(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�？荚嚢�

　　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。