【結構分析】本句主句部分在句首，由被動語態充當。逗號后為方式狀語從句，由連詞as引導。

　　【參考譯文】她接著說“但是我們被教導去作‘決定’，就像我們的總裁稱呼自己為‘決策者’那樣。”

　　(九)比較狀語從句

　　引導詞為than，as等，如：

　　【真題例句】What has happened is that people cannot confess fully to their dreams, as easily and openly as once they could, lest they be thought pushing, acquisitive and vulgar。(2000閱讀5)

　　【結構分析】本句主句在逗號前。主語由what引導的主語從句充當，表語為that引導的名詞性從句充當。逗號后為比較結構的一種，由as…as…引導，譯為“像……一樣……”，其中被比較對象由從句once they could充當。句末為lest引導的狀語從句，采用虛擬語氣，省略了should。

　　【參考譯文】現在的情況是人們不能像以前那樣輕易地、公開地坦陳自己的夢想和雄心，唯恐別人認為自己愛出風頭、貪婪、庸俗不堪。

　　【真題例句】But his primary task is not to think about the moral code, which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business。(2006-49)

　　【結構分析】我們去掉非限制性定語從句which governs his activity 獲得主要部分his primary task is not to think about the moral code any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business，注意not…more than 結構指“正如……一樣”，than后的被比較對象由從句a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business充當。

　　【參考譯文】但是，他的主要任務并非思考指導其行為的道德規范，正如我們并不指望商人把經歷投入到商業行為準則的探索一樣。