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.
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4 c5 s- ]7 U' U( ^' `6 z. F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

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" \: i" b% E1 y3 ?/ x8 [& vWorld Book Dictionary, 2015
  [7 A# z# A) g7 d, h( k4 ~as well as
a in addition to; besides:
8 V4 ^9 r# ~( lIt permits telling others who the actors are, as well as letting actors know a world beyond themselves (Saturday Review).
b as much as:
! j: P; I6 w) D! VThus 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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7 Y* n' u1 ~  E8 b另参见Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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5 V6 I6 T  x' j. t# @( awell词条下的as well中的解释：
in the same way
You know as well as I do [=you and I both know] that we can't afford that car.
这儿主要是know as well as I do的用法。
  E5 x) }6 |6 A. N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