肖学军 李晓琳
as if意为“似乎,好像”。用在look, seem, smell, taste,
sound等连系动词后面,引导表语从句;也可用在行为动词之后,作方式状语从句。无论是何种从句,当其所表示的情况是事实或具有很大可能性时,通常用陈述语气;当其所表示的情况不是事实,而是主观的想像或夸大性的比喻时,通常用虚拟语气。现在的状况用过去式(连系动词be用were);过去的状况用过去完成式。
1. as if引导表语从句
It looks as if it's going to rain.
好像要下雨了。
It seems as if the boy has lost his way.
那个男孩好像迷路了。
The young man with long hair as if he were a girl.
那个长发的男青年看上去像个女的。
He looked as if he had known something about it.
他好像已经知道一些情况。
2. as if引导状语从句
She loves the boy as if she were his mother.
她爱那个孩子,好像她是他的母亲。
He walks as if he were drunk.
他走路的样子好像是喝醉了。
I remember the whole thing as if it happened yesterday.
我记得事情的全部经过,就好像是昨天发生似的。
注意:as if引导方式状语从句时可用省略形式,后面接名词、形容词、副词和介词短语,也可跟分词或不定式。
He acts as if a fool.
他表现得像个傻子。
The old woman set upon the thief as if mad.
那个老妇人发疯似地扑向小偷。
She talked to the stranger while walking, as if absentmindedly.
她边走边应酬着那位陌生人,好像心不在焉。
He opened the archive, as if in search of some militant information.
他打开档案室,好像要搜寻什么重要军事情报。
The boy is runing impatiently here and there as if searching for something lost on the sports ground.
这个男孩急躁地跑来跑去,好像在找丢在操场上的什么东西。
The football player is rolling on the ground as if hurt badly in the leg.
那个足球运动员在地上滚来滚去,好像是腿部受了重伤。
He opened his mouth as if to speak.
他张开嘴巴好像要说话。