11.approve of 贊成，同意

　　I cannot approve of her staying up.我不贊成他熬夜。

　　We do not approve of divorcing theory from practice.我們不贊成理論脫離實(shí)際。

　　12.arrive at 到達(dá)，達(dá)到(想法，結(jié)論)

　　We arrived at the station at midnight. 我們半夜抵達(dá)車(chē)站。

　　We arrived at the conclusion that he was a spy. 我們得出結(jié)論，他是個(gè)間諜。

　　13.as…as 像……一樣

　　I can run as fast as he. 我和他跑的一樣快。

　　I am as interested as you are in this matter. 我與你一樣對(duì)此事感興趣。

　　14.as a result (of) 結(jié)果，由于

　　As a result of traffic jam, he arrived late at the station.由于交通阻塞，他到達(dá)車(chē)站時(shí)已晚了。

　　As a result of land reform, the economic base of feudalism was destroyed in China.由于土地改革，中國(guó)封建制度的經(jīng)濟(jì)基礎(chǔ)被摧毀了。

　　15. as a whole 整體來(lái)說(shuō)

　　The climate of Beijing is mild as a whole.北京的氣候總體來(lái)說(shuō)是溫和的。

　　We must consider those matters as a whole. 我們必須總體考慮那些問(wèn)題。

　　16.as far as…be concerned

　　As far as the weather is concerned, I don't think it matters. 就天氣而言，我認(rèn)為并不要緊。

　　As far as I am concerned, I do not approve of the proposal.就我而言，我不贊成提議。

　　17.as if /though 仿佛，好像

　　It looks as if it was going to snow. 看上去好像要下雪。

　　He cleared his throat as if he had something to say. 他清了清嗓子好像有話要說(shuō)。

　　18. at all costs/at any cost 無(wú)論如何，不惜一切代價(jià)。

　　This right must be protected at all costs.要不惜一切代價(jià)保障這項(xiàng)權(quán)利。

　　The border must be defended at any cost.必須不惜一切代價(jià)保衛(wèi)邊疆。

　　19.at any rate 不管怎樣，無(wú)論如何

　　We should, at any rate, tell him frankly what we think of his proposal.無(wú)論如何我們應(yīng)該直率地告訴他我們對(duì)他的建議的看法。

　　At any rate, I will do nothing without further direction. 無(wú)論如何，沒(méi)有進(jìn)一步指示，我不會(huì)做任何事情。

　　20.at least 至少，最少

　　This trip will at least take a week. 這趟旅行至少要用上一周時(shí)間。

　　You should sleep at least 8 hours a day.你應(yīng)該一天至少睡 8 小時(shí)。