as much

You use as much in expressions such as 'I thought as much' and 'I guessed as much' after you have just been told something and you want to say that you already believed or expected it to be true.

当你刚刚被告知某事后，你会说“I thought as much”，“I guessed as much”来表达你早就相信或者聊到某事会这样发生。这里的as much就可以翻译成“早想到/料到/说过”。

I knew he'd fail - I said as much at the time.

我知道他会失败——我早就说过了。