1. 用于程度的比较.
例: I will get up as early as possible tomorrow.
2. 用于表示两个动作同时发生.
例: Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dinning room, there was a knock on the front door.
3. 表原因.
例: She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on.
4. 作为.
例: Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman.