as well (as):in addition to someone or something else也;又;還
You bought a new car? I bought one as well. [=also, too]你買了輛新車嗎?我也買了一輛。
He is loyal, and brave as well. = He is brave as well as loyal. [=he is brave and also loyal]他既勇敢又忠誠。
The coach, as well as the team, is ready.教練和球隊都已就位。
She is good at softball as well as basketball.她擅長壘球,籃球打得也很好。
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a — used in phrases like might as well and may as well to say that something should be done or accepted because it cannot be avoided or because there is no good reason not to do it應該;最好
You might as well tell them the truth.你應該告訴他們實情。
We may as well begin now.我們最好現在就開始。
They're not going to change their decision, so you might (just) as well get used to it.他們不會改變決定的,所以你最好還是服從吧。
(informal) “Should we start now?” “Might as well.”“我們現在開始嗎?”“最好開始吧。”
b — used to say that something else could have been done with the same result還是…的好;倒不如
The party was so dull that I might (just) as well have stayed home.那次聚會太無聊了,我還不如待在家裏。
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:in the same way同樣地
You know as well as I do [=you and I both know] that we can't afford that car.你和我同樣清楚,我們買不起那輛車。