下面这句话中比较级“older”之前为什么还要加“much”？可以去掉吗？

Question

Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers.——《新概念英语》
为什么是very much older 而不是 very older ？

Answer 1

very后加形容词或副词原级，much后加比较级，此句中very修饰much，而much修饰比较级older。much不能去。

Answer 2

very 一般后加形容词或副词的原级 very old very good , 所以不能说very older

very much older 意思为比......年纪大多了（强调年纪比......大得多），不能把much省略 应为very 后面应该是原级而不是比较级，但very much后面可以后跟形容词或副词的比较级。本回答被提问者和网友采纳

Answer 3

much 是为了形容 older的。