Much | 一个简单又复杂的词

a bit much

more than enough; more than good taste allows

“有点过分。”

例句：

That was a bit much, Paul.

保罗，有点过分了。

unreasonable or unfair

“有点不公平。”

例句：

I think it's a bit much to expect anyone to play three tennis matches in one day.

让人家一天打三场网球比赛有点不公平。

able to take just so much

able to endure only a limited amount of discomfort or unpleasantness.

“只能忍受这么多”

例句：

Please stop hurting my feelings. I'm able to take just so much.

别在伤害我了，我只能承受这么多了。

much of a muchness

too much of something that there is generally a lot of

“够了”。

例句：

All this talk about e-commerce and business-2-business is too much of a muchness.

什么电子商务、B2B，简直听够了。

as much as

to the same degree as

“既……又……”

The war was fought as much for oil and diamonds as for ideological reasons.

战争既为了争夺石油和钻石，同样因为意识形态的原因。

this or almost this amount

“大约”

These drugs can lead to as much as a 30 percent increase in sleep interruption.

这些药物会导致难以入睡增加约30%。

as much as anything

no less than other things

“不次于任何事”

例句：

You need to look at reliability and safety as much as anything when buying a car.

买车时可靠性和安全性是首要的。

so much as

but rather

“而是……”

例句：

I'm not looking at her so much as I am studying her hat.

我没看她，我在研究她的帽子。

(Not so much as) Even

“甚至”

例句：

From outside, no one could see so much as a light on in the house.

没人能从外面看到里面，尽管屋里有一盏灯。

I had not so much as kissed a man in seven years, nor dated one in a decade, andhad no expectation of doing either, barring a shift of tectonic plates.

我甚至已经七年没有和一个男生接吻，十年间没有约会任何一个男人，当然也没有任何想法去做这些，除非地球板块巨变了吧。

know as much about as a hog knows about Sunday

to have no knowledge of something

“一无所知”。

例句：

Don't let Jim make dessert for the picnic. He knows as much about pies as a hog knows about Sunday.

别让吉姆给野炊准备甜点，他对此一无所知。

Not...so much as

rather than

“与其说……不如说”

例句：

The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.

与其说海洋将世界分割，不如说海洋将世界连接。

Science moves forward not so much through the insights of great men of genius as because of more ordinary things like improved techniques and tools.

科学的进步与其说通过天才人物的洞见，不如说是技术和工具等更为普通事物的改进。

so much for

that is the last of someone or something; there is no need to consider someone or something anymore.

“够了，无需再多”。

例句：

It just started raining. So much for our picnic this afternoon.

开始下雨了，下午的野炊该结束了。

so much so

to such a great degree

“以至于……”

例句：

The path was overgrownwith grass, so much so that I could easily have missed it altogether.

路上长满野草，太多了以至于我一不小心就迷了路。

make much of

Treat or consider as very important; also, pay someone a lot of favorable attention.

“看重”

例句：

Bill made much of the fact that he'd been to Europe three times.

比尔很看重他去过三次欧洲的经历。

so much the better

it will be more satisfactory

“那敢情好”

例句：

People like a good story, and if it's a strange and scary story, so much the better.

人们喜欢听故事，如果是奇谈鬼论，就更好了。

be much cop

(British Informal) to not be very good

“不怎么样”

例句：

These scissors aren't much cop - do you have any sharper ones?

这把剪子不怎么快，有锋利一点的吗？

be up to much

(British) to not be of a very high quality

“不怎么样”

例句：

It's a very beautiful-looking town but the shopping's not up to much.

这是个漂亮的小镇，但商店不怎么样。

too much of a good thing

Too large an amount of a beneficial or useful thing or activity can be harmful or excessive.

“过犹不及”

例句：

The indoor decorations are fine but the outdoor Santa, sled, reindeer, gnomes, it's just too much of a good thing.

内部装修很棒，但户外的圣诞老人、雪橇、麋鹿、地精有点过犹不及。

Pretty much

almost completely.

几乎

例句：

I'm pretty much finished packing.

我差不多打完包了。

I thought as much!

Something that you say when you discover that something you thought was true is really true.

“我就说嘛。”你发现某事和你想的一样。

例句：So they are having an affair? I thought as much!