求一英文句子拆解：neverbeforehasitservedsomuchtoconnect……原句：telephoneisoneofthemeansbywhichthesefeelingsarecreatedandconveyed------andperhapsneverbeforehasitservedsomuchtoconnectdifferentpeoplean

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求一英文句子拆解：never before has it served so much to connect ……
原句：telephone 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 people and nations as in the recent events in Europe.
问：so much as ……此处是否为关联前后对比,如果是,那么前后对比的为哪两个?求此局的拆分,特别是 in the recent events 做什么成分,

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电话作为创造和传递感情的工具之一,在欧洲最近发生的事件中,或许从来没有连接过这么多不同的人和国家.
so much as ……此处不是关联前后对比.in the recent events 做状语.