方式状语从句表示动作的方式,其引导词有:as, like, as if, as though, the way等。请看例句:
200 When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
201 Work like you don’t need money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like nobody’s watching.
202 Do as I say, not as I do. (=Follow my advice, but don’t follow my example.)
203 Do it the way you were taught.
204 He looks as though/as if he is an actor.
205 Nails protect the ends of human fingers and toes ____ protect the toes of most other vertebrates.
A. claws
B. as claws
C. as claws to
D. so do claws
正确答案 B
妙语点睛 这里as claws protect the toes of most other vertebrates作状语,表示方式,修饰主句谓语部分protect the ends of human fingers and toes。
精品译文 手指甲和脚趾甲能够保护我们的手指和脚趾,同样,脊椎动物的爪子可以保护它们的脚趾。
有关as引导的方式状语从句,详细内容请参看第五章“As专题”P115页5.4.3小节。