as long as

漢語翻譯

詞意辨析：

as(so) far as, as(so) long as

兩者都是as...as...引導的詞組。
as(so) far as: 意思是“就......而言（所知）”，as (so) far as sth．is concerned是其中一種具體用法，意為“就某事而言”。

• as far as i know, more than 10 million laid-off workers have found their new jobs.
  就我所知，一千多萬下崗工人已經找到了新的工作。

as(so) long as: 意為“只要”，引導條件狀語從句。

• there is nothing that we can’t do so/as long as we keep on trying to do it.
  只要我們不斷地努力去做，就沒有什麼事幹不成。

例句：

1. He came in with a face as long as a fiddle and said it was raining again.
   他拉長著臉進來說，又下雨了。
2. I don't mind as long as it doesn't rain.
   只要不下雨就行了。
3. As long as you drive carefully, you will be very safe.
   如果你開車小心，你就會很安全。
4. I'm not particular how you do it as long as it gets done.
   只要把它完成了，你怎么做我並不計較。
5. This line is four times as long as that one.
   這條線是那條線的四倍長。
6. As long as live, I will help you.
   只要我活著，我都會幫助你。
7. We'll ship the goods at an early time as long as there is a steamer.
   只要有船，我們就儘早裝貨。
8. As long as you don't betray me, I'll do whatever you ask me to (do).
   只要你不出賣我，要我做什麼我都願意。