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after much deliberation advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (having considered [sth] carefully) | 想来想去,考虑再三
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after much deliberation advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (having discussed [sth] at length) | 酌古斟今
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as much exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (the same thing) | 一样,同样
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| So, you're pregnant. I thought as much. |
as much exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (an equal amount) | 等量
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as much as [sb/sth] exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (the same amount as) | 像…一样多
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| Nobody can eat as much as my brother! |
as much [sth] as [sb/sth] exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (an equal amount of) | 和...等量
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| I can't eat as much cheese as my sister. |
as much as exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (equally) | 和…程度相若 hé … chéng dù xiāng ruò |
| (指程度) | 和...一样
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| I love you as much as I love your sister. |
as much [sth] as exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (with clause: the same amount as) | 和...等量的事物
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| I would love to earn as much money as you do. |
as much as exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (with clause: even though) | 尽管 jǐn guǎn |
| As much as I love Mel Gibson, this movie is just too violent for me. |
as much as possible advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (to the greatest feasible extent) | 尽可能地 jìn kě néng de |
| I try to exercise as much as possible. |
as much as possible advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (the greatest feasible amount) | 尽可能多地 jìn kě néng duō de |
| I always eat as much as possible at Thanksgiving dinner. |
half as much nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (50 percent of) | …的一半
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| I'll have half as much of the pie as he has. |
half as much exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (50 percent less) | 少一半
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| The coat cost half as much on sale. |
have too much viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (have an excess of [sth]) | 有太多 yǒu tài duō |
have too much vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (have an excess of) | 有太多的… yǒu tài duō de |
how much | (what amount, what degree) (修饰单数名词,或对程度进行提问) | 多少,多么
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| It's not important how much effort you put into the job - it's results that count! |
how much | (to what degree, to what extent) (对程度进行提问) | 多少,多么
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| It doesn't matter how much I try to please my boss, he still isn't satisfied. |
how much advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (what price, cost) (价格) | 多少钱
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| How much does this sandwich cost? |
| 这个三明治多少钱? |
I love you so much interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | (great affection) | 我如此爱你 wǒ rú cǐ ài nǐ |
| | 我深爱着你 wǒ shēn ài zhe nǐ |
| I love you so much that I can't stand to be apart from you. |
leave much to be desired v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (be inadequate) | 还有很多待改进的余地 hái yǒu hěn duō dài gǎi jìn de yú dì |
| Your table manners leave much to be desired. The house was cute on the outside, but inside left much to be desired. |
much as conjconjunction: Connects words, clauses, and sentences--for example, "and," "but," "because," "in order that." | (in the same way as) | 同…一样 tóng yí yàng |
| He was scrabbling away at the earth, much as a dog buries a bone. |
much as conjconjunction: Connects words, clauses, and sentences--for example, "and," "but," "because," "in order that." | (however much) | 尽管 jǐn guǎn |
| | 虽然 suī rán |
| Much as I like James as a friend, I could never date him. |
much better adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (greatly superior) | (比…)优秀多了的 bǐ yōu xiù duō le de |
| | 好多了的 hǎo duō le de |
much better adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (greatly improved) | (比过去)好多了的 bǐ guò qù hǎo duō le de |
| Your chances of getting a job are much better if you have computer skills. |
much esteemed, much-esteemed adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (highly respected) | 非常受尊敬的 fēi cháng shòu zūn jìng de |
| | 备受敬重的 bèi shòu jìng zhòng de |
备注: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| Our much-esteemed colleague from Brown University disagrees. |
much less nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (a considerably smaller quantity) | (比…)少得多 bǐ shǎo de duō |
| Men have fought wars for much less. |
much less advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (to a lesser degree) | (比…)程度低得多 bǐ chéng dù dī de duō |
| If I liked her much less I wouldn't like her at all! |
much like preppreposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours." | (in the same way as) | 以非常类似的方式 yǐ fēi cháng lèi sì de fāng shì |
much like preppreposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours." | (very similar to) | 非常相像 fēi cháng xiāng xiàng |
much more nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (a considerably larger quantity) | (比…)多得多 bǐ duō de duō |
| Much more will have to be done if we want to succeed. |
much more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (to a greater degree) | (比…)程度高得多 bǐ chéng dù gāo de duō |
| I like him much more now than I did when he was younger. |
much the same adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (very similar) | 差不多一样的
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| | 基本一样的
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| I will use much the same method as George did to make these changes. |
much the same adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (unchanged) | 与之前…差不多一样的
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| The doctors say he is in much the same condition as yesterday. My hometown looks much the same as it did when I left 10 years ago. |
not much adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (very little) | 没多少 méi duō shǎo |
| | 不太多 bú tài duō |
not much to look at adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | informal (unattractive or unimpressive) | 样子不太好看 yàng zi bú tài hǎo kàn |
| He's not much to look at, but he's got a good job and he's very nice. It's not much to look at, but it's home. |
not so much adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (less) | 较少的 jiào shǎo de |
| | (比)…少的 bǐ shǎo de |
| It's not so much that you are cruel, more that you don't think things through. |
not so much adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (little) | 不多的 bù duō de |
| | 很少的 hěn shǎo de |
| No, there was not so much singing at the show. |
not think much of [sth/sb] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (be unimpressed by) | 对…评价不高 duì … píng jià bù gāo |
| I did not think much of that artist's new exhibit, I thought it was trite. |
nothing much nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (not a lot) (口语) | 很少 hěn shǎo |
| There is nothing much happening downtown today. |
pay too much v | (be overcharged for [sth]) | 出价太高 chū jià tài gāo |
| | 付得过多 fù de guò duō |
| I paid too much for the taxi from the airport to the city centre. |
pretty much advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | informal (mostly) | 差不多 chà bù duō |
| When you visit the South, you'll pretty much eat only fried food. |
pretty much the same adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | informal (very similar) | 差不多一样的
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| It hardly matters which candidate you vote for; they're all pretty much the same. |
pretty much the same advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (unchanged from earlier) | 差不多一样 chà bù duō yí yàng |
| The state of the patient's health has stayed pretty much the same. |
protest too much v | (insist unconvincingly that [sth] is untrue) (出自《哈姆雷特》) | 抗议过多,抗议过激(以至于别人怀疑抗议者之诚意)
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| “The lady doth protest too much”, as they say. |
so much adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (a large amount of) | 大量的 dà liàng de |
| | 很多的 hěn duō de |
| I'm bound to get my shoes wet with so much water on the ground. There's so much to do I don't know where to start. |
so much adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (this amount of) | 如此多的 rú cǐ duō de |
| | 这么多的 zhè me duō de |
| Showing her son the cup, Paige said, "You take so much flour and add it to the mixing bowl." |
so much advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (a lot) | 很多 hěn duō |
| | 许多 xǔ duō |
| I wish my sister didn't talk so much. |
so much as advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (even) | 甚至 shèn zhì |
| | 即便 jí biàn |
| | 即使 jí shǐ |
| Cross that line by so much as a hair and you'll see what anger means. |
so much as advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (merely, no more than) | 只 zhī |
| | 仅仅 jǐn jǐn |
| | 只不过 zhǐ bù guò |
so much for that! interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | informal (disappointment, failure) (表示失望、恼火) | 就这样吧,就此作罢
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| I failed my entrance exam yet again. So much for that! |
so much for that! interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | informal (enough discussion) | 那件事就谈到这里
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| Well, so much for that! Maybe we can talk about something else now. |
so much so advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (to such a degree) | 以致于 yǐ zhì yú |
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talk too much viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (speak excessively) | 说话太多 shuō huà tài duō |
| | 话太多 huà tài duō |
| She talks too much … and most of what she says is rubbish. |
Thank you so much interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | (Many thanks) | 非常感谢 fēi cháng gǎn xiè |
thank you very much interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | (many thanks) | 非常感谢 fēi cháng gǎn xiè |
too much adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (an excess of) | 过多的 guò duō de |
| Too much coffee makes me jittery. |
too much advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (excessively, to excess) | 过度地 guò dù de |
| He loved her too much to leave her. |
too much nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (an excessive amount) | 过多 guò duō |
| I can't possibly eat all that – it's too much. |
too much at once nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (sudden excess of [sth]) | 突然过量 tū rán guò liàng |
| I took a big gulp of beer and got too much at once. |
too much for [sb] preppreposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours." | (overwhelming) | 超出…的能力之外,非…所能应付
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| | 超出…的忍耐范围之外 chāo chū … de rěn nài fàn wéi zhī wài |
| Caring for six children was too much for the exhausted young mother. |
too much for [sb] preppreposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours." | (intolerable) | 超出…的能力之外,非…所能应付
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| | 超出…的忍耐范围之外 chāo chū … de rěn nài fàn wéi zhī wài |
| Losing his wife was too much for him to bear. |
twice as much adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (double the amount of) | 两倍的 liǎng bèi de |
| | 双倍的 shuāng bèi de |
twice as much nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (double the amount) | 两倍 liǎng bèi |
| | 双倍 shuāng bèi |
| I've decided to give twice as much to charity this year. |
very much advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (greatly) | 非常 fēi cháng |
| | 很 hěn |
| | 十分 shí fēn |
| I like him very much. |
very much nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (a large amount) | 很多 hěn duō |
| | 非常多 fēi cháng duō |
way too much adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | informal (an excess of) | 太多的
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| | 过多的 guò duō de |
way too much advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | informal (excessively) | 太多了
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with much effort advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (by hard work) | 非常努力地 fēi cháng nǔ lì de |
| | 相当费力地 xiāng dāng fèi lì de |
| With much effort, he was able to reach the top of the mountain. |