■ (as) against

在一个句子中说了一个数量之后，可以用 as against 引入另一个数量，间接供参考比较（但是并不直接比较）。

• There were more than 30 students this week, as against hardly 20 the week before.这个星期有三十多个学生，而上一个星期勉强才有二十个。
• The index increased 1％ today, as against more than 2％ yesterday.今天这指数增加了百分之一，而昨天却增加了百分之二以上。