职高英语重点词汇详解：much

用作副词，主要用来修饰以下词语：

■修饰形容词或副词的比较级。如：

It is much colder today. 今天冷得多了。

It was much worse than I thought. 比我想象的还糟得多。

注：有时可修饰最高级，但要放在定冠词之前。如：

This is much the most important. 这是最最重要的。

■修饰被动结构中的过去分词(也可用very much)。如：

The car was (very) much damaged. 汽车损坏十分严重。

He was (very) much shocked by the news. 他听到这消息感到非常震惊。

■修饰副词 too(太)。如：

It’s much too expensive. 这太贵了。

The book is much too difficult. 这本书太难了。

■修饰介词短语。如：

He is much like his father. 他很像他父亲。

Much to our surprise, he left without saying goodbye. 使我们大为惊奇的是，他竟没打个招呼就走了。

■修饰动词，通常只用于否定句或疑问句中，不能用于肯定句中(除非其前有 very,  too, so 等之类的修饰语)。如：

He wants to see the film very much. 他很想看这部电影。

注意以下各正误句型:

正：He doesn’t like her much. (用于否定句，对)

正：He doesn’t much like her. (用于否定句，对)

正：Does he like her much?(用于疑问句，对)

正：Does he much like her?(用于疑问句，对)

正：He likes her very [too, so] much. (有修饰语，对)

误：He likes her much. /He much likes her. (用于肯定句，无 修饰语，错)

注：单个的 much 有时也能在肯定句中修饰动词。但这类动词只限于 regret, admire, prefer, appreciate 等个别动词，且只能放在句中，不可放在句末。如：

正：We much appreciate your invitation. 我们非常感激你的 邀请。

误：We appreciate your invitation much. (若改用 very much 则完全可以)

■比较 much too & too much：两者结构相似，很容易混淆。它们在用法上的区别是：much too＝too, 但前者语气更强；too much＝much, 但前者语气更强。如：

He drives much too fast. 他开车开得太快了(from www.yywords.com)。

The shoes are much too small for me. 这鞋子我穿太小了。

There is too much rain. 雨水太多了。

You have given me too much. 你已经给我太多了。