关于as的用法,大家帮忙分析下这句话~谢谢~Televisionisoneofthemeansbywhichthesefeelingsarecreatedandconveyed--andperhapsneverbeforehasitservedsomuchtoconnectdifferentpeoplesandnationsasintherecentevents

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关于as的用法,大家帮忙分析下这句话~谢谢~
Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and conveyed -- and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe.
这里的as是啥用法?
so much ...as是连在一起的吗?
大家能帮我具体分析下这句话吗?有点看不太懂~感谢~

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so much ...as和as much ...as 意思一样 像...一样多
电视是最伟大的发明之一,在欧洲,以前,从没有像电视这样能在现在的大事中 连接这麽多民族与国家的.