2013年职称英语考试句型指导:比较句型(7)2 Z Z, ]8 h# ~1 Y( n
not so much ... as ... / c- H5 B8 B9 G/ q
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
E8 f7 a ^; z9 s7 s 说明︰此句型意为“与其说是…倒不如说是…”。相当于“/+rather than+ /”。
$ s7 X/ V9 K* [ Happiness hinges not so much on wealth as on health.
% w+ W$ L6 @- Z5 |( p) l% G& l 快乐与其说在于财富倒不如说在于健康。 * L2 U% U) {" M7 w2 o' m
One’s greatness lies not so much in his wealth as in his character.
' R2 R K6 O' X/ L3 N 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。
: G+ u% U1 |( y Success lies not so much as in luck as in hard work. - u) n; X9 p6 a1 Z- e; I
与其说成功在于运气不如说是辛勤努力。
9 a+ {2 \/ L3 }' [# v/ \ 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。
! M3 v: S% L0 w, h" J It is not so helpful to give someone some bread as to teach him how to make a living.
1 j5 F1 M# Q- d/ I/ \! Y% E% w( H 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。
3 l; x" D5 }% u+ c N, H Our success was attributed not so much to your help as to our cooperation.
7 ]8 S" ?+ @: V: R3 b" Q 我们的成功与其归功于您的帮忙,不如归功于我们的合作。
3 d, k4 _( `) D( K 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。 2 Q, M' A: Y z
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。 ( ~3 ~5 Z) W- y, p9 @4 Q& X" d
not so much as ... ! g/ Y; D0 Y9 m( o3 x+ C' I) }
结构︰not so much as ... 中华考试网% a) G. ?; S6 i/ b2 ~
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)。 ; y+ d n. Y# R3 _/ {0 b
He cannot so much as write his own name. (=He cannot even write his own name.) / M0 [7 V: g2 C( R
他甚至连自己的名字都不会写。
* J t8 \; K/ T2 D7 }. x* n/ ~+ B He did not so much as thank me. 他甚至都没谢我。
$ B8 }8 O3 L4 H1 H8 o He is so stupid that he can’t so much as eat. 他蠢得甚至连吃饭都不会。
1 e0 E1 x/ \, A! l- B( b# u8 `9 b( S When Mary walked in, she didn’t so much as take a glance at me, which angered me.
# l w+ q0 N9 I" B8 B' r 玛丽进门时,连看我一眼都没有,真令人生气。 |