摘要：课堂老师在讲解时，一般都把这个句型直接忽略了，也很少有论述这个短语的文章。今天我手痒秒杀了这个句型。其实“much of a-单数名词”是英语比较特殊的一种句型，在阅读中时常会见到。要特别加以研习：
高中英语教材里有这样的句子:
It doesn’t make much of a difference.
那没有什么很大的差别。
课堂老师在讲解时，一般都把这个句型直接忽略了，也很少有论述这个短语的文章。今天我手痒秒杀了这个句型。其实“much of a-单数名词”是英语比较特殊的一种句型，在阅读中时常会见到。要特别加以研习：
1.该词组多见于否定含义的句子，之前经常加too修饰。此外，这个可数名词一般理解为“形容词”的含义，much表示程度，理解为“很，十分”的意思。例如:
much of a difference 理解为“有很大差别的”
much of a coward理解为“很胆怯的”
much of a risk理解为“十分危险的”
much of a gentleman 理解为“很绅十的”
He's not much of a tennis player.
他算不上网球好手。
'Do you think that made much of a difference to the family?' — 'I think so.'
“你认为那会给这个家庭带来很大的变化吗？”——“我认为是这样的。”
I should have got a better price for the car, but I'm not much of a businessman.
那辆车我本应卖个更好的价钱，但我不大会做生意。
It isn't much of a job, but it will keep the wolf from the door.
那并不是一个什么了不起的工作，但靠它还能勉强度日。
This isn't much of a painting.
这幅画画得不怎么样。
I have come to be very much of a cynic in these matters.
在这些事上我变得相当愤世嫉俗。
cynic /ˈsɪnɪk/
adj.
愤世嫉俗的
n.
愤世嫉俗者；怀疑者；悲观者；认为人皆自私的人
It's too much of a fag to go out.
外出活动真叫人吃不消。
fag /fæɡ/
n.
苦工；苦差事；(蔑称)男同性恋者；(尤指旧时)公学中受高年级学生使唤的低年级男生
v.
使劳累；供高年级学生使唤
I was too much of a good-time girl to do any serious studying.
我过去是个很贪玩的女孩，从来不知道认真学习。
I was never much of a scholar.
我从来不是那种用功的好学生。
It hasn't been much of a holiday
这简直不像是假日。
It's not much of a career, you may think.
你可能想这根本算不上是一份职业。
He hadn't seemed much of a conversationalist.
他不太像是个健谈的人。
It had a certain funky charm, I guess, but it wasn't much of a place to raise a kid.
我想那个地方是有种怪怪的独特魅力，但是不适合抚养孩子。
She is not much of a journalist. 她并不是一个好记者。
It’s not much of a day for a walk. 今天的天气不适于散步。
His brother is not much of a companion for him.
他兄弟与他情趣不其相投。
He's a good teacher but he`s not much of a disciplinarian.
他是个好老师，但却不是个很好的纪律执行者。
We are not sure that the administration has much of a strategy beyond that.
我们不能确定政府有着招过这些的更多战略。
Lenovo might not have much of a brand overseas, but its association with a foreign firm has helped it in China.
联想在国外可能没有很强的品牌应，但收购外国公司一事却对其在中国的发展帮助不小。
The country's leaders, they say, are beginning to appreciate how much of a threat climate change poses to China itself.
他们说，该国领导人开始观察，气候变化对中国自身构成的威胁到底有多大。
On a sunny day your shadow would not show much of a picture because you are not transparent.在阳光充足的日子里，你的阴影不会展现很多东因为你不是透明的。
This may not make much of a difference in the real world.
这可能不会在现实世界中产生很大的差别。
Peppers have thin skins that don't offer much of a barrier to pesticides.
辣椒有一层很薄的表皮，对农药起不到很大的阻碍。
By itself and without faster ice loss, this would not be much of a problem.
如果南极冰架不会以更快的速度融化，这也许不会是什么大问题。
2.此外，much of a..还经常跟too连用，构成:
“too much of a.”，例如:
Breaking the law is too much of a risk.
违反法律太危险了。
He's too much of an idealist for this government.
对现政府而言，他是一位过度的理想主义者。
I'd like to stay if it's not too much of an imposition.
如果不会给您增添太多麻烦，我倒愿意留下。
imposition /ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃn/
n.
(新法律或规则等的)颁布，实施；(新税的)征收；不公平(或不合理)的要求
He was too much of a gentleman to ask them for any money.
他太绅士气了，不好意思向他们要钱。
He was too much of a coward to tell the truth even to his closest friend.
他太胆怯，甚至对最亲密的朋友也不敢说出真相。
I find this town too much of a backwater.
我觉得这个城镇太闭塞。
He was too much of a maverick ever to hold high office.
他太特立独行，永远不可能做高官。
Too much of a good thing can cause harm： High amounts of vitamins in supplements plus what you get in food can put you over the sale limit.
好的东西太多会造成伤害:营养补充品维生素含量过高，加上你从食物中获取的营养会使你超出安全标准。
Problem: too complex, and too much of a perfectionist.
问题在于:太复杂了，过于追求完美了。
3.这个结构可以经常使用比较级形式。例如:
This is more of a sitting room 这太像个起居室的样子。
No. I wanted to do something that had more of a proper structure to it.
不，我想做一件对于我的专业或经历结构更加合理的工作。
I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader ．
我心想,他是怎么做到即使没有手臂,仍然处于遥遥领先地位的。
In that sense, I'm pretty sure volunteering is more of a selfish act than I'd freely like to admit ．
从这个意义上说，虽然我不愿承认，但我非常确信志愿服务是一种十分自私的行为。
The teacher's role is more of a coach or observer.
老师的角色更像是一个教练或是观察者。
This is more of a sitting room than a kitchen.
与其说这是一个厨房，还不如说这是一个起居室。
The film is more of an ironic fantasy than a horror story.
这部影片与其说是恐怖片，不如说是带有讽刺意味的奇幻片。
The party turned out to be more of an endurance test than a pleasure.
这次聚会结果成了一次耐力测试，而不是一件乐事。
Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team.
琼斯负伤以来，与其说他是全队的骨干倒不如说他已成为队里的累赘。
You would be more of a hindrance than a help.
你帮不上忙，反倒会碍事。
Your extra fat may be more of a health risk than you realize
多余的脂肪对健康的威胁可能比你意识到的要大。
It was more of an idle threat than anything
那其实是唬人的话。
She's more of a social animal than me.
她比我更喜欢社交。
It irks them that some people have more of a chance than others for their voices to be heard.
一些人会比其他人有更多的机会表达自己的意见，这让他们感到愤愤不平。
He sees the proposal as more of a diplomatic gambit than a serious defense proposal
在他看来，与其说这是一项精心筹划的国防动议，倒不如说是外交上的一着妙棋。
来源：翅膀英语