2015年职称英语等级考试常用句型解析（5）

　　不定词句型比较句型：as many/much as ……

　　结构︰as many/much as+数字+复数名词/不可数名词

　　说明︰此句型意为“多达…”。不要与“as many/much+<名词>”(同数量的…)混淆。同理，此类<词组>还有：as long as+数字+<名词>(长达…)，as wide as+数字+<名词>(宽达…)， as high as+数字+<名词>(高达…)，as early as+数字+<名词>(早在…)，as late as+数字+<名词>(迟在…)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.

　　这次空难中多达一百人丧生。

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

　　我给了这乞丐整整一千元。

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

　　建筑费用涨到高达新台币两千万。

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

　　我学英文已有十五年之久。

　　He came home as late as two in the morning.

　　他迟至清晨两点才回家。

　　I saw your brother as late as last week.

　　上个礼拜我还看到你哥哥。

　　The river is as wide as 100 meters.

　　这条河宽达一百公尺。

　　I mailed the letter as early as Friday.

　　我早在星期五就把信寄了。