英和和英

成句

this much

1. (To) the stated or indicated amount, degree or extent (of) (something).

   (as determiner)

   I don't want this much potato.

   (as noun/pronoun)

   This much is about right.

   • 2021, Edwards v. Vannoy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–5807), Justice Kagan dissenting:

     At bottom, then, the Court took the unusual step of overruling precedent for the most fundamental of reasons: the need to ensure, in keeping with the Nation's oldest traditions, fair and dependable adjudications of a defendant's guilt. In this much alone, Ramos's reasoning evokes this Court's descriptions of watershed rules.

   (as adverb)

   My arm hurts when I bend it this much.

   • 2012, Benedict Mejilla, A Chosen Destiny:

     Or when she would playfully say “I love you this much,” showing a small space between her hands