tony sat at the same table as the writer and lent some money to him

Question

这里的as做何解释？请分析一下，谢谢~~~

Answer 1

as 这里当“跟....一样”讲，writer 后面省略了 sat at the table ，Tony 和作家坐在了同一张桌子旁并向借给了作家一些钱。