as much as

一、表示数量

1. “……之多”“多达”“整整”，强调“多”。

　　In fact it cost me as much as 100 dollars.

　　We walked as much as 50 miles that day.

2. “与……一样多”。如：

　　I ate as much as I could.

　　I’ll spend as much as necessary.

　　Give me as much as you gave Jane.

二、表示程度

1. “尽量”“尽最大努力（可能）”，主要用于 as...as possible/one can。

I have helped you as much as I can. Now it is up to you.

I won’t have a pudding—it was as much as I could do to finish the very large first course.

2. “像……一样（的程度）”。

　　We’re in the dark just as much as you are.

　　I don’t pretend to know as much as he does about it.

3. “与……一样多”。如：

　　I haven’t as much responsibility as before.

4. “好像”“几乎”“差不多”“等于”，as much as to say ［saying］ “等于说”。

　　That is as much as saying I am a liar.

　　He as much as admitted that it was his fault.

You said “all right”， which was as much as to say that you were satisfied.

5.  “既……又”“不仅……而且”。

　　It is as much your responsibility as mine.

　　He retorted that it was my fault as much as his.

　　I expect to weep as much as （to） laugh.

6. 有时有较灵活的译法：

His latest play is not as 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。

三、表示经常性

　　Do you dine out as much as you did in Paris？

　　Grandma’s getting on a bit and doesn’t go out as much as she used to.