職稱英語考試常用句型(144)

not so much + N as + N
    結(jié)構(gòu)︰not so much+名詞+as+名詞
    說明︰此句型意為“與其說是…倒不如說是…”。相當(dāng)于“<名詞>+rather than+<名詞>”。
    He is not so much a writer as a scholar.
    與其說他是作家倒不如說他是學(xué)者。
    He is not so much a genius as a hard worker.
    他的努力勝于天份。
    The Apollo program was not so much a scientific achievement as a technical accomplishment.
    阿波羅計(jì)劃與其說是一項(xiàng)科學(xué)成果，不如說是一項(xiàng)技術(shù)成就。