与其......不如

His latest play is not as much a farce as a burlesque tragedy.

他最近的一个剧本与其说是一个滑稽剧，不如说是一个滑稽的悲剧。

I don't have the passion anymore and so remember, its better to burn out than to fade away.

我已经没有任何激情了，所以要记住"与其苟延残喘，不如从容燃烧！"

A general-purpose computer is regarded less as an electric calculating machine than as a capable assistant to human beings.

通用电子计算机，与其说是电动计算器，不如说是人的得力助手。

A general-purpose computer isregarded less as an electric calculating machine than as a capableassistant to human beings.

通用电子计算机，与其说是电动计算器，不如说是人的得力助手。

He is rather a poet than a calligrapher.

他与其说是个书法家，不如说是个诗人。

They went fairly quickly down the slope, the man with his hand on the rail of the chair, steadying it. He looked like a free soldier rather than a servant.

他们下着山坡，车子走得有点快，那人扶着车背，使它安稳地前进，他的神气，与其说是仆役，不如说是个自由的兵士。

He had been crossing to the store cupboard to get more rat spleen when he felt, rather than saw, the heat from the potions explosion; he was aware of a chartreuse mist lingering in the air, and heard a muttered spell from Professor Snape.

正当他走向储藏柜去取一些大鼠脾脏时，与其说是看到了，不如说是感觉到了魔药爆炸的高温；他意识到空中弥漫着一股黄绿色的雾气，听到斯内普教授低语了一声。

Some people think that the current navel vogue is more a symptom of cultural childishness than sexual sophistication ...

有些人认为目前的肚脐时尚＂与其说是性的诡辩不如说是文化幼稚的象征。。。

And let a man beware, how he keepeth company with choleric and quarrelsome persons; for they will engage him into their own quarrels.

他还须注意，与其让自己的远游经历反映在衣着或举止上，不如让其反映在言谈之中；但在谈及自己的旅行时，最好是谨慎答问，别急于津津乐道。

Of course this is more observational than scientific but at least I can find some cinematic basis for it as well.

当然，这与其说是科学，不如说是察觉，但至少我找到了一些电影根据。

What are your goals and strategies for growth?

你的成长目标和策略是什么？

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven irits of God, and the seven star I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

3：1 你要写信给撒狄教会的使者，说，那有神的七灵和七星的，说，我知道你的行为，按名你是活的，其实是死的。