As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest.



不明白AS的用法,请详细介绍一下,新人在此谢谢了!

现代英语中我们说是as有“因为”的意思，但语气很弱，真正表示因为的是because.as的“因为”更多的是一种语气。就像德语中的“小品词”。
其实as只是表示引出说话人要陈述的事实，罗列出实际情况，之所以翻译为“因为”是因为这句话在要表达的含义上有一定的因果关系，但很微弱。这句话完全可以说出成：we had had a long walk through one of the markets of old Delhi,and we stopped at a square to have a rest. 或者干脆两句话，
we had had a long walk through one of the markets of old Delhi. we stopped at a square to have a rest.
而实际上那个“因为”更多的是来自于“完成时”这一时态的功能--表示对那时的影响。即“当时我们在老德里集市中走了很长一段路，（影响是 ：以至于很累，所以）在一个广场处停下休息。