职称英语语法辅导：比较句型（7）

 　　not so much ... as ...

　　结构︰not so much+介系词词组/不定词词组+as+介系词词组/不定词词组

　　说明︰此句型意为“与其说是…倒不如说是…”。相当于“/+rather than+ /”。

　　Happiness hinges not so much on wealth as on health.

　　快乐与其说在于财富倒不如说在于健康。

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

　　一个人的伟大与其说是由他的财富来判断，倒不如说是由他的品德来判断。

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

　　与其说成功在于运气不如说是辛勤努力。

　　I lay down not so much to sleep as to think.我躺下来与其说是要睡觉，倒不如说是要思考。

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

　　与其说给人面包很有帮助，倒不如说教导他如何谋生才重要。

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

　　我们的成功与其归功于您的帮忙，不如归功于我们的合作。

　　The great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things as to teach you the art of learning. 学校教育的最大用处，与其说是教你事物，不如说是教你学习的方法。

　　The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it. (=The oceans do not divide the world so much as unite it.) 与其说是海洋分割这个世界，不如说是统一这个世界。

　　not so much as ..

　　结构︰not so much as ...

　　说明︰此句型意为“甚至都不…”。相当于“not even ...”。本使用时，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+过去(甚至…都没有)。

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

　　他甚至连自己的名字都不会写。

　　He did not so much as thank me. 他甚至都没谢我。

　　He is so stupid that he can’t so much as eat. 他蠢得甚至连吃饭都不会。

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

　　玛丽进门时，连看我一眼都没有，真令人生气。