not so much...as...的用法   

=not so much A as B =more B than A=B rather than A=less A than B

 

1not so adj/adv. .as adj./adv.

2not so much N as N

3not so much介詞短語/不定式短語as介詞短語/不定式短語

4not so much動詞as動詞

 

由於形容詞或副詞不能以much修飾,故不可用not so much+adj./adv.+as,而要用not so+adj./adv.+as的結構。

She is not so beautiful as charming.

= She is charming rather than beautiful.

=She is not beautiful so much as charming.

=She is more charming than beautiful.

=She is less beautiful than charming.

(與其說她漂亮,不如說她迷人。)

 

not so much N as N

He is not so much a teacher as a scholar.

= He is more a scholar than a teacher.

= He is a scholar rather than a teacher.

= He is less a teacher than a scholar.

(與其說他是個教師,不如說他是個學者。)

not so much+介詞短語/不定式短語+as+介詞短語/不定式短語

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

= Success lies in hard work rather than (in) luck.

(與其說成功在於運氣不如說在於辛勤努力。)

 

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

(我們的成功與其歸功於你的幫忙,不如說是我們的合作。)

The great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things as to teach you the art of learning.

= The great use of a school education is to teach you the art of learning rather than to teach you things.

(學校教育的最大用處,與其說是教你東西,不如說是教你學習的方法。)

not so much+動詞+as+動詞

I don't so much dislike him as feel sorry for him.

與其說我不喜歡他,倒不如說我可憐他.

not so much as...甚至都不= not even...

(置於助動詞之後)

=cannot so much as +原形動詞甚至……都不能

do not so much as +原形動詞甚至……都不

 

have not so much as +過去分詞甚至……都沒有

例:He cannot so much as walk by himself.

= He cannot even walk by himself.

(他甚至連自己走路都不會。)

He did not so much as thank me.

= He did not even thank me.(他甚至都沒謝我。)

He has not so much as written a single word yet.

= He has not even written a single word yet.

(他甚至連半個字都還沒寫。)

without so much as +N/ v-ing=without even + v-ing (甚至沒有)

 

例:He went away without so much as saying good-bye.

= He went away without even saying good-bye.

(他走了,連再見都沒說。)

 

 

 

 

 

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