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.
She laughs too much.
她笑得太多了。
Thank you very much.
非常感谢您。
If something does not happen much, it does not happen very often.
He said that his father never talked much about the war.
他说他父亲从不多谈这场战争。
Gwen had not seen her dad all that much, because he mostly worked on the ships.
格温不是很常见她爸爸,因为他多数时间都在船上工作。
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.
The skin is much too delicate.
皮肤太过娇嫩了。
If one thing is much the same as another thing, it is very similar to it.
The day ended much as it began.
这一天的结束和开始几乎是一样的。
You use much in expressions such as not much, not very much, and too much when replying to questions about amounts.
'Can you hear it where you live?' He shook his head. 'Not much.'
“在你住的地方能听到吗?”他摇摇头:“不怎么听得到。”
You use much in the expression how much to give information about the amount or degree of something.
She knows how much this upsets me but she persists in doing it.
她知道这让我有多烦,但她还是坚持这么做。
You use much to indicate that you are referring to a large amount of a substance or thing.
They are grown on the hillsides in full sun, without much water.
它们生长在阳光充足、土壤水分不多的山坡上。
Japan has been reluctant to offer much aid to Russia.
日本向来不愿为俄罗斯提供太多援助。
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 much money can I afford?
我能出得起多少钱?
You use much in the expression as much when you are comparing amounts.
I shall try, with as much patience as is possible, to explain yet again.
我会尽量耐心地再解释一遍。
Their aim will be to produce as much milk as possible.
他们的目标是尽可能多地产奶。
much as
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.
尽管他们很希望明天就回家,但还是不得不待到年底。
as much
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.
You're waiting for a woman – I thought as much.
你在等一个女人–这我早料到了。
as much as
You use as much as before an amount to suggest that it is surprisingly large.
The organizers hope to raise as much as $6M for charity.
组织者们希望筹集到多达6百万美元的慈善款。
much less
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.
They are always short of water to drink, much less to bathe in.
他们总是缺饮用水,更不用说洗澡水了。
not so much
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.
I don't really think of her as a daughter so much as a very good friend.
我其实更多地把她当做好朋友,而不是女儿。
so much so
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.
He himself believed in freedom, so much so that he would rather die than live without it.
他本人如此信奉自由,以至于宁死也不愿没有自由地活着。
very much
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.
a man very much in charge of himself.
一个自制力很强的人。
too much
If a situation or action is too much for you, it is so difficult, tiring, or upsetting that you cannot cope with it.
His inability to stay at one job for long had finally proved too much for her.
他干什么工作都不能长久,终于让她无法忍受。
Much refers to a large amount of a substance or thing.
eating too much and drinking too much.
暴饮暴食。
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 much do you earn?
你挣多少?
Much of a substance or thing is a large amount of that substance or thing.
Much of the time we do not notice that we are solving problems.
很多时候我们没有注意到我们正在解决问题。
If you do not see much of someone, you do not see them very often.
I don't see much of Tony nowadays.
我现在见托尼不多。