There is a tendency to think of occupational stress as applying mainly to the busy executive, but such people often experience less stress than those in the ranks immediately below them.

老师，as后面为何跟doing（applying）? 

【答】我跟曹老师的看法略有不同。这里，as 应该是介词，后面跟的applying 是动名词。

英语中，这样的表达或结构跟多，比较典型的是regard...as...。在regard sb. as ...结构中，as 用作介词，意为“当作；作为；是”。一般语法书都把as 介词短语看作宾语补足语。as 后除了接名词代词外，还可接形容词和动名词，有的还可以接as 从句。

最常见的这类表达是“观点类”用法。该类动词表示“认为，认可，承认，确认，当作，看作，视为，理解为”等含义。记住这些固定表达，对学好英语更重要。为了理解方便，我们用him 作宾语，列举如下：

1. regard him as

2. consider him as

3. identify him as

4. view him as

5. recognize him as

6. confirm him as

7. think of him as

8. look on him as

9. esteem him as

10. reckon him as

11. acknowledge him as

12. know him as

13. conceive of him as

14. see him as

15. treat him as

16. count him as

17. value him as

18. accept him as

19. take him as

20, label him as

21. perceive him as

22. fancy him as

23. imagine him as

24. understand him as

25. treat him as

除了把as 介词短语看作宾语补足语外，还有一种观点，就是把as 介词短语看作方式状语。例如：

I treat him as a guest of mine. 我把他当作客人。

这句话实际上是说：“我以客人的方式对待他”。那么，as短语的作用就是“以何种方式看待某人，对待某人等”，就是说，as 短语是针对谓语动词treat 而言的，并非针对宾语而言，所以看作方式状语比宾补更好。这里的as 意为“以...身份，作为...方式”。