1.He is a man to whom work means as much as life. 他是一个把工作看作和生命一样重要的人。（to whom …也为定语从句。）

2. As much as half a foot of snow has fallen in Tianjin. 天津已经下了半英尺厚的雪。

3. At this weather analysis center, as many as 35 different charts were constructed for a given time. 当时在这个气象分析中心要为同一个规定的时间绘制多达35 种不同的图表。

问题：据说上面3句都是定语从句，第二个as是关系代词，我直接看这3个句子总感觉从句结构不全，似乎省略了一些成份，是否下面是完整的表达式：

1.He is a man to whom work means as much as is life. 他是一个把工作看作和生命一样重要的人。（ to whom …也为定语从句。）

2. As much as is half a foot of snow has fallen in Tianjin. 天津已经下了半英尺厚的雪。

3. At this weather analysis center, as many as are 35 different charts were

constructed for a given time. 当时在这个气象分析中心要为同一个规定的时间绘制多达35 种不同的图表。

【答】你的理解有误。这些句子其实都是原级比较的用法。细分的话，as many as和as much as 表示比较时，主要有两种用法。

1. 纯粹原级比较：

Work means as much as life. 等于：Work means as much as life does.

2. 用在数量之前充当限定语，表示“达到.....之多；多达......”：

as much as half a foot of snow：多达半英尺厚的雪

as many as 35 different charts：多达35 种不同的图表