3Jt%how£ffmi*Tn]»*; ttH*? as, so *P too ffl ) if £, A if ^ A: I don’t have much money with me.
WtjkM&'X&o 0 ‘Got any money?’ ‘Not much. ’ ” “XA£o ” 0 How much water do you need? K? 0 How much is it (= What does it
cost)? o Take as much time as you like.
#
it! ft p X N- l'a]
Sfc 7£ ^ 'X Hf la] o 0 There was so much
traffic that we were an hour late. j|]
ifii'J T^AAN'o 0 I’ve got far too much to do.
£KJ ♦ 'If X 7 o o (formal) I lay awake for much of
the night. AXfkfB|£Biii o 0 (formal) There was much discussion about
the reasons for the failure.
Aft^ifiko HI as 'much the same —
[h] #: Please help me get this job—you
know 1 would do as much for you. if
A If 1$ ♦ 1^1 # Jf-A <> 0 ‘Roger stole the money.’ ‘I thought as much.’ ” “$!ctil&AiAA0 ”
as much as sb can do used to say that sth is difficult to do ( ) : No dessert for me, thanks. It
was as much as I could do to finish the main course, mm, not
much in it used to say that there is little
difference between two things $£ff- 'a K #]; M fflj XX : I won, but there wasn’t much in it (= our scores were
nearly the same). JS 7 , jS It 5HSH X A „ not much of a ...
not a good ... XH^II#?;
X^&.#: He’s
not much of a tennis player. jij}l^X±$]$tfF¥-0
'this much used to introduce sth
positive or definite ( 3lthlEffil$g£#AEl$ if ) : I’ll say this much for him—he
never leaves a piece
of work unfinished. (&,AXX
ikMffco
u adv. (more, most) to a great degree # #;
jg jjp ; iM: Thank you very much for the flowers.
01 would very much like to see you again.
0 He
isn’t in the office much (= often), ffeXi^ o 0 You worry too much. ff&X
fi'£.'7«
0 My new job is much the same as the old one. fffRIHXffHX^o o Much to her surprise he came back the next
day. 0
0
She’s much better today. 0 0 The other
one was much too expensive, -ft —X A iff 7 „ 0 Nikolai’s English was much the worst. 0 0
We are very much aware of the lack of food supplies,
0 I’m not much good at tennis. ficXAjfiX:tTP«lSj(o
0 He was much
loved by all who knew him. iAiRi&lft
AfMIll-XjCilfao 0 an appeal to raise much-needed cash IBHEI ‘much
as although flff Much as I would like to stay,
1
really must go home.
— more at less adv.
much-ness /'mAtJnas/ noun ITST71 much of a 'muchness
very
similar; almost the same X # tNW; /l |sj; XfM& ff: The two candidates are much of a
muchness—it’s hard to choose between them. AXffl
±T-— m&i&o
muck /mAk/ noun, verb
m noun 1 waste matter from
farm animals ($£ It ifl ) H ljg, HUB EEE3 manure : to spread muck on the fields
#
2 (informal,
especially BrE) dirt or mud
X 0 ;
M : Can you wipe the muck off the
windows? fa Jfi fjf A ± Jft His ffi H W-
#,^ ? 3 (informal,
especially
BrE)
something very unpleasant ^AKIWf
I
can’t eat this muck! ^PfcXT&iiiX A37l>
M o ITSTW1 where there’s muck there’s
'brass (BrE, saying) used to say that a
business activity that is unpleasant or dirty can bring in a lot of money SULiS
mmmmm
■ verb muck a'bout/a'round (BrE, informal) to
behave in a silly way,
especially when you should be working or doing sth else i^?I 002!
mess about/around muck a'bout/a'round with sth
(BrE,
informal, disapproving) to do sth, especially to a machine, so
that it does not work correctly It#; fUfj HTTI mess about/around : Who’s mucking around with my
radio? it fE ff ^ W #1 W ? ,muck sb a'bout/a'round (BrE, informal) to treat sb badly,
especially by changing your mind a lot, or by not being
honest $0 # ; 5£ # HT71 mess sb about/around : They’ve really mucked us about over our
car insurance.
,muck
in (BrE, informal) 1 to work with other
people in order to complete a task ftp AXff; if ik: If we all muck in, we could have
the job finished by the end of the week. #p ^miXm-VUlX, I'IX^XE*mXi£Xff0
2 to share food, accommodation, etc. with other people ft X ; We didn’t have much money, but everyone
just mucked in together.
— i&JU&o ,muck out | ,muck sth^'out to clean out the place
where an animal lives )
muck sth~'up (informal, especially BrE) 1 to do sth badly so
that you fail to achieve what you wanted or hoped to achieve $c # til HTO mess sth up : He completely mucked up his
English exam. ~$
$0 o 2 to spoil a plan or an arrangement ff; # If;
ftoi£ BEZS
mess sth up 3 to make sth dirty :
I
don’t want you mucking up my nice clean floor.
mucker /'mAk8(r)/ noun 1 (BrE, informal) used when talking to
or about a friend to refer to them ( ff} fF nf ) JKA, fA if: It’s my old mucker John!
! 2 (NAmE, old-fashioned, informal) a person who is rough
and does not have good manners A; muckraking /'mAkreikirj/ noun [U] (informal, disapproving) the activity of
looking for information about people’s private lives that they do not wish to
make public mixM&m
M'&mM mucky
/'mAki/
adj.
(informal, especially BrE) 1 dirty fr/tlft : mucky hands flrCJjfE (ft X 2
sexually offensive x ii/a, (ft: mucky
books/jokes M # X If;
BOZ1 OBSCENE
mucous
'membrane noun
(anatomy fft) a thin layer of skin that covers the inside of the
nose and mouth and the outside of other organs in the body, producing mucus to
prevent these parts from becoming dry f&Bi mucus /'mjurkas/ noun [U] a thick liquid
that is produced in parts of the body, such as the nose, by a mucous membrane ; # S ► mu-cous /'mjurkas/ adj.: mucous glands
GRAMMAR
POINT
#
Much is used only with uncountable nouns. It is used mainly in questions
and negative sentences. * much
Alf: Do you have much free time? jfo$
R^? o
How much
experience have you had?
#Pf5f ? o
/ don’t have
much free time.
mm\0
#
In statements a lot of or lots of (informal) is much
more
common. a lot of ^ lots of ( #IE
X ) #ffH##: ‘How much (money) does she earn?
H ) ? ” o She earns a lot of money.
You can also
use plenty (of). ^ njffj plenty ofD
These phrases can also be used in questions and negative sentences.
#
A lot of/lots of is still felt to be informal, especially in BrE, so in formal writing it is better
to use much, a great deal of or a large amount of. * a lot of/lots of££S£i£f
HBaX Jfffl much, a great deal of |J£ a large amount of0
#
Very much and a lot can be used as adverbs. * very
much fl a
lot I miss my family very much.
o -4-miss-very much my family, o I miss my family a lot. o Thanks
a lot. In negative sentences you can use
much, much: / didn’t enjoy the film
(very) much, iff O note at many