according to [作介词用] 1. 根据；按照 The players are speaking and moving according to the director's instructions. 演员们正按照导演的指示说台词，做动作。 Adverbials may be classified according either to their function or to their position. 状语可按其功能或位置分类。 2. 取决于，以…为转移 We will go or we won't, according to circumstances. 我们或去或不去，都得视情况而定。 3. 据…所说，按…所载 According to the weather forecast, it will rain tomorrow. 据天气预报，明天有雨。