2013年职称英语考试句型指导：比较句型（6）

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2013年职称英语考试句型指导：比较句型（6）
$ s/ b& |& H) L" h3 w  E　... times ...er than ...
　　结构︰倍数词＋形容词或副词比较级＋than…
　　说明︰此句型意为“比…大几倍”。“两倍”是twice，而三倍以上的“倍”，通常用times。
# D! [* E( e0 }; W, P8 u( M) e' h1 Z/ T　　We now know that X-ray waves are 2,000 to 10,000 times shorter than light waves.
　　我们现在知道Ｘ光波比光波短二千到一万倍。
　　This street is four times shorter than that one. 这条街道比那条短四倍。
　　The mother elephant is one hundred times heavier than the baby elephant.
7 A6 p; u0 B. y. O) U　　这只母象比小象重一百倍。
　　It is ten times louder than another. 它比另外一个的声音大十倍。
& B8 K- p; w, ~. _( o& {　　This street is three times wider than that one. 这条街比那条街宽三倍。
　　I am twice older than he. 我的年纪比他大两倍。
　　not so adj. as adj.
　　结构︰not so＋形容词／副词＋as＋形容词／副词
. p- c( M* }4 q5 K　　说明︰此句型意为“与其说是…倒不如说是…”。相当于“／＋rather than＋／”。
　　She is not so beautiful as charming. (=She is charming rather than beautiful.)
　　与其说她美倒不如说她迷人。
9 N. R1 R/ x/ }& H. W% O/ }( V5 x　　He is not so clever as diligent. 与其说他聪明倒不如说他勤奋。 中华考试网
. L7 _- _4 k  ]2 S5 ?, r$ U　　She is not so kind as simple. 与其说她善良不如说她单纯。
　　not so much + N as + N
　　结构︰not so much＋名词＋as＋名词
" m+ \/ X2 A9 \! U　　说明︰此句型意为“与其说是…倒不如说是…”。相当于“＋rather than＋”。
; i% e, |! R: w0 E. @1 X4 X　　He is not so much a writer as a scholar. 与其说他是作家倒不如说他是学者。
　　He is not so much a genius as a hard worker. 他的努力胜于天份。
4 }% C8 r  K( T6 p( F: e　　The Apollo program was not so much a scientific achievement as a technical accomplishment. 阿波罗计划与其说是一项科学成果，不如说是一项技术成就。