not so much as

1 MORE THAN something OR somebody ELSEused to say that one description of someone or something is less suitable or correct than another 與其說是…不如說是…

She was not so much nervous as impatient for the journey to be over.

說她緊張，不如說她是不耐煩，希望旅途快點結束。

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2 SURPRISEDused when you are surprised or annoyed that someone did not do something 甚至沒有做某事，連某事都沒有做

They left without so much as saying goodbye.

他們連再見都沒有說就走了。

He’d received not so much as a thank you from Tiffany.

他甚至沒有聽到蒂法尼對他說一句謝謝。

Examples from the Corpus

not/without so much as something• I never received so much as a reply.• I, who had traveled all that long day on that train without so much as a cheese in my pocket?• He had never had a day of sickness, not so much as a cold.• The car survived the accident without so much as a dent.• That he had dumped her without a word, without so much as a goodbye.• How could we have put their bag into ours without so much as a single check?• It is a matter of tone, not so much as content.• So far in Rajasthan, I had not so much as nodded to another female.• We got our six appearances, and not so much as one drop-by or mix-and-mingle extra.• When they go straight to bed without so much as ordering a toasted sandwich or spending money at the bar.

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3 used to say that one description of someone or something is less suitable or correct than another 與其說是…不如說是…

The details are not so much wrong as they are incomplete.

這些細節談不上錯誤，就是不完整。

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