动物农场里面的一句话，as well as 如何理解？

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I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living.
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看了原版英文的，对第一章这句话不是很理解，然后看了几个中文的版本，译者理解也是好几种，混乱了

JetZhang

感觉是：“我‘像’这地球上其他活着的动物‘一样’明白生活的本质”

吴二

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, x2 i4 D( d1 N' ~- y* v1 vWorld Book Dictionary, 2015
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6 J. a  x  S2 Q) y" ta in addition to; besides:
It permits telling others who the actors are, as well as letting actors know a world beyond themselves (Saturday Review).
b as much as:
4 \- D) I- e; I6 F+ h& l0 CThus the Government may understandably regard the US build-up as a source of provocation as well as protection (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

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另参见Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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( |' g1 ~9 q! x+ E7 nwell词条下的as well中的解释：
in the same way
You know as well as I do [=you and I both know] that we can't afford that car.
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4 k! C+ M" ]0 L" N: p  _. ]1 ~5 U/ j奥威尔的这个句子其实和这儿的用法很相近，就是把know变成了understand。

elusty

省略表达方式。

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谢谢各位