as=按照

有一读者问: 如何做这道选择题:

(1)Please put the magazines _____.

A. in which they were B. as they were

C. here you were D. here it was

应选B。请注意连词as在此的汉译与其说是“如同”,不如说是“按照”,再如:

(2)Take things as they are.(照现状)

(3)Come as you are.(照你现在这模样)