1、too much “太多,過多”用做形容詞或代詞,可以修飾不可數名詞或用來代替不可數名詞。
例:There was too much noise in the next door.
You shouldn’t have eaten too much.
toomuch也可以放在某些動詞之後,做狀語,表示程度,這些詞有:work,talk,walk,thank等。
例:She does talk too much, doesn’t she?
2、much too “實在,太”用來修飾形容詞或副詞,其實too就是用來修飾形容詞或副詞,在它前面加上much則更能表示程度“太”。
例:The dress is much too longforme.
The problem is much too difficult for us to solve.
另外,too+adj./adv之前若想要加強語氣,除much之外,還可以使用a little,a lot,far和all等來修飾,但不能使用very或quite。
例:The soup is a little too sweet for me.
toomuch除做狀語外,還可以用做主語、表語、賓語和定語。
例:Too much was happening all at once.(做主語)
I have got too much to do.(做賓語)
Jack drank too much wine yesterday.(做定語)
She is afraid the trip will be toomuch for me.(做表語)