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adv.非常，差不多，很多地，很大程度上；

pron.很多，大量，很好的东西，（与不可数名词连用，尤用于否定句，或与 how 连用以询问数量，也可与 as、so 和 too 连用）许多；

英语六级真题

They had much geographic knowledge.

The company blamed much of the poor performance in November and December on unseasonably warm weather.

Physical punishment is used much less by well-educated parents.

Parents who are white, wealthy or college-educated say too much involvement can be bad.

Of course, much of this argument in the 1930s-40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in justifying apparel ( ' , 服装) on the basis of utility.

Much of the waste is discarded rotten meat, mixed in with other human debris such as plastic bags and old toys.

Less-educated parents, and poorer and black and Latino parents are more likely to believe that there is no such thing as too much involvement in a child's education.

Interestingly, parents' attitudes toward education do not seem to reflect their own educational background as much as a belief in the importance of education for upward mobility.

I'd much prefer to have my data used by the maximum number of people to ask their own questions, she says.

High-earning parents are much more likely to say they live in a good neighborhood for raising children.

Co-author Amy Zanne thinks that users probably range from climate-change researchers wanting to estimate how much carbon is stored in biomass, to foresters looking for information on different grades of timber.

But renewable energy will have to displace fossil fuels to a much greater extent in the future to avoid unacceptable climate risks.

Can you tell us how you first became interested in this subject matter?( ' , 9 ) Wh e n f a c i n g a n e w situation, some people tend to rehearse their defeat by spending too much time anticipating the worst.

And, apparently, that day has come because seemingly routine operations such as knee replacements are now much more hazardous due to the looming threat of these infections.

We need to accept that fact across much of the planet, so waste with little or no treatment will be used in agriculture for good reason.

The final legislation might throw a public plan into the competition, but thanks to the fierce opposition of the insurance industry and Republican critics, it might not save much money.

The average Norwegian is better off than the average US citizen, but contributes about half as much to climate change.

Teachers need to be much better paid to attract the best college graduates to the nation's worst schools.

Only three states, with a combined population not much larger than that of Brooklyn, have unemployment rates below 5%.

Marketers must qualify their claims on the product packaging and limit them to a specific benefit, such as how much of the product is recycled.

If private plans demanded similar productivity savings from providers, and refused to let providers shift additional costs to them, the savings could be much larger.

How much is today's spirit of harmony a change from our more turbulent past? A mere generation ago, parentchild relations were described as the generation gap.

But missing from all these data is the sense that today's young care very much about their country, about the broader civic and political environment, or about the future of their society.

As a report in The New England Journal of Medicine concluded, Pretty much every proposed innovation found in the health policy literature these days is contained in these measures.

Another, discussing national politics, said, I feel like one person can't do that much, and I get the impression most people don't think a group of people can do that much.

And the World Resources Institute ( ' , WRI) in its World Resources 2005 report, issued at the end of August, produced several such examples from Africa and Asia; it also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich, as poorer people derive a much higher proportion of their income directly from the natural resources around them.

But the president may be giving the financial sector too much credit.

Yet much more work remains to be done.

This might not be right, but school-leavers who fail to acknowledge as much risk making the wrong decision about going to university.

This is much like a non-smoker getting cancer from second-hand smoke, while the heavy smoker is fortunate enough to smoke in good health.

Their risky behaviors—drinking too much alcohol, using illegal drugs, smoking cigarettes and skipping school—can alert parents and teachers that serious problems are brewing.

So much of what CES has been about is the cool.

But a new study finds that there's another group of adolescents who are in nearly as much danger of experiencing the same psychiatric symptoms: teens who use tons of media, don't get enough sleep and have a sedentary ( ' , 不爱活动的 ) lifestyle.

The video camera that one single mother bought for a special occasion, for example, is not much fun now.

There is a lot of support at Yale, to an extent, after a while, there is too much support, he said, half-joking about the countless resources available at the school.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for instance, admits only that the graduation rate for its first-generation pupils is much lower than the percentage of all students who graduate within four years ( ' , 81 percent).

Take your average trade union member, chances are they will be politically motivated and be used to collective action— much like Erica Gregory.

Perhaps many teachers have too little time to allow students to form and pursue their own questions and too much ground to cover in the curriculum.

People's conception of a person has much to do with the way he or she is labeled.

People should not expect too much from American higher education.

Now, she attributes much of her understanding of college to that: But once I got to campus, it was a completely different ball game that no one really prepared me for.

Kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know- how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

First generation college students tend to have much heavier financial burdens than their peers.

Chetty finds that communities like Salt Lake City, with high levels of two-parent families and religiosity, are much more likely to see poor children get ahead than communities like Atlanta, with high levels of racial and economic segregation.

But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think.

American educates so manymore people at university that one can’t expect all those who go to be as intelligent as the much narrower band in British universities, says the professor Christopher Rakes at Boston university, I’m not against elitism, but I happen to like having people who are more eager to learn.

"I feel very much alive now," says Keith.

"I'd much prefer to have my data used by the maximum number of people to ask their own questions," she says.

"She was a scientist on the level with a lot of people we spend a lot of time talking about," said Kay Etheridge, a biologist at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania who has been studying the scientific history of Merian's work. "She didn't do as much to ch

"There is a lot of support at Yale, to an extent, after a while, there is too much support," he said, half-joking about the countless resources available at the school.

A lot of the government advertising has been about individual responsibility, but actually understanding that drinking is very much about the social activity and finding ways to help young people get home safely and not end up in hospital is one of the th

A study published last year in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that people who sleep more tend to eat less unhealthy food than their peers who don't get as much rest.

After six months, researchers found the high protein group had significantly improved their muscle function一almost twice as much as the control group.

All the universities are owned by the government, so there is the ministry of Education in charge of creating the curriculum for the universities and so there's not much room for flexibility.

Also, there are a lot of wonderful clubs, but you shouldn't allocate too much time to club activities, unless they are directly related to your study.

Although, over the years, Barbies had more than 180 different careers, including football coach, sign language teacher, ambassador, president and astronaut, her body shape hasn't changed much.

And since we've moved to this new shop, the expenses have increased greatly because it's a much bigger shop.

And the World Resources Institute WR in its World Resources 2005 report, issued at the end of August, produced several such examples from Africa and Asia; It also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich, as poorer p

And these big food corporations have so much money to spend on clever tactic design to make young children want to buy their products.

And your prices are much lower than the same goods in shops round about.

As constant travelers and parents of a 2-year-old, we sometimes fantasize about how much work we can do when one of us gets on a plane, undistracted by phones, friends, or movies.

As Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz have written, if you have too much time in the performance zone, you need more time in the recovery zone, otherwise you risk burnout.

Asian women prefer to avoid the sun, because being pale or white is considered beautiful, whereas a tanned complexion is considered much more beautiful and sexy in the West.

At any volume, there's still such a thing as too much information.

Because if we aren't, we won't be providing much value in future ecosystems, and that may put in question the foundation for our existence.

Because they're so small and light, it costs much less to get a Cube Sat into Earth's orbit than a traditional communications or GPS satellite.

Because when the dust settles, people are going robe pretty much what they are.

Big, complicated systems on which much public safety depends, like driverless cars, should be built, programmed and sold by manufacturers who take responsibility for ensuring safety and are liable for accidents.

But it actually shouldn't matter to you nearly as much as you think.

But the lack of work opportunities in Bucks County limits how much she can help.

But this year, the Arctic is experiencing much higher temperatures.

By offering instant discounts worth as much as $100, DeWalt launched a trade-in program to encourage people to bring back tools.

Chetty finds that communities like Salt Lake city, with high levels of two- parent families and religiosity, are much more likely to see poor children get ahead than communities like Atlanta, with high levels of racial and economic segregation.

CucinTech was a company who were very much following the pack, doing what everyone else was doing, and getting rapidly left behind.

Dehydration is also a risk when you eat too much protein.

Even people with the sharpest facial-recognition skills can only remember so much.

Families provide at least as much care as they ever did.

kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know-how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

Here's where there needs to be a much wider public conversation that extends beyond government agencies and scientific communities to include students, hobbyists, and anyone who may potentially stand to be affected by the use of CubeSat technology.

high earning parents are much more likely to say they live in a good neighborhood for raising children.

How much is today's spirit of harmony a change from our more turbulent past?

How much would you say is a mid-range bottle of a wine approximately?

However, placing too much emphasis on being a good team player can negatively affect your career growth.

However, the professors need not worry so much.

I also do a couple of ad-hoc jobs which are much shorter projects.

I didn't drink, party, or even do much dating.

I guess there's not much of a Jazz scene anymore.

If it doesn't sound like too much of a cliché, our world is constantly changing and it's changing quickly.

If you want something to be done, then their staff do not have so much incentive to help you because he's a worker for the government.

In 2005, as the authors observe, real consumption per person in France was only 60% as high as the U.S., making it appear that Americans were economically much better off than the French on average.

In a series of several experiments, the researchers illustrated just how much we've come to admire busyness, or at least the appearance of it.

In fact, by the time miss Bligh stood up to talk, I was feeling much better.

In her work, she revealed a side of nature so exotic, dramatic and valuable to Europeans of the time that she received much acclaim.

It comes and goes without much warning, and a field of lush leafy greens one year can dry up and blow away the next.

It is the season for some frantic last-minute math一across the country, employees of all stripes are counting backward in an attempt to figure out just how much paid time-off they have left in their reserves.

It's just a much smaller market today.

It's up to your own self-discipline, how much effort you put into study.

Looking back now, nine years later, I can't remember exactly what it was about these universities that made them seem so much better.

Maybe you see low customer participation at first, or conversely, so much success that the cost of recycling becomes too high.

Much has been written about how the relationship between scientists and the media can shape the efficient transmission of scientific advances to the public.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADV-GRADED

(表示行动、感情或变化的强烈程度，通常和 so，too，very 一起用于否定句中)很多，非常

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.

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ADV-GRADED

经常;常常

If something does not happen much, it does not happen very often.

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ADV-GRADED

(置于比较级或 too 前，表示强调)太，很

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.

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ADV

很大程度上

If one thing is much the same as another thing, it is very similar to it.

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DET

许多；大量

You use much to indicate that you are referring to a large amount of a substance or thing.

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ADV-GRADED

(用于回答关于数量的提问)不多/不太多/太多

You use much in expressions such as not much ,not very much, and too much when replying to questions about amounts.

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QUANT

常常;多次

If you do not see much of someone, you do not see them very often.

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DET

多少(用于对数量的询问或说明)

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.

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DET

(用于比较数量)同样多

You use much in the expression as much when you are comparing amounts.

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PHR-CONJ-SUBORD

虽然;尽管

You use much as to introduce a fact which makes something else you have just said or will say rather surprising.

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PHRASE

我想/ 我猜也是这样

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.

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PHRASE

(置于数量前)多达

You use as much as before an amount to suggest that it is surprisingly large.

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PHRASE

更不用说；更何况

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.

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PHRASE

没什么;不重要

You say nothing much to refer to something that is not very interesting or important.

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PHRASE

不太好的；称不上…的

If you describe something as not much of a particular type of thing, you mean that it is small or of poor quality.

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PHRASE

就讲这么多；到此为止

So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject.

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PHRASE

不过如此；没有益处

If you say so much for a particular thing, you mean that it has not been successful or helpful.

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PHRASE

与其说是…不如说是…

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.

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PHRASE

甚至;竟然

If you say that someone did not do so much as perform a particular action, you are emphasizing that they did not even do that, when you were expecting them to do more.

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PHRASE

太…以至于…

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.

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PHRASE

非…力所能及的;非…应付得了的

If a situation or action is too much for you, it is so difficult, tiring, or upsetting that you cannot cope with it.

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PHRASE

非常;确实

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.

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英汉词典释义

adv.

非常, 很, 十分

差不多, 几乎

很多地, 很大地, 程度极高地

很大程度上, 常常

adj.

许多的, 大量的

pron.

很多, 大量, 很大程度

很好的东西

（与不可数名词连用，尤用于否定句；或与 how 连用以询问数量；也可与 as、so 和 too 连用）许多，大量，多少

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a great amount or extent;

Adjective

1. (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent;

Adverb

1. to a great degree or extent;

2. very;

3. to a very great degree or extent;

4. (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely;

5. frequently or in great quantities;