as follows 的用法及句法功能

主要用于介紹或列舉事項，意為“如下”，其中的 follows必須帶有詞尾 –s，在句子可以用作以下成分：

1. 用作表語。如：

My main objections fire as follows: First of all no proper budget has been drawn up. Secondly, there is no guarantee that... 我主要的反對意見如下：首先，沒有制訂適當的預算；其次，沒有保證……

The main events were as follows: first, the president’s speech, secondly the secretary’s reply and thirdly, the chairman’s summing-up. 主要活動如下：第1項，總裁講話；第2項，秘書做解答；第3項，主席做總結。

2. 用作狀語。如：

Just before the battle the general addressed his army as follows. 就在戰斗打響之前，將軍對部隊講了下面這番話。

Expenditure on the project breaks down as follows: wages 10m, plant 4m, raw materials 5m. 該工程費用開支可分成如下幾部分：工資1,000萬英鎊，廠房設備400萬英鎊，原料500萬英鎊。

比較下面的同義句：

His explanation is as follows.=He explains it as follows. 他的解釋如下。