However, after he got to know Hughie better, he liked him quite as much for his bright, cheerful spirits, and his generous, careless nature as for his personal charm。

这句话中quite as 都是副词修饰much吗?表示同级比较的“as+副词(much)+介词短语+as+介词短语”,请老师剖析下如何运用的,是副词(much)修饰介词短语吗?

网友对as...as...比较级结构的理解是正确的。但副词much却不是修饰for介词短语的,而是修饰谓语动词like的。for介词短语表示like是什么原因。即因为A缘由而喜欢某人和因为B缘由喜欢某人的程度是一样的。