关于as to 与 as for 有什么区别,网上有不少介绍,但感觉都没完全讲了解。
请英语答疑网的专家老师帮忙剖析和概要一下,万分感谢。
1. 用于句首的 as for 与 as to 意义非常相近,它们都能引出一个与前一个话题稍微有的不一样的话题。但 as for 在语体上不如 as to 正式,并且着重话题的转换,也就是说,它所引导的是前面尚未提到过的新的事情,因此,它不可以用于文章的开头。
We had a delightful weekend in the country. As for the traffic, we had no difficulty.在乡下大家度过了一个愉快的周末。至于交通,大家没遇见任何困难。
Much pasture land is under water; and as for the grain, most of that has been ruined. 大多数牧场都进了水,至于谷物,则大多数都被冲毁了。
As to the journey, we must decide about that later.关于旅游,大家需要将来再作决定。
As to that, I haven’t decided yet. 关于那件事,我尚未做出决定。
2. as to 常常与 wh-疑问词引导的动词不定式和名词从句连用(有时可省略),而 as for 却没此种使用方法:
Nobody could decide what to do. 哪个也不可以决定该干什么。
He’s very uncertain as to whether it’s the right job for him. 关于他到底适不适合做这项工作,他实在拿不准。
The numbers are a hint as to how to decipher the rest of the message.这类数字是破译其他信息的线索。(《达.芬奇密码》)
(摘自赵振才编著的《英语容易见到问题解答大词典》增订版第四版)