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much adj.许多的adv.很；非常；几乎n.许多 (1) 总统的演说引发了许多议论。(2) 房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。(3) 我的计划在很大程度上仍在酝酿中。(4) 我很想再见到你。(5) 他们非常盼望再次见到他。(6) 我非常喜欢这个咖啡壶。(7) 今晨病人情况几无变化。(8) 大量内容已被写过了(9) 我想我们能从中学到许多。

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英 [mʌtʃ] 美 [mʌtʃ] (1) The President's speech provoked much discussion.(2) All the furniture in the room had much carving.(3) My plans are still very much in embryo.(4) I would very much like to see you again.(5) They looked forward very much to seeing him again.(6) I like this coffeepot very much.(7) The patient is much the same this morning.(8) Much has been written.(9) I think we may learn much from it. 1[ADV-GRADED 副词](表示行动、感情或变化的强烈程度，通常和 so，too，very 一起用于否定句中)很多，非常 You use much to indicate the great intensity, extent, or degree of something such as an action, feeling, or change. Much is usually used with 'so', 'too', and 'very', and in negative clauses with this meaning.   [ADV after v]She laughs too much...她笑得太多了。Thank you very much...非常感谢。My hairstyle hasn't changed much since I was five.从5岁起，我的发型就一直没怎么变。2[ADV-GRADED 副词]经常；常常 If something does not happen much, it does not happen very often.   [oft with brd-neg]He said that his father never talked much about the war...他说他父亲从来不多谈那场战争。Gwen had not seen her Daddy all that much, because mostly he worked on the ships...格温一直不常见到她父亲，因为他大部分时间在船上工作。Do you get back East much?你经常回东部吗？3[ADV-GRADED 副词](置于比较级或 too 前，表示强调)太，很 You use much in front of 'too' or comparative adjectives and adverbs in order to emphasize that there is a large amount of a particular quality.   [ADV compar]  [emphasis]The skin is much too delicate...皮肤太娇嫩了。You'd be so much happier if you could see yourself the way I see you...如果你能像我看你那样看待自己，你会快乐得多。He had written to The Times and then, much more unacceptably, allowed himself to be interviewed on television.他已写信给《泰晤士报》了，更让人受不了的是居然后来还同意接受电视台采访。4[ADV 副词]很大程度上 If one thing is much the same as another thing, it is very similar to it.   [ADV as/like cl]The day ended much as it began...这一天的开始和结束几乎是一样的。Sheep's milk is produced in much the same way as goat's milk.绵羊奶和山羊奶的生产过程差不多。5[DET 限定词]许多；大量 You use much to indicate that you are referring to a large amount of a substance or thing.   [DET n-uncount]  [how PRON]  [QUANT of def-n-uncount/def-sing-n]They are grown on the hillsides in full sun, without much water...它们被种植在阳光充足、土壤水分不多的山坡上。Japan has been reluctant to offer much aid to Russia...日本一直不愿意向俄罗斯提供太多的援助。The Home Office acknowledges that much crime goes unreported...内政部承认很多犯罪活动没有举报。Furniture is so bulky, it takes so much room.家具体积太大，占了太多空间。Much is also a pronoun....eating too much and drinking too much...大吃大喝There was so much to talk about.要说的太多。Much is also a  quantifier.Much of the time we do not notice that we are solving problems...很多时候我们没意识到自己正在解决问题。She does much of her work abroad...她的工作大部分要在国外做。Her father had been a merchant seaman, absent for much of her childhood.她爸爸曾是商船船员，在她童年的大部分时光里都不在她身边。6[ADV-GRADED 副词](用于回答关于数量的提问)不多/不太多/太多 You use much in expressions such as not much ,not very much, and too much when replying to questions about amounts.   [ADV as reply]'Can you hear it where you live?' He shook his head. 'Not much.'...“你住的地方听得到吗？”他摇摇头说：“很少听到。”'Do you care very much about what other people think?' — 'Too much.'“你对别人的看法很在意吗？”——“太在意了。”7[QUANT 数量词]常常；多次 If you do not see much of someone, you do not see them very often.   [with brd-neg]I don't see much of Tony nowadays...我现在见托尼的次数不多。We won't be seeing much of each other for a while.我们会有一段时间不常见面。8[DET 限定词]多少(用于对数量的询问或说明) You use much in the expression how much to ask questions about amounts or degrees, and also in reported clauses and statements to give information about the amount or degree of something.   [how DET]  [how ADV]How much money can I afford?...我能出得起多少钱？See just how much fat and cholesterol you're eating...看看你究竟摄入了多少脂肪和胆固醇。I'm always very aware of how much work there is still to be done...我一直很清楚还要做多少工作。Krock told this story to McCauley and asked him how much truth there was in it.克罗克把这件事告诉了麦考利，并问他此事有几分真实性。Much is also an adverb.She knows how much this upsets me but she persists in doing it...她知道这样会让我有多苦恼，但她坚持这样做。How much cooler will it get?天气会凉爽多少呢？Much is also a pronoun.How much do you earn?...你挣多少钱？Greg made a vague gesture to indicate how much.格雷格做了一个含糊的手势表示有多少。9[DET 限定词](用于比较数量)同样多 You use much in the expression as much when you are comparing amounts.   [as DET n]I shall try, with as much patience as is possible, to explain yet again...我会尽可能耐心地试着再解释一遍。Their aim will be to produce as much milk as possible...他们的目标是尽可能提高牛奶产量。With an 18-watt fluorescent bulb you get as much light but use 75% less electricity.用18瓦的荧光灯灯泡有同样的亮度，而用电量却减少75％。Usage Note :You should use much if you want to talk about things that cannot be counted. ...too much water. You only use many to talk about things that can be counted. They owned many cars用 much 修饰不可数名词：too much water（太多水）；用 many 修饰可数名词：They owned many cars（他们有许多小汽车）。10[PHR-CONJ-SUBORD ]虽然；尽管 You use much as to introduce a fact which makes something else you have just said or will say rather surprising. Much as they hope to go home tomorrow, they're resigned to staying on until the end of the year.虽然他们希望明天就回家，但还是准备耐心地继续呆到年底。11[PHRASE 短语]我想/ 我猜也是这样 You use as much in expressions such as 'I thought as much' and 'I guessed as much' after you have just been told something and you want to say that you already believed or expected it to be true.   [v PHR]You're waiting for a woman — I thought as much.你在等一位女士——我也这么想的。12[PHRASE 短语](置于数量前)多达 You use as much as before an amount to suggest that it is surprisingly large.   [PHR amount]  [emphasis]The organisers hope to raise as much as £6m for charity.组织者希望能募集到高达600万英镑的善款。13[PHRASE 短语]更不用说；更何况 You use much less after a statement, often a negative one, to indicate that the statement is more true of the person, thing, or situation that you are going to mention next.   [PHR cl/group]They are always short of water to drink, much less to bathe in...他们的饮用水一直短缺，更别提洗澡水了。But we must not think of Chekhov as a leftist, much less a revolutionary.但是我们绝不应把契科夫看成是个左派人物，他更不是革命者。14[PHRASE 短语]没什么；不重要 You say nothing much to refer to something that is not very interesting or important. 'What was stolen?' — 'Oh, nothing much.'...“什么被偷了？”——“噢，不是什么重要的东西。”Nothing much interesting seemed to be happening.看来不会发生什么有趣的事。15[PHRASE 短语]不太好的；称不上…的 If you describe something as not much of a particular type of thing, you mean that it is small or of poor quality.   [PHR n]It hasn't been much of a holiday...这简直不像是假日。It's not much of a career, you may think.你可能想这根本算不上是一份职业。16[PHRASE 短语]就讲这么多；到此为止 So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject.   [PHR n]  [SPOKEN 口语]Well, so much for the producers. But what of the con-sumers?好吧，关于生产商就讲这么多，那关于消费者呢？17[PHRASE 短语]不过如此；没有益处 If you say so much for a particular thing, you mean that it has not been successful or helpful.   [PHR n]  [INFORMAL 非正式]He has spent 19 million pounds, lost three cup finals and been relegated. So much for money.他已花了1,900万英镑，输掉了三场杯赛决赛，球队也降级了。钱也不是万能的。18[PHRASE 短语]与其说是…不如说是… If you say that something is not so much one thing as another, you mean that it is more like the second thing than the first.   [with brd-neg]I don't really think of her as a daughter so much as a very good friend...与其说我把她当作女儿，不如说把她当作好朋友。She told me she was not so much leaving her job as it was leaving her.她告诉我，与其说是她辞了工作，不如说是工作辞了她。19[PHRASE 短语]甚至；竟然 If you say that someone did not do so much as perform a particular action, you are emphasizing that they did not even do that, when you were expecting them to do more.   [with brd-neg]  [emphasis]I didn't so much as catch sight of him all day long...我一整天都没见他人影。Laura had not reproached him, never so much as mentioned it...劳拉没责备他，甚至提都没提那件事。She auctioned off the car without so much as taking a ride in it.她甚至都没怎么开过那辆车，就把它拍卖了。20[PHRASE 短语]太…以至于… You use so much so to indicate that your previous statement is true to a very great extent, and therefore it has the result mentioned.   [PHR that]He himself believed in freedom, so much so that he would rather die than live without it.他非常崇尚自由，不自由，毋宁死。21[PHRASE 短语]非…力所能及的；非…应付得了的 If a situation or action is too much for you, it is so difficult, tiring, or upsetting that you cannot cope with it.   [v-link PHR]His inability to stay at one job for long had finally proved too much for her.他没有哪份工作能干长，这一点最终让她难以忍受。22[PHRASE 短语]非常；确实 You use very much to emphasize that someone or something has a lot of a particular quality, or that the description you are about to give is particularly accurate.   [oft PHR n]  [emphasis]...a man very much in charge of himself...自制力很强的人Yorkshire is still very much a farming community with good meat, good dairy produce and eggs...约克郡在很大程度上仍以农业为主，出产优质肉类、奶制品和蛋类。Something was very much the matter.确实出问题了。23  a bit much→see: bit； not up to much→see: up；

英语单词	much
英美音标	英 [mʌtʃ] 美 [mʌtʃ]
中文释义	adj.许多的 adv.很；非常；几乎 n.许多
英语例句	(1) The President's speech provoked much discussion. (2) All the furniture in the room had much carving. (3) My plans are still very much in embryo. (4) I would very much like to see you again. (5) They looked forward very much to seeing him again. (6) I like this coffeepot very much. (7) The patient is much the same this morning. (8) Much has been written. (9) I think we may learn much from it.
中文例句	(1) 总统的演说引发了许多议论。 (2) 房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。 (3) 我的计划在很大程度上仍在酝酿中。 (4) 我很想再见到你。 (5) 他们非常盼望再次见到他。 (6) 我非常喜欢这个咖啡壶。 (7) 今晨病人情况几无变化。 (8) 大量内容已被写过了 (9) 我想我们能从中学到许多。
柯林斯解释	1 [ADV-GRADED 副词](表示行动、感情或变化的强烈程度，通常和 so，too，very 一起用于否定句中)很多，非常 You use much to indicate the great intensity, extent, or degree of something such as an action, feeling, or change. Much is usually used with 'so', 'too', and 'very', and in negative clauses with this meaning. [ADV after v] She laughs too much... 她笑得太多了。 Thank you very much... 非常感谢。 My hairstyle hasn't changed much since I was five. 从5岁起，我的发型就一直没怎么变。 2 [ADV-GRADED 副词]经常；常常 If something does not happen much, it does not happen very often. [oft with brd-neg] He said that his father never talked much about the war... 他说他父亲从来不多谈那场战争。 Gwen had not seen her Daddy all that much, because mostly he worked on the ships... 格温一直不常见到她父亲，因为他大部分时间在船上工作。 Do you get back East much? 你经常回东部吗？ 3 [ADV-GRADED 副词](置于比较级或 too 前，表示强调)太，很 You use much in front of 'too' or comparative adjectives and adverbs in order to emphasize that there is a large amount of a particular quality. [ADV compar] [emphasis] The skin is much too delicate... 皮肤太娇嫩了。 You'd be so much happier if you could see yourself the way I see you... 如果你能像我看你那样看待自己，你会快乐得多。 He had written to The Times and then, much more unacceptably, allowed himself to be interviewed on television. 他已写信给《泰晤士报》了，更让人受不了的是居然后来还同意接受电视台采访。 4 [ADV 副词]很大程度上 If one thing is much the same as another thing, it is very similar to it. [ADV as/like cl] The day ended much as it began... 这一天的开始和结束几乎是一样的。 Sheep's milk is produced in much the same way as goat's milk. 绵羊奶和山羊奶的生产过程差不多。 5 [DET 限定词]许多；大量 You use much to indicate that you are referring to a large amount of a substance or thing. [DET n-uncount] [how PRON] [QUANT of def-n-uncount/def-sing-n] They are grown on the hillsides in full sun, without much water... 它们被种植在阳光充足、土壤水分不多的山坡上。 Japan has been reluctant to offer much aid to Russia... 日本一直不愿意向俄罗斯提供太多的援助。 The Home Office acknowledges that much crime goes unreported... 内政部承认很多犯罪活动没有举报。 Furniture is so bulky, it takes so much room. 家具体积太大，占了太多空间。 Much is also a pronoun. ...eating too much and drinking too much... 大吃大喝 There was so much to talk about. 要说的太多。 Much is also a quantifier. Much of the time we do not notice that we are solving problems... 很多时候我们没意识到自己正在解决问题。 She does much of her work abroad... 她的工作大部分要在国外做。 Her father had been a merchant seaman, absent for much of her childhood. 她爸爸曾是商船船员，在她童年的大部分时光里都不在她身边。 6 [ADV-GRADED 副词](用于回答关于数量的提问)不多/不太多/太多 You use much in expressions such as not much ,not very much, and too much when replying to questions about amounts. [ADV as reply] 'Can you hear it where you live?' He shook his head. 'Not much.'... “你住的地方听得到吗？”他摇摇头说：“很少听到。” 'Do you care very much about what other people think?' — 'Too much.' “你对别人的看法很在意吗？”——“太在意了。” 7 [QUANT 数量词]常常；多次 If you do not see much of someone, you do not see them very often. [with brd-neg] I don't see much of Tony nowadays... 我现在见托尼的次数不多。 We won't be seeing much of each other for a while. 我们会有一段时间不常见面。 8 [DET 限定词]多少(用于对数量的询问或说明) You use much in the expression how much to ask questions about amounts or degrees, and also in reported clauses and statements to give information about the amount or degree of something. [how DET] [how ADV] How much money can I afford?... 我能出得起多少钱？ See just how much fat and cholesterol you're eating... 看看你究竟摄入了多少脂肪和胆固醇。 I'm always very aware of how much work there is still to be done... 我一直很清楚还要做多少工作。 Krock told this story to McCauley and asked him how much truth there was in it. 克罗克把这件事告诉了麦考利，并问他此事有几分真实性。 Much is also an adverb. She knows how much this upsets me but she persists in doing it... 她知道这样会让我有多苦恼，但她坚持这样做。 How much cooler will it get? 天气会凉爽多少呢？ Much is also a pronoun. How much do you earn?... 你挣多少钱？ Greg made a vague gesture to indicate how much. 格雷格做了一个含糊的手势表示有多少。 9 [DET 限定词](用于比较数量)同样多 You use much in the expression as much when you are comparing amounts. [as DET n] I shall try, with as much patience as is possible, to explain yet again... 我会尽可能耐心地试着再解释一遍。 Their aim will be to produce as much milk as possible... 他们的目标是尽可能提高牛奶产量。 With an 18-watt fluorescent bulb you get as much light but use 75% less electricity. 用18瓦的荧光灯灯泡有同样的亮度，而用电量却减少75％。 Usage Note : You should use much if you want to talk about things that cannot be counted. ...too much water. You only use many to talk about things that can be counted. They owned many cars 用 much 修饰不可数名词：too much water（太多水）；用 many 修饰可数名词：They owned many cars（他们有许多小汽车）。 10 [PHR-CONJ-SUBORD ]虽然；尽管 You use much as to introduce a fact which makes something else you have just said or will say rather surprising. Much as they hope to go home tomorrow, they're resigned to staying on until the end of the year. 虽然他们希望明天就回家，但还是准备耐心地继续呆到年底。 11 [PHRASE 短语]我想/ 我猜也是这样 You use as much in expressions such as 'I thought as much' and 'I guessed as much' after you have just been told something and you want to say that you already believed or expected it to be true. [v PHR] You're waiting for a woman — I thought as much. 你在等一位女士——我也这么想的。 12 [PHRASE 短语](置于数量前)多达 You use as much as before an amount to suggest that it is surprisingly large. [PHR amount] [emphasis] The organisers hope to raise as much as £6m for charity. 组织者希望能募集到高达600万英镑的善款。 13 [PHRASE 短语]更不用说；更何况 You use much less after a statement, often a negative one, to indicate that the statement is more true of the person, thing, or situation that you are going to mention next. [PHR cl/group] They are always short of water to drink, much less to bathe in... 他们的饮用水一直短缺，更别提洗澡水了。 But we must not think of Chekhov as a leftist, much less a revolutionary. 但是我们绝不应把契科夫看成是个左派人物，他更不是革命者。 14 [PHRASE 短语]没什么；不重要 You say nothing much to refer to something that is not very interesting or important. 'What was stolen?' — 'Oh, nothing much.'... “什么被偷了？”——“噢，不是什么重要的东西。” Nothing much interesting seemed to be happening. 看来不会发生什么有趣的事。 15 [PHRASE 短语]不太好的；称不上…的 If you describe something as not much of a particular type of thing, you mean that it is small or of poor quality. [PHR n] It hasn't been much of a holiday... 这简直不像是假日。 It's not much of a career, you may think. 你可能想这根本算不上是一份职业。 16 [PHRASE 短语]就讲这么多；到此为止 So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject. [PHR n] [SPOKEN 口语] Well, so much for the producers. But what of the con-sumers? 好吧，关于生产商就讲这么多，那关于消费者呢？ 17 [PHRASE 短语]不过如此；没有益处 If you say so much for a particular thing, you mean that it has not been successful or helpful. [PHR n] [INFORMAL 非正式] He has spent 19 million pounds, lost three cup finals and been relegated. So much for money. 他已花了1,900万英镑，输掉了三场杯赛决赛，球队也降级了。钱也不是万能的。 18 [PHRASE 短语]与其说是…不如说是… If you say that something is not so much one thing as another, you mean that it is more like the second thing than the first. [with brd-neg] I don't really think of her as a daughter so much as a very good friend... 与其说我把她当作女儿，不如说把她当作好朋友。 She told me she was not so much leaving her job as it was leaving her. 她告诉我，与其说是她辞了工作，不如说是工作辞了她。 19 [PHRASE 短语]甚至；竟然 If you say that someone did not do so much as perform a particular action, you are emphasizing that they did not even do that, when you were expecting them to do more. [with brd-neg] [emphasis] I didn't so much as catch sight of him all day long... 我一整天都没见他人影。 Laura had not reproached him, never so much as mentioned it... 劳拉没责备他，甚至提都没提那件事。 She auctioned off the car without so much as taking a ride in it. 她甚至都没怎么开过那辆车，就把它拍卖了。 20 [PHRASE 短语]太…以至于… You use so much so to indicate that your previous statement is true to a very great extent, and therefore it has the result mentioned. [PHR that] He himself believed in freedom, so much so that he would rather die than live without it. 他非常崇尚自由，不自由，毋宁死。 21 [PHRASE 短语]非…力所能及的；非…应付得了的 If a situation or action is too much for you, it is so difficult, tiring, or upsetting that you cannot cope with it. [v-link PHR] His inability to stay at one job for long had finally proved too much for her. 他没有哪份工作能干长，这一点最终让她难以忍受。 22 [PHRASE 短语]非常；确实 You use very much to emphasize that someone or something has a lot of a particular quality, or that the description you are about to give is particularly accurate. [oft PHR n] [emphasis] ...a man very much in charge of himself... 自制力很强的人 Yorkshire is still very much a farming community with good meat, good dairy produce and eggs... 约克郡在很大程度上仍以农业为主，出产优质肉类、奶制品和蛋类。 Something was very much the matter. 确实出问题了。 23 a bit much→see: bit ； not up to much→see: up ；

I Phrase 短语 [Phr 副词 N Adv Graded [Adv