■ as well... as

如果 as well as 当中的 well 与 as 隔开，形成 as well X as Y，意思就同 well（“好”）相反，指 X 之坏，同 Y 之坏，程度相等，而 X 之坏，是大家已经熟悉的，用这样的比拟，衬托出 Y 是多么的坏（要注意 X 和 Y 不要换错了位置）。

One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.一知半解，倒不如干脆一无所知。
I'm going to be late for work anyway, so I think I'll go to the shop for a paper. I might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.反正上班要迟到了，所以我打算索性到店里去买张报纸。一不做二不休嘛。

这里要注意的两点是：第一，I might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb 是句成语，如果补全了应该是 I might as well be hanged for a sheep as be hanged for a lamb，意思是“反正偷一只小羊也是要被处以绞刑，那就宁可索性偷一只大羊，一样被处以绞刑”。

If God were as you Calvinists say, I would not worship Him. I would rather go to Hell because I might as well be in Hell as to have to spend eternity with such a wicked, evil and untrustworthy god.假如上帝真的像你们加尔文派所说的那样，我就不会崇拜他，我就会宁可下地狱，因为与其跟这样一个狠毒、邪恶、不值得信任的上帝度过永恒，我就倒不如到地狱里过。

如果说的是一般的普遍道理，用 may；如果说的是当前特定的一件事，用 might。

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