2015年職稱英語等級考試常用句型解析（5）

　　不定詞句型比較句型：as many/much as ……

　　結構︰as many/much as+數(shù)字+復數(shù)名詞/不可數(shù)名詞

　　說明︰此句型意為“多達…”。不要與“as many/much+<名詞>”(同數(shù)量的…)混淆。同理，此類<詞組>還有：as long as+數(shù)字+<名詞>(長達…)，as wide as+數(shù)字+<名詞>(寬達…)， as high as+數(shù)字+<名詞>(高達…)，as early as+數(shù)字+<名詞>(早在…)，as late as+數(shù)字+<名詞>(遲在…)等。

　　She has as many as seven sisters.

　　她的姊妹有七人之多。

　　As many as 100 people were killed in the air crash.

　　這次空難中多達一百人喪生。

　　I gave the beggar as much as 1,000 yen.

　　我給了這乞丐整整一千元。

　　Building costs ran up to as much as NT$ 20 million.

　　建筑費用漲到高達新臺幣兩千萬。

　　I have been learning English (for) as long as 15 years.

　　我學英文已有十五年之久。

　　He came home as late as two in the morning.

　　他遲至清晨兩點才回家。

　　I saw your brother as late as last week.

　　上個禮拜我還看到你哥哥。

　　The river is as wide as 100 meters.

　　這條河寬達一百公尺。

　　I mailed the letter as early as Friday.

　　我早在星期五就把信寄了。