2014年職稱英語綜合類輔導：比較句型（7）

　　not so much ... as ...

　　結構┱not so much+介系詞詞組/不定詞詞組+as+介系詞詞組/不定詞詞組

　　說明┱此句型意為“與其說是…倒不如說是…”。相當于“/+rather than+ /”。

　　Happiness hinges not so much on wealth as on health.

　　快樂與其說在于財富倒不如說在于健康。

　　One’s greatness lies not so much in his wealth as in his character.

　　一個人的偉大與其說是由他的財富來判斷，倒不如說是由他的品德來判斷。

　　Success lies not so much as in luck as in hard work.

　　與其說成功在于運氣不如說是辛勤努力。

　　I lay down not so much to sleep as to think.我躺下來與其說是要睡覺，倒不如說是要思考。

　　It is not so helpful to give someone some bread as to teach him how to make a living.

　　與其說給人面包很有幫助，倒不如說教導他如何謀生才重要。

　　Our success was attributed not so much to your help as to our cooperation.

　　我們的成功與其歸功于您的幫忙，不如歸功于我們的合作。

　　The great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things as to teach you the art of learning. 學校教育的最大用處，與其說是教你事物，不如說是教你學習的方法。

　　The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it. (=The oceans do not divide the world so much as unite it.) 與其說是海洋分割這個世界，不如說是統(tǒng)一這個世界。

　　not so much as ..

　　結構┱not so much as ...

　　說明┱此句型意為“甚至都不…”。相當于“not even ...”。本使用時，要置于之后，即： cannot so much as+原形(甚至…都不能)，do not so much as+原形(甚至…都不)，have not so much as+過去(甚至…都沒有)。

　　He cannot so much as write his own name. (=He cannot even write his own name.)

　　他甚至連自己的名字都不會寫。

　　He did not so much as thank me. 他甚至都沒謝我。

　　He is so stupid that he can’t so much as eat. 他蠢得甚至連吃飯都不會。

　　When Mary walked in, she didn’t so much as take a glance at me, which angered me.

　　瑪麗進門時，連看我一眼都沒有，真令人生氣。

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