(1) ... not so much...... as (but) ... 與其說(shuō)……還不如說(shuō)……

　　(2) ... not so much that.....as (but) that...... 與其說(shuō)……還不如說(shuō)……

　　(3) ... not so much as..... (=not even) 甚至于不……，連……也不……

　　(4) ... might as well ... as..... 與其說(shuō)……還不如說(shuō)……

　　例1：He is not so much a teacher as a scholar.

　　譯文：與其說(shuō)他是老師，還不如說(shuō)是學(xué)者。(注意翻譯時(shí)動(dòng)作的對(duì)象)

　　例2：It wasn't so much his appearance I liked as his personality.

　　譯文：與其說(shuō)我喜歡他的外表，不如說(shuō)我喜歡他的品格。

　　例3：It's not so much that I don't want to come but I just haven't got the time.

　　譯文：倒不是因?yàn)槲也幌雭?lái)，而是我根本沒(méi)有時(shí)間。

　　例4：He didn't so much as say thank you after all we'd done for him.

　　譯文：我們?yōu)樗�干了那么多事，他甚至連謝謝都沒(méi)有說(shuō)一聲。

　　例5：You might as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to him.

　　譯文：與其將錢借給他，還不如把錢丟進(jìn)大海。(注意翻譯時(shí)動(dòng)作的對(duì)象)

　　[注意]：more ... than ...

　　1) she is more beautiful than her sister. 她比她姐姐漂亮。

　　2) George is more intelligent than aggressive. 與其說(shuō)喬治言行放肆，不如說(shuō)他聰穎過(guò)人。

　　以上第1句是more... than結(jié)構(gòu)的一般用法，即在兩個(gè)不同的事物之間就同一方面作比較；而第2句是就同一個(gè)人的兩個(gè)不同方面作比較。因此要譯成“與其說(shuō)……還不如說(shuō)……”。

　　more...than結(jié)構(gòu)在上述1) 2)兩句中的用法也適用于less ... than結(jié)構(gòu)，得出相反的含義：

　　例如：

　　1) John is less daring than quick-witted. 與其說(shuō)約翰膽大，不如說(shuō)他腦子靈活。

　　2) George was less intelligent than aggressive. 與其說(shuō)喬治聰穎過(guò)人，不如說(shuō)他言行放肆。

　　幾個(gè)不定代詞的固定搭配：

　　have none of: 不參加；不準(zhǔn)；不接受

　　I will have none of your stupid ideas! 我才不接受你那愚蠢的想法！

　　He was offered a job but he said he’d have none of it. 他有一個(gè)工作機(jī)會(huì)，但他說(shuō)他不接受。

　　none but (=nothing but): 只有 (=only)

　　None but the brave deserves the fair. 只有英雄才配得上美人。

　　She chose none but the best. 她只選最好的。

　　She is nothing but a child. 她只不過(guò)是個(gè)孩子。

　　none other than: (表示驚訝)不是別人，正是…… (= no one else but)

　　It’s none other than Tom! We thought you were in Africa.

　　none the +比較級(jí)詞+ for: 毫不，一點(diǎn)也不

　　He spent 2 weeks in hospital but he’s none the better for it.

　　他在醫(yī)院里待了兩個(gè)星期，但一點(diǎn)也沒(méi)好轉(zhuǎn)。

　　My car is none the worse for wear. 我的車子一點(diǎn)也沒(méi)有損耗。

　　none the wiser: 不知情

　　If we take only one piece of cake, mother will be none the wiser.

　　如果我們只拿一小塊蛋糕，母親是不會(huì)知道的。

　　none too: (在形容詞或副詞前) 不太；一點(diǎn)都不

　　The service in this restaurant is none too fast. 這家旅館的服務(wù)一點(diǎn)效率都沒(méi)有。

　　anything but: ①除---之外什么都(此處的but等于except)②決不(=not at all)

　　I eat anything but (except) fish. 除了魚(yú)，我什么都吃。

　　She is anything but a good cook. 她決不是個(gè)好廚師。(即：除了好廚師，她什么都是。)

　　anything of: ①(疑問(wèn)句/條件句)一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)；②(否定句)一點(diǎn)也(沒(méi)有)

　　Is he anything of a poet? 他有一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)詩(shī)人的樣子嗎？

　　I haven’t seen anything of him lately. 最近我沒(méi)有見(jiàn)過(guò)他。

　　for anything: (否定句)(給什么都)不，決不

　　I won’t go there for anything. 我決不去那里。

　　or anything: (意味著還有其他的可能性)

　　If Bernard wants to call me or anything, I’ll be here all day.

　　如果伯納德要找我或什么的，我整天都會(huì)在這兒。

　　if anything: 若有任何不同的話

　　If anything, my new job is harder than my old one.

　　要說(shuō)有什么不同的話，我的新工作反而比舊工作要難些。

　　or something: 或什么的(表示說(shuō)話者不能肯定)

　　She is a stewardess or something. 她是空姐或什么的。

　　something like: 有點(diǎn)像，大約

　　An airship is shaped something like a cigar. 飛船的形狀有點(diǎn)像雪茄。

　　something of a...: 多少有點(diǎn)，有幾分像，略懂

　　he’s something of a book collector. 他有幾分像書籍收藏家。

　　something to / in: (敘述等)有些道理

　　There’s something to / in what you say; I’ll take your advice.

　　你說(shuō)的有些道理，我會(huì)接受你的建議

　　have / be something to do with: 與……有關(guān)

　　I think Guy Fawkes had / was something to do with a plan to blow up the bridge.

　　我想蓋佛克跟圖謀炸毀橋梁有關(guān)。

　　nothing but (= none but = only): 僅僅，只不過(guò)

　　We could see nothing but fog. 除了霧之外我們什么也看不見(jiàn)。

　　for nothing: ①免費(fèi)的； ②徒勞的； ③無(wú)緣無(wú)故的

　　She got the ticket for nothing. 她免費(fèi)得到那張票。

　　All our preparation for nothing! No one’s even come to the party.

　　我們?yōu)檠鐣?huì)所作的準(zhǔn)備都白費(fèi)了! 連一個(gè)人都沒(méi)來(lái)。

　　They quarreled for nothing. 他們無(wú)緣無(wú)故地爭(zhēng)吵。

　　make nothing of: (常和can一起用)不理解；不重視,輕視 (= think nothing of)

　　I could make nothing of the passage. 我不理解這篇文章。

　　He makes / thinks nothing of working ten hours a day. 他不在乎一天工作十小時(shí)。

　　to say nothing of: 更不用說(shuō)(= not to mention / without mentioning)

　　Three people were badly hurt, to say nothing of damage to the building.

　　三個(gè)人受了重傷，建筑物的損害更不用說(shuō)了。

　　have nothing to do with: 與……無(wú)關(guān)

　　I have nothing to do with the accident. 我與這場(chǎng)事故無(wú)關(guān)。

　　nothing if not: 格外地；非常地 (= very / much / extremely)

　　He was nothing if not clever. (= He was very clever.) 他格外聰明。

　　nothing of: 無(wú)……的部分；無(wú)……的氣質(zhì)

　　There was nothing of the lady in her behavior. 她的舉止根本沒(méi)有淑女的氣質(zhì)。

　　區(qū)別：

　　all but 幾乎，差一點(diǎn)，除……以外其余都是

　　but for要不是

　　but that+從句：若不是……

　　例1：She all but fainted when she heard the news.

　　譯文：她聽(tīng)到這一消息時(shí)幾乎暈倒了。

　　注：此句中a11 but意為nearly，almost。

　　試對(duì)比：

　　All but the little children thought that the trip was exciting.

　　譯文：除了小孩，大家都認(rèn)為這次旅行是激動(dòng)人心的。

　　此句中all but意為a11 except。

　　例2：But for the rain we should have a pleasant journey.

　　譯文：要不是下雨，我們的旅行本來(lái)是愉快的。

　　例3：He would have helped us but that he was short of money at the time.

　　譯文：若不是他那時(shí)缺錢，他是會(huì)幫助我們的。

　　注

　　1).but that引導(dǎo)的從句中謂語(yǔ)用陳述語(yǔ)氣。

　　2).but that有靈活的譯法。

　　如：Nothing would satisfy that child but that I place her on my lap.(那孩子什么都不要，只要我把她抱在懷里。)