as long as翻译:只要;与……一样长;
as/so long as 的用法
一、在表示during the whole time that(长达……之久)或while(只要)的含义时,往往用as long as。如:
1. They all continued their regard for me as long as they lived. 他们毕生都在关心着我.
2. For almost as long as Juanita could remember, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing seemed as easy as breathing, and as natural. 在胡安妮塔的记忆中,加减乘除对自己来说早就是如同呼吸一样简单而自然了.
3. As long as there is life there is hope. 留得生命在,不怕没希望.
二、在表示on condition that, provided that或if(只要,如果)的含义时,用as long as或so long as的情况均很常见。如:
1. You can go out, as / so long as you promise to be back before 11 o'clock. 你可以出去,只要你答应在11点以前回来.
2. I'll accept any job as / so long as I don't have to get up early. 只要不必早起,任何工作我都可以接受.
3. So / As long as electric current flows through a wire, there is a potential difference. 只要有电流通过,导线就有电位差.
4. These stories reinforced the idea that all individuals, no matter how poor, were capable of becoming wealthy so / as long as they were hardworking. 这些故事强化了一种思想,那就是,所有人,不管有多穷,只要勤劳,都能变富有.