as(so) long as
for a plane to take from an airport can often take as the trip (TOEFL)
我查了许多词典,都注明 as long as = so long as。为什么上面的试题要求将 so long as 改为 as long as?
当 as long as 和 so long as 作“只要”解时, 可以看作是同义的 (If you say that one thing is true as long as or so long as another thing is true, you mean that it is true if or when the other thing is true.) 例如:
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You can go out, as long as you promise to be back before 11 o'clock. (LDAE) 只要你答应在 11 点以前回来，你就可以出去。
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So long as you make Ruth happy I'm content. (Walpole) 只要你使露丝幸福,我就满意了。
但是，当用于同级比较时，在肯定句中只能使用 as long as，而不能使用 so long as。
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You can stay here as long as you want. (Hemingway) 你希望在这里呆多久就呆多久。
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This river is as long as that one. 这条河与那条河一样长。
上面的试题之所以要将 so long as 改为 as long as, 就是因为上面的原因。
(参见 as...as )
请做下面的英语试师：
- ——Do you have a minute? I've got something to tell you.
—OK, ____ you make it short.
A. now that B. if only C. so long as D. every time(全国高考安徽卷,08-31)
- —Have you got any idea for the summer vacation?
—I don't mind where we go ____ there's sun, sea and beach.
A. as if B. as long as C. now that D. in order that(全国高考,08-31)