[E]OG-10，请指点！

excellent

10. 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

请问however much是何含义？如何使用？能做连词吗？

另外提醒大家句中的情态动词不可随意增删，要慎重！

八戒

以下是引用excellent在2004-1-18 11:54:00的发言：

请问however much是何含义？如何使用？能做连词吗？

我查了一下longman dictionary:

上面对however much做了如下解释:

however much/many: it makes no difference ,how much or how many.
eg:
I really want his car, however much it costs.

但我查找了一下GMAT, GRE 和LSAT的阅读,没有类似的用法.

看来这种用法ETS不是很喜欢......

呵........

讨论......

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turtlechen

I am not very sure. In some cases,
whatever = no matter what
whenever= no matter when

so, however in here looks like
however= no matter how  + much....

How do you think?

八戒

以下是引用turtlechen在2004-1-18 16:56:00的发言：
so, however in here looks like
however= no matter how  + much....

How do you think?

agree..

如果however much只解释成how much的话,就感觉不到有转折语气了.....

however much= no matter how much这样从逻辑意思来看就更妥当了....

顶一下!

excellent

谢谢两位哥哥的解释！

halcyon

although

happygmat05

想问问楼主excellent，你说的“句中的情态动词不可随意增删，要慎重！“，我同意！但有一点不清楚的是，在OG的解释中说B C E改变了句子语气！但如果说A项只是一个选项的话，我如何知道句子原意中是否有”可能“的含义呢？或是说在A项中是最能代表句子原意的，因为在A中有了”may“，从而为全句定了调：本句的原意是含有一个可能的语气的！所以进而可以判断B C E与原句意思不和呢？
不知我的理解是不是对的？多谢了！！

耳朵

以下是引用LBS在2004-1-23 13:45:00的发言：
但是however much 应该修饰不可数名词, however many 应该用来修饰可数名词吧?
voters似乎应该算是可数的.....

我也认为much是修饰不可数名词的，怎么能修饰voters呢？所以第一个就把A给淘汰了。后面几个虽然看得都不是特舒服，但是还是选了E。

turtlechen

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=38295&dict=CALD

however much 可以被看成 whatever 表示不管到怎样的程度或数量。

whatever可以看成 no matter what

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ecsniffer

以下是引用耳朵在2004-2-12 6:19:00的发言：

以下是引用LBS在2004-1-23    13:45:00的发言：
    但是however    much    应该修饰不可数名词,    however    many    应该用来修饰可数名词吧?
    voters似乎应该算是可数的.....
    

我也认为much是修饰不可数名词的，怎么能修饰voters呢？所以第一个就把A给淘汰了。后面几个虽然看得都不是特舒服，但是还是选了E。

However    much    United    States    voters    may    agree    


这里的agree是vi.，并不强调agree的内容。


to achieve or be in harmony (as of opinion, feeling, or purpose)


*we agree in our taste in music*


however much在这里强调agree的程度，不是修饰United    States    voters    的。United    States    voters    may    agree    构成主谓结构。一个简单的例子：How beautiful the weather is!