as much as表示程度的6种用法

as much as表示程度的6种用法

1. 译为“尽量”“尽最大努力(可能)”，主要用于as…as possible [one can]。如：

You ought to rest as much as possible. 你应当尽量多休息。

I have helped you as much as I can. Now it is up to you.  我已尽我所能地帮助你了。现在该看你自己了。

I won’t have a pudding it was as much as I could do to finish the very large first course. 我不要布丁了——我能把第一道大菜吃完就已经很不容易了。

2. 译为“像……一样(的程度)”。如：

He doesn't think of you as much as he ought to. 他没有像本应该的那样对你好。

We’re in the dark just as much as you are. 我们跟你们一样被蒙在鼓里。

I don’t pretend to know as much as he does about it. 我不敢说我对此事的了解有他那样多。

He doesn't think of you as much as he ought to. 他没有像本应该的那样对你好。

I like cats as much as dogs. 我喜欢猫和喜欢狗和程度相同。(此句可视为 I like cats as much as I like dogs 之省略)

3. 译为“与……一样多”。如：

I haven’t as much responsibility as before. 我不再担负过去那样多的责任了。

4. 译为“好像”“几乎”“并不多”“等于”。如：

That is as much as saying I am a liar. 那无异于说我撒谎。

He as much as admitted that it was his fault. 他几乎承认说是他的错。

You said “all right”, which was as much as to say that you were satisfied. 你当是说“行”，这就等于说你认为满意。

注：as much as to say [saying] 可视为习语，意为“等于说”。

5. 译为“既……又”“不仅……而且”。如：

It is as much our responsibility as yours. 这既是你们的责任，也是我们的责任。

It is as much your responsibility as mine. 这件事你和我一样都有责任。

He retorted that it was my fault as much as his. 他反驳说那不仅是他的错，而且也是我的错。或：他反驳说我的错误并不比他的错误小。

I expect to weep as much as (to) laugh. 我简直又想哭，又想笑。

6. 有时有较灵活的译法：

His latest play is not so much a farce as a burlesque tragedy. 他最近的一个剧本与其说是一个滑稽剧，不如说是一个滑稽的悲剧。