not so much...but...是什么意思

问题描述

They are urging fathers to roll their sleeves up not so much to ease their wives’ burden but to sharpen the child’s competitive edge.

请问：句子中的not so much...but...是什么意思？

老师答疑

曾老师：

同意English expert的解答。其实，这等同于not so much...as句式。

1.not so much A as B = not so much A, but B = less A than B = more B than A = B rather than A。如：

Experience shows that success is not so much due to ability as to zeal. 经验表明，成功与其说是由于能力，毋宁说是由于热忱。

= Experience shows that success is not so much due to ability, but to zeal. (but前常有逗号)

= Experience shows that success is less due to ability than to zeal.

= Experience shows that success is more due to zeal than to ability.

= Experience shows that success is due to zeal rather than to ability. 

2. 如果so much...as句型中的so much与not分离而去和as连用（即构成not A so much as B），意义完全一样。如：

It is not so much advice as approval that he seeks. 他所追求的不是忠告，而是赞赏。

= It is not advice so much as approval that he seeks. 

▲not so much as...“连……也不”，意义同not even。如：

I have not so much as heard his name. 我连他的名字也不曾听说过。

He had not so much as his fare home. 他甚至连回家的路费都没有。

陈老师：

They are urging fathers to roll their sleeves up not so much to ease their wives’ burden but to sharpen the child’s competitive edge.

请问：句子中的not so much...but...是什么意思？

回答如下

not so much ...but ....中文意思：与其说是…不如说是…

中文意思：他们敦促父亲们圈起他们袖子与其说是减轻他们妻子负担，不如说是提高了孩子竞争优势

补充回答如下

【1】not so much as甚至...都没有；甚至...不，相当于without even

He can not so much as write his own name.

=He can not even write his own name.

She went away not so much as saying good-bye.

She went straight ahead not so much as looking back

【2】not so much...as与其说是…不如说是  相当于rather than

He is not so much a scholar as an artist,

I like his brother not so much because he is clever as because his honest.

His success in writing is not so much by inspiration as by diligence.

【3】not so much ...as没有像...一样多

He has not so much money as you.

I am not so much fond of jazz as my classmates think.