whip up

1. 攪拌，混合
The butter churn had two paddles to whip the cream.
奶油制造機有兩根攪棍攪打奶油。

2. 激起， 增強， 促進(激情、興趣等)， 催促
Can't you whip up the horses? We must get there quickly!
你能不能用鞭子抽趕這些馬讓它們跑快點？我們必須迅速趕到那里！
They're trying to whip up support for their candidate.
他們竭力激勵大家支持他們的候選人。

as…as 結(jié)構(gòu)用法詳解

其基本意思為“與…一樣”，其中的第一個as為副詞，其后通常接形容詞或副詞(用原級)，第二個as可用作介詞(后接名詞或代詞)或連詞(后接從句)。使用時應(yīng)注意以下幾點。如：

(1) 在否定句中，第一個 as 也可換成 so。如：
He doesn't study as [so] hard as his brother. 他學(xué)習(xí)不如他弟弟努力。

(2) 在該結(jié)構(gòu)的兩個as之間通常接形容詞或副詞的原級，但若涉及數(shù)量或程度，可用“as much+不可數(shù)名詞+as”和“as many+復(fù)數(shù)名詞+as”。如：

You've made as many mistakes as I have. 你犯的錯誤和我犯的一樣多。

其間接形容詞時，有時該形容詞還可修飾另一名詞，但這個名詞應(yīng)帶有不定冠詞(注意詞序)。如：
She is as good a teacher as her mother. 她和她媽媽一樣是位好老師。
也可說。如：She is a teacher as good as her mother.
但不說。如：She is as a good teacher as her mother. / They are as good teachers as us.

(3) 第二個as后接從句時，該as通常為連詞，但有時這個as還充當(dāng)其后從句的主語或賓語，此時該as實為關(guān)系代詞。如：
I gave him as much as he could eat. 他能吃多少，我就給了他多少。

(4) 該結(jié)構(gòu)根據(jù)情況可用使用以下修飾語。如：(not) nearly, almost, just, nothing like, exactly, not quite, half, one-ten, twice, three times, 30 per cent等，并且這些修飾語必須置于第一個as之前，而不能置于其后。如：
He doesn't play half as well as his sister. 他演奏的水平不及他姐姐的一半。

(5) 若第二個as引導(dǎo)一個表示將來意義的從句，則該從句可用現(xiàn)在時表示將來，也可直接使用將來時態(tài)。如：
We'll get there as soon as you do [will]. 你一到，我們就到。