neversomuchas的意思?这个词组的意思以及用法如何呢?请举例说明在翻译它的时候该注意什么呢,有什么技巧呢?Televisionisoneofthemeansbywhichthesefeelingsarecreatedandconveyed--andperhapsneverbeforeh

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never so much as的意思?
这个词组的意思以及用法如何呢?请举例说明在翻译它的时候该注意什么呢,有什么技巧呢?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 Europ.请帮忙分解一下后半句的倒装句,以及never so much as 的句子.

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倒装句：never before has it served so much to connect different people and nations as in the recent events in Europ.
正常句：It has never served so much to connect different people and nations as in the recent events in Europe before.
never so much as =not as much as