与其...不如

Eg. He is not so much a writer as a reporter.

他与其说是个作家，不如说是个记者。

I did that not so much for myself as for my son.

我做这件事与其说是为自己，不如说是为我儿子。

It is not so much a nudge as a shove in the right direction.

这与其说是在鼓励向正确方向迈出一小步，还不如说是强迫迈出的一大步。

Far better to allow the United States to be obstructionist than to have it walk out, he

与其让美国退出还不如让他作一个阻碍者，他写到。

The noise made by cars disturbs the residents living on both sides of streets all day and night.

普遍认为，在发达国家人口增长的主要原因与其说是出生率的上升，还不如说是由于医疗保健的改善的使死亡率下降了。

He had a pair of chubby cheeks that made him look more like an overgrown boy than a man.

他的双颊丰满，所以看起来与其说是一个男人，还不如说是一个过度发育的男孩子。

The cat box is not much of a box, more of a smooth-hulled ovoid a mere six meters by three meters.

这个猫箱与其说是个箱子，不如说是个壳体光滑的卵，六米长，三米宽。

The creative act with Palestrina is not the thematic conception so much as the personal treatment of a wellestablished pattern.

帕勒斯提那的创作活动与其说是主题概念不如说是对既定模式的个性化处理。

Frightened out of one's wits; seized with panic; panic-stricken

与其相信一个不可靠的人，不如自己作出判断。

The agonythat America is undergoing is not to be associated with breakdown as much as with the parturition of self-knowledge.

美国正在经历的痛苦与其说是伴随分崩离析而来，还不如说是伴随自我认识的而产生的。

I'm strongly against the death penalty — it's an eye for an eye.

我不赞成死刑——这是以牙还牙的报复行为。

And to get you the support you need, we're enlisting all elements of our national power: our diplomacy and development, our economic might and our moral suasion, so that you and the rest of our military do not bear the burden of our security alone.

并给你们所须的支援，我们正徵召国家所有各种的力量：我们的外交及发展，我们的经济力量与道德劝说，所以你们与其他军人不须要孤独地负起国家安全的责任。