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同时，许多定居者对宗教的虔诚还不如丹，正如一位神职，人员从在沿海地区遇到的一群人那儿听到的那样，他们嘲笑说他们来新大陆并不是为了宗教。

as 与 which 引导非限制性定语从句的区别：

· as 的位置比较灵活，可位于主句前、中、后，而 which 只能位于主句后；

·在直接指代先行词本身时，只能用 which，不能用 as；

·as 常译作“正如”，而 which 常译作“这”；

·as 引导非限制性定语从句的常见搭配：

as is often the case

as expected

as often happens

as is known to all

as has been said before

as is mentioned above

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