as有两个用途
a) 表示一种职业、身份或用途
eg: He has been working as a bus-driver for six months. (as 表示职业)
I put four desks together as a bed.
(as 表示用途)
b) 通过两种不同动作或情况的比较来表现 出它们的共同点
eg: He ran away from home, as his brother had the year before.
(通过as的比较,表示出兄弟俩有离家出走的共同点。)
In Greece, as in in Italy, they use a lot of olive oil in cooking.
(as表明希腊和意大利都有用橄榄油烹饪的习惯。)
当as用于表示a)的意义时,as是一个介词,后面只能跟名词或代词。当as用于表示b)的含义时,as时一个连词,后面可以跟一个从句或介词短语。
介词+doing