动物农场里面的一句话，as well as 如何理解？

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I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living.


看了原版英文的，对第一章这句话不是很理解，然后看了几个中文的版本，译者理解也是好几种，混乱了
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JetZhang

感觉是：“我‘像’这地球上其他活着的动物‘一样’明白生活的本质”

吴二

1 f  F4 R8 }, ?; j( P8 m) ]World Book Dictionary, 2015
3 O' S) s* K+ B) Q0 ~; o8 u; vas well as
3 Z+ f1 M$ p$ Q( q1 qa in addition to; besides:
It permits telling others who the actors are, as well as letting actors know a world beyond themselves (Saturday Review).
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, k; P9 G: j( TThus the Government may understandably regard the US build-up as a source of provocation as well as protection (Manchester Guardian Weekly).
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参见b条解释，这儿相当于as much as

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另参见Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

) G7 k4 I, ^, S+ lwell词条下的as well中的解释：
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& U/ X+ [; O0 p7 w' z1 hYou know as well as I do [=you and I both know] that we can't afford that car.
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奥威尔的这个句子其实和这儿的用法很相近，就是把know变成了understand。

elusty

省略表达方式。

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谢谢各位