not ... much

a) LITTLE/NOT MUCHonly a little or hardly at all 只一点点，不多；不怎么样

‘Did you enjoy it?’ ‘No, not much.’

“你喜欢它吗？”“不怎么喜欢。”

She isn’t much younger than me.

她不比我小多少。

Tony hasn’t changed much in the last ten years.

托尼过去十年没怎么变。

b) LITTLE/NOT VERYused to say that something does not often happen 不经常，很少

We don’t go to the theatre much anymore.

我们不再经常去看戏了。

Kids don’t play outside as much as they used to.

孩子们不像以前那样经常在外边玩耍了。

→ little3(2)

Examples from the Corpus

not ... much• Places had not changed much and the family still lived at Temple Stephen in Derbyshire.• The problem was, there was not much follow-up.• Not much happens in the novel.• The U.S. industry survey did not estimate how much of the drugs it classified as therapeutic were given to healthy animals.• Today, there is a reluctance to prosecute young men who are not much older than the girl herself.• It is an option that is not very often used, either through choice or simply because it is not much publicised.• First, it is apparent that illiterates will not have much success in giving written answers to a printed questionnaire.• Purdue has not had much success in the postseason, its final eight finish in 1994 being its best in some time.

→ not ... much at much1(1)

单词	not ... much
释义	not ... much not ... much a) LITTLE/NOT MUCHonly a little or hardly at all 只一点点，不多；不怎么样 ‘Did you enjoy it?’ ‘No, not much.’ “你喜欢它吗？”“不怎么喜欢。” She isn’t much younger than me. 她不比我小多少。 Tony hasn’t changed much in the last ten years. 托尼过去十年没怎么变。 b) LITTLE/NOT VERYused to say that something does not often happen 不经常，很少 We don’t go to the theatre much anymore. 我们不再经常去看戏了。 Kids don’t play outside as much as they used to. 孩子们不像以前那样经常在外边玩耍了。 → little3(2) Examples from the Corpus not ... much• Places had not changed much and the family still lived at Temple Stephen in Derbyshire.• The problem was, there was not much follow-up.• Not much happens in the novel.• The U.S. industry survey did not estimate how much of the drugs it classified as therapeutic were given to healthy animals.• Today, there is a reluctance to prosecute young men who are not much older than the girl herself.• It is an option that is not very often used, either through choice or simply because it is not much publicised.• First, it is apparent that illiterates will not have much success in giving written answers to a printed questionnaire.• Purdue has not had much success in the postseason, its final eight finish in 1994 being its best in some time. → not ... much at much1(1)
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