■ as good as

放在形容词前面，动词前面或动词组之中，表示“几乎”、“差不多”、“简直是”、“实际上”（虽然有 good 字，也可以指不好的事情）。

• Without her glasses she was as good as blind.她没有了眼镜，就差不多等于瞎了。
• They as good as promised him admission.他们实际上等于答应了录取他。
• He had as good as abdicated.他简直等于退了位。
• The Defense Ministry as good as admitted that most of the R. A. F. 's fighters are too slow. (Times, Feb. 28, 1955)国防部实际上承认了王家空军的战斗机大部分飞得太慢。

但是也有些语法学者反对 as good as 放在谓语动词前面。