too much 与 much too 词义与用法上差异很大

too much 与 much too 词义与用法上差异很大，但学生实际应用中，经常出现错误。

误:These shoes are too much small for me .

正:These shoes are much too small for me .

这鞋我穿太小了。

误:At the meeting , much too attention was paid to the speed of the development of heavy industry.

正:At the meeting , too much attention was paid to the speed of the development of heavy industry .

会上过分重视了工业的发展速度。

从以上错句中分析不难看出:too much 后面不能跟形容词或副词，而 much too 后面不能跟名词。 为了进一步弄清这二者的区别， 本文将从下面几个方面进行归纳总结。

一、too much 可以作形容词，用来修饰或代替不可数名词， 意为“太多”

（1）There were so many people and too much noise in the hall that I could not hear you . 大厅里人太多，太喧哗我听不见你的话。

（2）I′m sorry I have to go now . I′ve got too much (=too much work ) to do at

home .

真抱歉，我得走了。我家里要干的事太多。

（3）Ｍary’s father drank too much last night.

玛丽的父亲昨夜（酒）喝得太多了。

（4）Though he is young , he know too much about computer .

尽管他很小，他却知道太多的电脑知识。

二、too much 作副词的情况

too much也可作副词，放在某些动词（如：talk,thank,disturb,walk,work 等）后面或这些动词的宾语后面作状语,表示程度，意为“过分”、“太”等。例如：

（5）I hope you were not disturbed too much by all the noise we made .

我希望我们的闹声打扰你不太厉害。

（6）Green talks too much (=a great deal )

格林太爱说话。

（7）He felt tired and hungry as he had worked too much .

由于干活太多，他感到又累又饿。

（8）I can′t thank you too much for your kind help .

我对你的热心帮助无论怎样感谢也不过多。

三、too much 不能被单独用作表语，但可以构成下列固定词组来使用

1、be too much for sb.意为“对某人来说受不了”、“非某人能力所及”等。例如：

（9）This problem is too much for me .这道题是我所不能解决的。

（10) A trip like that is too much for your old grandmother .

像这样的旅行对于你年迈的祖父来说是吃不消的。

（11）What he said is too much for me .

他说的话，我可受不了。

2、be too much of a (an)+单数名词，意为“太‥‥‥”、“过分‥‥‥”例如：

（12）That boy was too much of a coward to me.

那男孩胆太小，不敢在公众场合说话。

（13）That is too much of a good thing .

那事好过了头。

四、much too 常用来修饰形容词或副词，意为“实在过于‥‥‥”，“实在太‥‥‥”。例如：

（14）You are much too kind to me .

你对我实在太好了。

（15）He does his work much too carefully .

他做工作太过谨慎。

此外,too 前 除加much 修饰外，还可以加a little 来表示程度，意为“过于‥‥‥一点”。 例如：

（16）This coat is a little too tight for me

这件衣服我穿过于紧了点。