如何使用notsomuchas

如何使用notsomuchas

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notsomuch．．．as．．．是一个常用的并列连词，其含义相当于ratherthan，意为"与其说是……倒不如说是……"。和其它连接词一样，它可以连接词与词，短语与短语以及句子与句子。例如：Heisn'tsomuchillasdepressed．（＝He'sdepressedratherthanill．）他不是生病，而是情绪低落。Oceansdon't?somuchdividetheworldasuniteit．（＝Oceansunitetheworldratherthandivideit．）与其说海洋分隔了世界，倒不如说海洋联结了世界各国。当连接句子时，notsomuch．．．as．．．连接的往往是because或that引起的从句，意思是"倒不是因为……而是因为……"。as后的that有时可省去。例如：Youfeellost，sickatheartbeforesuchunmaskedhatred，notsomuchbecauseitthreatensyouasbecauseitshowshumansinsuchaninhumanlight．面对这毫不掩饰的仇恨，你感到不知所措，惶恐不安，这倒不是因为它威胁了你，而是因为它显示了人类居然如此没有人性。It'snotsomuchthatthemachineisoutoforderas（that）Ihavenotlearnedtooperateit．倒不是机器出了故障，而是我还没有学会操作。该并列连词中的as可用but（rather）替换，即出现该连词的一种变体：notsomuch．．．but（rather）．．．。例如：Itisnotsomuchtheactualpopulationoftheworldbutitsrateofincreasewhichisimportant．重要的与其说是实际的世界人口

not so much as... "甚至不..." 或 "甚至…都没有" 注意：not有时可以换用without。 He doesn't so much as invite his best friends. 他甚至连他最好的朋友都没邀请。 Not so much as a damp spot. 甚至连一个湿点都没有。 She never so much as spoke. 她连话都没有说。 Not so much as a damp spot. 甚至连一个湿点都没有。 He never so much as said “Thanks”. 他甚至连谢都不谢一声。 He spoke never so much as a word 他甚至连一句话也没说。 He did not so much as thank me 他甚至都没谢我。 He did not so much as glance that way． 他甚至没有向那个方向看一眼。 She is a society woman，but strange to say，she cannot so much as write her own name． 她是一个社交妇女，但说来也怪，她甚至连自己的名字都不会写。 The window was so narrow that one could not so much as get one's head through． 那窗子小得连头都伸不出去。 He went away without so much as saying goodbye. 他甚至不辞而别。 she left without so much as a nod． 她的头也不点一下就离开了。 She left without so much as saying “good-bye”. 她甚至连 “再见”都没说就走了。 John left without so much as saying "Thank you." 约翰甚至于不说一声“谢谢”就离开了。 He had not so much as his fare home. 他甚至连回家的车费都没有。 The policeman walked through the crowd without so much as turning his face to either side． 那警察连向旁边看都没看一下就从人群中走过去了。 Echo shall not so much as whisper my hiding place. 即使那回声也说不出我的藏身之处。 Real Madrid have taken all 24 of the last points at stake without so much as a draw. 皇家马德里已经在过去的八场比赛中收获了24分，并且没有一场平局。

不同的语境，不同的意思 连…都不肯；甚至于没有；甚至不

1．they weren't so much islands as sandbars． 与其说那是些岛屿，还不如说都是些沙洲。 2．it wasn't so much the clothes as the man himself who impressed immediately． 立即给人以深刻印象的与其说是衣服，还不如说是这个人本身。 3．it wasn't so much his appearance i liked as his personality． 我所喜欢的，与其说是他的外表，不如说是他的个性。 4．the great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things as to teach you the art of learning． 学校的最大作用，不在于教你一些知识，而在于教你学习的方法。 5．the oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it． 与其说世界以洋分界，不如说以洋连在一起。 6．there is nothing in the world that i hked so much as music． 我爱好音乐胜过世界上其他任何东西。 7．i haven't seen so much of the world as he. 我见过的世面没有他那么多。 8．the farmer looks wealthy，but he has not so much wealth as people at large think． 看上去这个农夫很有钱，但没有一般世人所想象的那样有钱。 9．he did riot so much as glance that way．他甚至没有向那个方向看一眼。 10．she is a society woman，but strange to say，she cannot so much as write her own name． 她是一个社交妇女，但说来也怪，她甚至连自己的名字都不会写。 11．the window was so narrow that one could not so much as get one's head through． 那窗子小得连头都伸不出去。 12．he did not so much as turn his face． 他连头也没有回一下。 13．he went away without so much as saying goodbye. 他甚至不辞而别。 14．the policeman walked through the crowd without somuch as turning hisface to either side． 那警察连向旁边看都没看一下就从人群中走过去了。 15. he is not so much a journalist as a writer. 与其说他是个新闻工作者, 不如说他是个作家。