English Dictionary

as much as

adv

Practically, just as, no less than; indicates an action tantamount to, but not identical to, the action described. / So much as, even.

I ate as much as I could at the buffet.

意味（1）

Practically, just as, no less than; indicates an action tantamount to, but not identical to, the action described.

She as much as admitted to lying.

意味（2）

So much as, even.

For as soon as he as much as took out his pince-nez to read the newspaper, the privy councilor's wife was his advance trumpeter, who sounded the fanfare and said, Now Papa puts on his eyes.