(1) ... not so much...... as (but) ... 与其说……还不如说……
(2) ... not so much that.....as (but) that...... 与其说……还不如说……
(3) ... not so much as..... (=not even) 甚至于不……，连……也不……
(4) ... might as well ... as..... 与其说……还不如说……
例1：He is not so much a teacher as a scholar.
译文：与其说他是老师，还不如说是学者。(注意翻译时动作的对象)
例2：It wasn’t so much his appearance I liked as his personality.
译文：与其说我喜欢他的外表，不如说我喜欢他的品格。
例3：It’s not so much that I don’t want to come but I just haven’t got the time
译文：倒不是因为我不想来，而是我根本没有时间。
例4：He didn’t so much as say thank you after all we’d done for him.
译文：我们为他干了那么多事，他甚至连谢谢都没有说一声。
例5：You might as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to him.
译文：与其将钱借给他，还不如把钱丢进大海。(注意翻译时动作的对象)
