Question

so much...as 什么意思，有什么很普遍的用法？请翻译下面句子

Answer 1

so much as 是个“习语”，副词词性，修饰动词 ask。意思是“甚至（还没）；连...还（没）”，跟否定意义的词语连用。本句 before 暗示否定意义，因为跟主句谓语动词has some answers 相比，before 从句中的动词尚未发生。so much as 实际是一种比较结构，是 as much as 用于否定时的变式：(not) so much as。因此，so much as 一般用于否定结构，意思是：“还不如；甚至不；甚至没；连...也没；连...都没”。例如：

She didn’t know so much as a three-year-old child. 她还不如三岁的小孩懂得多。

He never spoke so much as a word.  他甚至连一句话也没说。

He left without so much as a nod.  他连头也不点一下就离开了。

She walked away without so much as a thank-you.  她走时连句感谢话都没说。