刀问了名利场中的一句话:
In consequence of Dobbin's victory, his character rose prodigiously in the estimation of all his schoolfellows, and the name of Figs, which had been a byword of reproach, became as respectable and popular a nickname as any other in use in the school. 自从都宾打了胜仗之后,同学们异乎寻常的尊敬他的人格。无花果儿这名字本来含有侮辱的意思,后来却成了学校里最受欢迎和最体面的诨名儿之一。
问: 这里的as… as any other是什么意思?
网上查到个说法,感觉不是特别靠谱,特拿出来说说(链接:
http://transfer2009.sjtunet.com/downLoad.php?addr=1242135395):
He is as gifted as any other student in his class.
[误解]:他在班上像其他学生一样有天赋。。
[正解]:他是班上最有天赋的学生。
[说明]:as …as any是一种习惯用法,相当于more