迷你对话学地道口语第677期:根据......而言

 　　Subject：As far as policy is concerned, I have to say something.

　　迷你对话

　　A: I think there are some problem in our policy.

　　我想我们的政策出了些问题。

　　B: Well, as far as policy is concerned, I have to say something.

　　嗯，说道政策，我得说几句。

　　地道表达

　　as far as

　　1. 解词释义

　　Concern表示“涉及......，与......有关”。As far as的意思是“根据......而言”。例如：as far as I remember（就我会议来说），as far as I know（就我所知）。而as far as something is concerned是一种特殊的表达方式，意思是就某事而言，这个句型用来引出某人的观点和看法，也可以说为：so far as...is concerned。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. As far as defense¹ is concerned, we need to buy more sophisticated weapons.

　　就防御的观点来说，我们需要购买更多精密的武器。

　　e.g. As far as historicism is concerned, the position is similarly hopeless.

　　就历史决定论而言，这种主张也是没有希望的。

　　e.g. As far as historicism is concerned, the position is similarly hopeless.

　　就历史决定论而言，这种主张也是没有希望的。

　　e.g. As far as oil energy is concerned, we cannot be too frugal².

　　就石油能源而言，我们愈节省愈好。

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 frugal   

adj.节俭的，节约的，少量的，微量的

参考例句：

• He was a VIP,but he had a frugal life.他是位要人，但生活俭朴。
• The old woman is frugal to the extreme.那老妇人节约到了极点。