Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Bill in China about the word "as."

你好! 本周《名师答疑》，我们回答来自中国的比尔提出的关于as这个词的问题ANbp*mq9ms5Sq7^KV。

Dear VOA, thank you for your high quality American English teaching!

亲爱的美国之音，感谢你们高质量的美式英语教学！

The following sentence is from one of your recent news, and I can’t understand a bit of it.

下面这句话摘自VOA最近的一条新闻，我一点也听不懂![#1&7X;y.。

Would you like to help me?

你能帮我吗？

And the comedy "Poor Things" upset summer hit "Barbie," as Hollywood threw its biggest party since labor disputes shut down much of show business last year.

自去年的影视业劳工纠纷使大部分影视项目陷入停滞以来，好莱坞举办了一场最盛大的派对（注：即金球奖典礼），喜剧片《可怜的东西》打败暑期热门影片《芭比》而获得奖项dS(!#dO6DXs^!1。

To be precise, I can’t understand the part after “as Hollywood…”

准确地说，我看不懂as Hollywood…这半句话*^XJ_EzVEl@。

I think “as Hollywood…” might be a reason to describe the part before.

我觉得这半句话可能是前半句话所述事件的原因ihiQv[EcTR!Z。

Thanks a lot.

非常感谢E8|l909+*S^。

Yours sincerely, Bill YANG from Beijing, China.

诚挚的，来自中国北京的比尔·杨8H&tq6LHni+eW。

Thank you for writing, Bill.

谢谢你的来信，比尔*t&NEqVBM#。

This is a very good question.

这是一个非常好的问题VXytJ~A8N%xTw=|O。

The word "as" has many meanings and uses in English.

as一词在英语中有多种含义和用法aq-,U~Me8nQT7iv%QYt。

In your example, "as" is a subordinator.

在你的例句中，as是主从连词fA2.(Uv%R.S!pN。

Subordinators are used to join two clauses and add information.

主从连词用于连接两个从句并添加信息.useBP^bW4GGUl[8Ar。

In this sentence, “as” shows that the events were happening at the same time.

在这个句子中，as表示两个事件同时发生zf#^.A%Sial。

The movie “Poor Things” upset the movie “Barbie” at the same time that Hollywood threw its biggest party.

电影《可怜的东西》打败《芭比》这件事发生的同时，好莱坞也在举办最盛大的派对aPqp8|ajSd~f*27=Cx5_。

Both things happened at the Golden Globes earlier this month.

这两件事都发生在本月早些时候的金球奖典礼上*XNoImGTIE#d^9l!。

In addition to meaning “at the same time,” “as” can be used to establish a reason.

除了表示“同时”，as还可以用来引出理由FzwlPjnVe~0j。

I don’t need to write it down, as I trust myself.

我不需要把它写下来，因为我相信我自己的记忆力W8wqv=M]OawxohGK,。

“I trust myself” is the reason I don’t need to write it down.

“我相信我自己”是我不需要写下来的原因6yar4uOZJu)@4M)z_l。

"As" can also be used to point to the future.

as也可以用来指未来Fc.PJw-~_EZRKd。

For example: As you’re coming to the station, you’ll see a pub in front of you.

例如：你走到车站时，就会看到前面有一家酒吧]hcG;W[&E-yuuqPZ^@。

In this sentence, “as” points to a future time.

在这个句子中，as指的是未来的时间Braw94]*UB2CsiP(gr。

“As” is often used as a subordinator in many longer phrases.

许多包含as的较长的短语也可以用作主从连词3&UAg5!&#NPH6;SB7W。

These phrases include "as long as", "as soon as", "as far as".

这些短语包括“只要”“一……就”“就……而言”+x#=[ceF2u*!w。

There are many other ways to use “as” in a sentence.

as在句子中还有很多其他的用法B*[FOXpis*nqGYwi8。

It can be a preposition, part of a prepositional verb, and used with adjectives or adverbs for comparison.

它可以是介词，也可以是介词动词的一部分，也可以与形容词或副词连用以作比较P[lF4A25%(^hH。

But we can talk about those meanings another time.

但我们可以下一次再谈这些用法5y@Tc9_E|f^C-。

We hope this explanation helps you understand the meaning of "as" in your example, Bill.

希望这个解释能帮助你理解这个句子中as的意思，比尔U2Iq_%^=k&.5。

And that’s Ask a Teacher.

以上就是《名师答疑》^lj9qR]1#1_o|9ay3。

I’m Gena Bennett.

我是吉娜·班尼特05[z|Ul]-9].#。