As for……開啟一個話題的經典句型

As for……關於/至於……

高中必修3第三單元：

As for... 關於/至於……句型，它的標準形式是“as for+主語+謂語+其他成分”，“as for”是用來開啟另一個話題的連線詞，翻譯為“至於”、“關於”、“說到”“ 就…方面說來”。

例：

As for Laura and me， the colour of our skin has never mattered

至於我和勞拉，膚色根本不是問題。

As for her engagement with Adam， I would say the portents are gloomy。

至於她和亞當的婚約，我看兆頭不妙。

As for your father， he won‘t be mentioned in my will。

至於你父親，我的遺囑裡不會提到他的名字。

As for doctors， when you go to see them they just look right through you。

說到醫生，你去看病時，他們直把你當透明的。

◆As for his job — well， he was very mysterious about it。

至於他的工作，他總是顯得非常神秘，從不多說。

◆As for you， I don’t think you have to go in person。

你嘛， 就不用親自去了。

◆As for science， we should do our best to catch up with the world‘s highest level。

至於科學， 我們應當努力趕上世界最高水平。

◆As for our journey，we didn’t run into troubles．

至於我們的旅途，我們沒有遇到困難。

◆As for doing homework， we do our homework every day。

至於家庭作業的事情，我們每天都要求要做家庭作業。

So as for your question， Miles， the answer still has to be no

至於你的問題，邁爾斯，答案仍舊是否定的。

《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典》

I feel that there‘s a lot of pressure put on policemen。 And as for putting guns in their hands， I don’t think that‘s a very good idea at all。

我覺得給警員的壓力太大了。至於讓他們佩槍，我並不認為是一個明智之舉。

——As for Mr Brown， do you know where he comes from ？

-Sure。 Canada。 But he has been teaching French for two years in Shanghai。

-至於布朗先生，你知道他來自哪裡嗎？

-當然。加拿大。但他在上海教了兩年法語。

——As for your son，he is the most impish I have ever seen．

——I can’t control him．

——至於你兒子，他是我見過的最頑皮的。

——我控制不了他。

As for the hero‘s fate， I will hold it over for my next book。

關於主人公的命運問題，我將留到下一本書中再談。

As for other matters， we’ll take them up later。

至於其他問題，以後再說。

As for her， she has nothing to complain to。

至於她，她沒有什麼可抱怨的。

As for me， I‘d prefer this one to all the rest。

要是我，我會首選這個。

As for work， we can’t compare with those young people。

說幹活，咱們可比不上人家年輕的。

注意：與這個句型用法相同的句型是“as to+主語+謂語……”，相較而言，“as to”比“as for”更加正式一點。

As to the quality，I am still dissatisfied with it．

至於質量，我還是不滿意。

As to ability， I am not your match。

講能力，我不如你。

《漢英大詞典》

As to the ideological work， we should never go about impetuously。

對於思想工作，千萬不可操切從事。

To them， as to all Christians， this is a holy place。

對他們以及所有基督徒來說，這裡是一處聖地。

Jackie and Ben came to a joint decision as to where they would live。

關於他們將住哪裡是傑姬和本共同決定的。