雖然as well as和and都是以及的意思
但and帶出的名詞,與之前的名詞地位相等;但as well as所帶出的名詞,卻是附屬,並不屬於主詞的一部份,如:
Peter and Mary were jealous of him(彼得和瑪麗對他嫉妒)
但Peter ,as well as Mary, was jealous of him(彼得對他嫉妒,瑪麗也是一樣)
請留意第一句用and時,動詞用複數形were,因為主詞是Peter和Mary這兩人;而第二句動詞用單數形的was,因為主詞只是Peter一人。
you can understand them in this way:
'and' is similar to 'plus' (e.g. apple and banana = two fruits, apple plus banana = two friuts)
However, 'as well as' is similar to 'yet'
It is used when you want to describe two things are Similar (i.e. they have same feature or function)~!