大考小考中经常会出现这两个词组，如果没有出现，又能正确使用的话作文里其实也可以主动秀一把，那都是高分的节奏，请先看这个下面的试题：
—The meat is _____ delicious.
—Yes. but don’t eat _____ .
A. too much: too much
B. much too: too much
C. too much: much too
D. much too; much too
【易错选项】选C
【易错原因】分不清 much too和 too much的区别。
【正确答案】B
【试题解析】句意为:“这肉太好吃了。”“是的,但不要吃太多。”much too修饰形容词或副词,表示“太,非常”; too much修饰不可数名词,表示“太多”。第一空修饰形容词 delicious,故用 much too;第二空空格后省略了不可数名词meat,用 too much修饰。
区别一：
1、too much+n 太多……（当然这个名词指的是不可数名词）
too much trouble 太多麻烦
2、much too+adj.（adv.）太……，非常……，在很大程度上太……
much too tired 太累了
区别二：
1、too much中的中心词是“much”，意为“太多…”,它既可作定语,用来修饰不可数名词,也可以
作状语,修饰动词；too much可以用作名词在句子中作主语或宾语，作形容词用在不可数名词前面作定语或在系动词后面作表语。和副词在句子中作状语。
eg：If he demands too much, the unions will vote him down.
如果他要求太多，工会就会投票撤换他。
He talks too much .他说话太多。
She eats too much.她吃的太多了。
Maybe I eat too much and that’s what makes me dozy.
也许我吃得太多了，所以昏昏欲睡。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
They bumped him off because he knew too much about their illegal activities.
他们把他谋杀了，因为他对他们的非法活动知道得太多了。
《汉英大词典》
English students are forced to learn too much too soon.
英国学*被迫在极短的时间内学习太多的东西。
He must be hoping, but considering the situation in June he may hoping for too much toosoon
他一定心存希望，但是考虑到6月份的情形，他可能期望得过多过快了。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
He drank too much and is paying dearly for it.
他现在正为酗酒付出沉重的代价。
People usually complain about having to deal with too much bureaucracy.
人们经常抱怨不得不应付太多的繁文缛节。
I think you’re expecting too much of me.
我认为你对我的期望太高了。
She realizes now she expected too much of Helen.
现在她意识到自己对海伦的期望太高了。
I rely too much on convenience food.
我太依赖方便食品了。
以上3例来自《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
You put too much salt in this dish.
这菜里你盐搁得太多了。
There is too much flavouring in the dish.
这个菜里调味品加得太多了。
You have added too much liquid to the mixture.
你给这混合物加进了过多的液体。
We’ve had too much rain this summer.
今年夏天雨水太多了。
Don’t bother if it’s too much trouble.–No trouble at all.
这事要是太麻烦，你就别费神了。–不，一点也不麻烦。
He can’t spend too much time arguing with you about this matter. He has other fish to fry.
他不能用太多的时间和你辩论这件事，他另有要事。
以上6例来自《汉英大词典》
He had too much time on his hands and that caused him to get into trouble
他手头时间太富裕了，反倒为他惹来了麻烦。
Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues
太多的时间花在了讨论那些无关紧要的问题上。
Let us not cavil too much
我们就别太挑剔了。
Too much time is spent on administration.
在管理上花费了太多时间。
Too much time has been wasted in sterile debate.
在毫无新意的辩论上已经浪费了太多时间。
He had too much money for a young man.
对于一个年轻人来说，他太有钱了。
以上6例来自《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
He’s had a drop too much.
他多喝了一点。
《汉英大词典》
We cannot praise him too much.
我们无论怎样称赞他都不为过分。
《汉英大词典》
2、much too中心词是“too”，意为“过分,非常，太”,隐含了过分而不恰当之意,much too用作状语,一般修饰形容词或副词,不可用来修饰动词；much too的用法比较简单，只用作副词作状语，但它不单独使用，在句子中要修饰形容词或副词，但不修饰动词。意思是“太;实在太;非常”：
eg：The skin is much too delicate
皮肤太娇嫩了。
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This dish is much too salty.
这个菜咸得齁人。
《汉英大词典》
I’m afraid he’s much too busy to see visitors.
恐怕他太忙，不能会客。
《汉英大词典》
The question he gives me is much too difficult .他出的这道题太难了.
He is getting much too Americanized.
他变得过于美国化了。
You can’t tell her that joke—she’s much too prim and proper .
你可别跟她讲那个笑话，她这个人古板正经得要命。
According to the British show jumping team manager, ‘It’s a pig of a course — much too big and also very technical.’
据英国场地障碍**队教练说，“整个赛场太大，对技术的要求也高，比赛起来很困难。”
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Our schedule is much too tight.
日程安排得太紧了。
