【词组解析】
1.as well as 除...外(也),即...又
(1)He was out of sorts physically , as well as disordered mentally. 他浑身不舒服, 心绪也很乱。
(2)The opera was an aural as well as a visual delight. 这部歌剧对于听觉和视觉都是一种享受。
2. as well 同样,也,还
(1)Are you traveling to Liverpool as well? We can go together.你也去利物浦吗?我们可以同行.
(2)You may just as well tell me the truth. 你告诉我真相也无妨.
3. ashamed of 羞愧,害臊
(1)You should be ashamed of yourself, crawling to the director like that.你那样巴结董事,应该感到羞耻。
(2)You ought to be ashamed of your foolish behaviour. 你应当为自己的愚蠢行为而感到羞耻。
4. aside from 除...外(还有)
(1)Your talk is a little aside from the subject of our disussion. 你的发言稍微偏离了我们讨论会的主题。
(2)We turned aside from the main road. 我们离开大道。
5. ask for the moon 异想天开
You might as well ask for the moon as for a bicycle.
【练习】
英译中:
(1)The opera was an aural as well as a visual delight.
(2)Water is not only colourless, but odourless as well.
(3)He felt ashamed of having done so little.
(4)Everything was quiet, aside from the occasional sound of a car in the distance.
(5)The man stared at me as if I had asked for the moon. He actually had never even heard of it.