1[形容詞・副詞の前に置いて] 同じくらい, 同じように, 同様に《◆(1)【接】5の as ... as A (does)における前の as で, 明らかな場合には as A (does)が省略されることもある. (2)前に用いられる修飾語： almost, nearly, just, exactly, not quite, every bit, ((英))nothing like など》‖He swims fast, but I can swim just as fast. 彼は速く泳ぐが, 私もまったく同じくらい速く泳げる/This is not as difficult a question as it seemed at first.この問題は初めに思ったほど難しくない/Please come home as quickly as possible [as you can, as you are capable of, as you are able (to)]. できるだけ早く帰宅してください《◆^×... as possibly as you can. は誤り》/She was as surprised as anyone when he got first prize. 彼が1等を取ったとき彼女はだれよりも[だれにも劣らず]驚いた( →as ... as ANY)/She has twice [three times] as many books as I do [((英)) I have, ((略式)) as me, ((正式・やや古)) as I]. 彼女は本を私の2倍[3倍]持っている《◆倍数や分数は as ... as の直前に置く： Japan is one-twentieth as large as Australia. 日本はオーストラリアの20分の1の広さだ》.