【问】 葛传椝：《英语惯用法词典》(P. 498)说：“as regards里的‘regards’是transitive verb(及物动词)。”这是不是说as regards引导的是一个从句呢?

【答】 现代英语语法学家均把as regards看作是复合介词，如同as for，as to，with regard to，in regard to一样。

1. As regards the car，I put an advertisement in the paper... (EED)

关于那辆汽车，我已在报纸上登了广告……

2. As regards John，I will write to him at once. (JED)

关于约翰，我将立即给他写信。

请做下面的英语试题：

The government is determined_______ prohibiting the possession of hard guns or otherweapons by civilians.

A. concerning B. with regards to

C. as regards D. as regard with(攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题，81B)