第十章 比较句构
第三节 其他有关 as / than 的重要用法
3) not so much + | 介词词组 | + as +
不定词词组
|介词词组 |
不定词词组
Success lies not so much in luck as in hard work. 介词词组
介词词组
= Success lies more in hard work than (in) luck.
与其说成功在于运气,不如说在于辛勤努力。
Our success was attributed not so much to your help as to our cooperation.
介词词组 介词词组
= Our success was attributed more to our cooperation than to your help.
我们的成功与其说是归功于你的帮忙,不如说是归功于我们的合作。
The purpose of a school education is not so much to teach you things as
介词词组
to teach you the art of learning.
介词词组
= The purpose of a school education is to teach you the art of learning more than to just teach you things.
与其说学校教育的目的是教你东西,不如说是教你学习的方法。
4) not so much + 动词 + as +动词
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.动词
动词
= The oceans do not divide the world so much as unite it.
= The oceans unite the world more than they divide it.
与其说是海洋分割这个世界,不如说是统合这个世界。
b. not so much as... 甚至都不……
= not even...
注意
使用本词组时,要置于助动词之后,即:
cannot so much as + 原形动词
甚至……都不能……
do not so much as + 原形动词
甚至……都不……
have not so much as + 过去分词
甚至……都没有……
He cannot so much as write his own name.
= He cannot even write his own name.
他甚至连自己的名字都不会写。
He did not so much as thank me.
= He did not even thank me.
他甚至没谢我。
He has not so much as written a single word yet.
= He has not even written a single word yet.
他甚至连半个字都还没写。
注意
介词 without 之后亦可采用类似词组,即:
without so much as + V-ing
连……都没有
= without even + V-ing
He left without so much as saying
goodbye.
= He left without even saying goodbye.
他连一句再见都没说就离开了。
9. the + 比较级..., the +比较级...
愈……就愈……
a. 句型分析:
The older he grew, the weaker his memory
(1) (2)
became.
他愈老,记忆力就愈差。
(1)为副词子句。此处的 The 是副词连接词,引导副词子句,The 不具任何意义,故不必译出,但 The 亦兼副词,修饰其后的比较级形容词 older。
(2)为主要子句。此处的 the 则是副词,亦不
具任何意义,修饰其后的比较级形容词 weaker。