much /mʌtʃ/ I. adj. (more, most) 许多；大量的(修饰不可数名词): There was so much food that we couldn’t eat it all.食物太多了，我们吃不完。How much paper do you want?你要多少纸? ‖II. adv. 1.很，非常: Thank you very much for your coming. 很感谢你能来。2.得多(用于比较级): He is much taller than you.他比你高多了。After a sleep I felt much better. 睡一觉之后，我感到好多了。3. 用于习语 as much as像…那样多: You may take as much as you like. 你愿意拿多少就拿多少。much as 尽管：Much as I would like to help you, I’m afraid I’m simply too busy at the moment.尽管我想帮助你，但恐怕我眼下只是太忙了。not so much …as 甚至不，甚至于没有；与其说，不如说：She took the money without so much as a thank you. 她拿钱时竟然没有道谢。He’s not so much unintelligent as uninterested in schoolwork.他是不太聪明，但主要是对功课不感兴趣。‖III. n. 大量，许多: Much has been said.已经说了很多了。 much of a （常用于否定句和疑问句）称得上…的：She is not much of a cinema-goer.她不大去看电影。［考句］She is more of a musician than her brother.她和她兄弟相比更像个音乐家。（考查much of a短语的比较级more of a的用法）