【问】 (1) He is as much a stranger in the village today as he was the first summer he arrived.(TOEFL)

(2) That is as much as to say that I am a liar. (ALD)

句(1)和句(2)中的as much(...) as和as much as的意义和用法是否相同?

【答】 句(1)中as much... as是指“情况(程度)与……相同”。as引导一个从句，句(1)可译为：他今天在村里仍是个陌生人，就象他来到村子的第一个夏天那样。类例：

1. You hated him as much as I.

你恨他象我恨他一样深。

2. I agree with you as much as [(I agree) with] Robert. (CGEL)

我同意你跟同意罗伯特的程度是一样的。

句(2)中的as much as的意思是“(几乎)等于”、“差不多”，整个短语起状语作用。句(2)可译为：这几乎等于说我是个说谎者。类例：

1. I as much as realized that it was a mistake.

我差不多已认识到这是个错误。

2. You as much as promised you would help me.

你实际上已答应要帮助我。

3. The clerk as much as told me that I was a fool. (DAI)

那个职员无异于说我是个傻瓜。