■ much as

后面引入让步状语从句，表示“尽管”。

• I can't leave you here. Much as I'd like to.我不能把你放在这里。尽管我很想这样做。

也可以用 as much as 来表示。

• ... Americans stopped buying big vehicles, as much as they might have preferred them. (Froma Harrop, Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York, May 25, 2009, A7)…美国人不再买大车了，尽管他们也许还是喜欢大车。