Much as ___,I couldn’t lend him the money because I simply didn’t have that much spare cash.

问题描述:

Much as ___,I couldn’t lend him the money because I simply didn’t have that much spare cash.
A.I would have liked to B.I would like to have
C.I should have to like D.I should have liked to

would like 的变形.
因为I couldn’t
所以是过去时态,与过去时态相反,用完成时.
原本I would like to lend him as much.
much as I would like to ,
完成式的虚拟语气:
much as I would have liked to
Dshould 应该,
不是应不应该,而是说我想借.
would like to=want to