat. 他能吃多少，我就给了他多少。

As much as he earned was given to his girlfriend. 他赚的钱都给了他的女朋友。

2. 当连接两个成分作主语时，其后谓语动词习惯上要与前面一个成分保持一致。如： John， as much as his brothers， was responsible for the loss. 不仅约翰的兄弟要对这损失负责，而且约翰自己也要对这损失负责。