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as if, as though 的用法 as if 与 as though 是一组同义词，两者意思相同，用法也相同，只是在口语中人们多半会用 as if, 取其简短。 As if/as though 结构中的动词形式通常决定于说话人的语义意图。试比较： I feel as if I was/were going to faint. ( 我感觉好像要晕倒了 ) I feel as if I am going to faint. ( 我感觉真的就要晕倒了 ) He walks as if he is drunk. 他已经醉了 He walks as if he were drunk. 他没有醉 It looks as if it is going to rain. 快要下雨了 It looks as if were going to rain. 不会下雨 这就是说，在某些语境中，如果不表示假设意义，就不必用过去时形式。也就是说，如果 as if 后面的从句所表示的情况时真实的或很可能时真实的， 则动词可以用陈述语气， 在 feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste 之后尤其如此。例如： There ’soHb, talking to the ticket-collector. It looks as if he hasn ’t got a platfo