[하루 3문장] #001 비교급

A is as ~ as B : A는 B만큼 ~이다
(= A is similar to B with respect to ~ )

배수사 as ~ as ... : ... 보다 몇 배 ~ 하다

Not so much A as B : A라기 보다는 오히려 B인
(= B rather than A)

Not so[as] ~ as ... : ...만큼 ~ 하지 않은

As ~ as + S' can : 가능한 ~인[하게]
(=as ~ as possible)

 

1. Managing the economy well is as important to society's progress as learning to read is (important 생략) to an individual's education.

 

 

2. Companies that change constantly but without any consistent rationale will collapse just as surely as those that change not at all (will collapse 생략).

 

 

 

3. It has been estimated that a child born in the United States today will consume at least twenty times as much natural resources during his or her lifetime as a child born in India (will consume ~ 생략), and contribute about fifty times as much pollution to the environment (as a child born in India contribute ~ 생략).

 

 

 

4. When people expect to see someone again, they are more likely to find the person attractive, regardless of the individual's behavior, than if they do not have expectations of future interaction. 

 

- 감정이나 성품에 대한 이야기를 할 때는 find의 의미가 "여기다, 알게되다" 등의 의미로 쓰인다. ex) 너의 몰랐던 모습을 이제야 알게 됐다.

- When절과 if절이 각각 비교대상