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比较结构
3-8：not so much...as...
not so much...as...与其说是……倒不如说是……
1.l表“与其说是……倒不如说是……”，共有四种用法：
（1）not so+adj./adv.+as(adj.adv)
（2）not so much+n.+as+n.
（3）not so much+介词短语/不定式短语+as+介词短语/不定式短语
（4）not so much+动词+as+动词
2.not so+adj.adv+as(adj.adv.)
由于形容词或副词不能以much修饰，故不可用not so much+adj./adv.+as,而要用not so+adj./adv.+as的结构。
例：she is not so beautiful as charming.
= she is charming rather than beautiful.
（与其说她漂亮，不如说她迷人。）
本结构亦可改写成：
she is not beautiful so much as charming.
3.not so much +n.+as+n.
例：he is not so much a writer as a scholar.
= he is a scholar rather than a writer.
（与其说他是个作家，不如说他是个学者。）
he is not so much a genius as an idiot.
= he is an idiot rather than a genjus.
（与其说他是天才，不如说他是白痴。）
4.not so much+介词短语/不定式短语+as+介词短语/不定式短语
例：success lies not so much in luck as in hard work.
= success lies in hard work rather than (in) luck.
（与其说成功在于运气不如说在于辛勤努力。）
our success was attributed not so much to your help as to our cooperation.
（我们的成功与其归功于你的帮忙，不如说是我们的合作。）
the great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things as to teach you the art of learning.
= the great use of a school education is to teach you the art of learning rather than to teach you things.
（学校教育的最大用处，与其说是教你东西，不如说是教你学习的方法。）
5．not so much+动词+as+动词
例：the oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
= the oceans do not divide the world so much as unite it.
= the oceans unite the world rather than divide it.
（与其说是海洋分割这个世界，不如说是统合这个世界。）
6.not so much as...甚至都不
＝ not even...
本词组使用时，要置于助动词之后，即
cannot so much as +原形动词 甚至……都不能
do not so much as +原形动词 甚至……都不
have not so much as +过去分词 甚至……都没有
例：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.
= he did not even thank me.
（他甚至都没谢我。）
he has not so much as written a single word yet.
= he has not even written a single word yet.
（他甚至连半个字都还没写。）
注意
介词系词without之后亦可采用类似词组，即：
without so much as + v-ing
=without even + v-ing
例：he went away without so much as saying good-bye.
= he went away without even saying good-bye.
（他走了，连“再见”都没说。）