请教OG verbal（紫皮书）SC第2题－大全334

feelvagary

估计这个问题早就被问过，不过我没能在历史帖子里找到，只好请教一下。

1.        However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.

(A) However much United States voters may agree that

(B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact

(C) Although United States voters agree

(D) Even though United States voters may agree

(E) There is agreement among United States voters that

我能理解BCDE选项都不对的原因。但是A选项感觉也很别扭：1）其中的much该怎么理解呢？修饰voters？难道voters是不可数名词？2）However可以作句首引导词，等同于although用？

请NN指点。谢谢！

feelvagary

呵呵，自己试着查了一下Longman。找到了解释: "However" used to say that it does not matter how big, good, serious, etc something is because it will not change a situation in any way. 可以与much连用。我认为在这里much用来形容agree的程度，所以句子大意是：“无论美国的选民多么地同意政府存在浪费（这个看法）……，要找到针对哪怕是一个最小的州的行动的广泛的支持还是很困难的。”

个人理解，欢迎讨论。

Hae

以下是引用feelvagary在2007-8-4 21:52:00的发言：

呵呵，自己试着查了一下Longman。找到了解释: "However" used to say that it does not matter how big, good, serious, etc something is because it will not change a situation in any way. 可以与much连用。我认为在这里much用来形容agree的程度，所以句子大意是：“无论美国的选民多么地同意政府存在浪费（这个看法）……，要找到针对哪怕是一个最小的州的行动的广泛的支持还是很困难的。”

个人理解，欢迎讨论。

I agree.

heroelite

那请问and that the government as a whole...中的 that 引导的是什么从句? 也是宾语从句么? 和 there is waste in government 并列么?