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| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔DO/NOT DO〕If you're not going to take this project seriously we might as well forget it. 如果你不打算认真对待这一计划，我们还不如放弃它。朗文写作活用〔anticipation〕As with most pleasures, it's not so much the experience itself as the anticipation that is enjoyable.与大多数令人快乐的事情一样，真正令人快乐的与其说是事情本身，还不如说是那种期望的感觉。剑桥高阶〔better〕The weather was so bad we'd have been better off staying at home.天气非常恶劣，我们还不如待在家里舒服。牛津高阶〔even〕You know even less about it than I do.你对此事的了解甚至还不如我。牛津高阶〔finish sth off〕We may as well finish off this wine - there's only a little bit left.我们还不如把这瓶酒都喝了——反正只剩下一点了。剑桥高阶〔fit〕The description fits women far better than it fits men.这一描述与其说适用于男人, 还不如说更适用于女人。外研社新世纪〔galling〕The most galling thing is that the guy who got promoted is less qualified than me.最令人气愤的是，那个得到晋升的家伙，资历还不如我。朗文当代〔gambit〕He sees the proposal as more of a diplomatic gambit than a serious defence proposal.他认为与其说该提议是一项严肃的防御计划, 还不如说是外交上的一着棋。外研社新世纪〔guesswork〕Their results owe more to educated guesswork than to actual knowledge.他们的成果与其说是基于实际的知识，还不如说是基于知识的猜测。牛津搭配〔hurtful〕He said, rather hurtfully, that he had better things to do than come and see me.他相当刻薄地说来看我还不如去干别的事。牛津高阶〔jest〕It was a jest rather than a reproach.这与其说是责备，还不如说是句玩笑呢。柯林斯高阶〔just〕The weather was so bad we might just as well have stayed at home.天气糟糕透了，还不如待在家里好。牛津高阶〔law-breaker〕The money spent on prisons could be better spent on training first-time law-breakers to earn an honest living.与其把钱花在监狱上，还不如用来培训初次犯罪者学习正当谋生的技能。柯林斯高阶〔make a production (out) of sth〕If you ask Tom to do anything, he always makes such a production of it that you wish you'd just done it yourself.如果你叫汤姆做事，他总是搞得小题大做，让你觉得还不如自己做。剑桥高阶〔management〕He got the job more by luck than management.他得到这个工作与其说他手段高明,还不如说他运气好。英汉大词典〔more by accident than design〕The play was a success more by accident than design.这部剧的成功与其说是演得好，还不如说是运气好。剑桥高阶〔more〕He is more of a poet than a musician.与其说他是个音乐家还不如说他是个诗人。 英汉大词典〔more〕It was more of a holiday than a training exercise.与其说是培训活动，还不如说是度假。朗文当代〔more〕She is more an acquaintance than a friend. = She's an acquaintance more than she is a friend.与其说她是个朋友还不如说她是个熟人。韦氏高阶〔much〕It wasn't so much the clothes as the man himself who impressed immediately.立即给人以深刻印象的与其说是衣服,还不如说是这个人本身。 英汉大词典〔much〕They weren't so much islands as sandbars.与其说那是些岛屿,还不如说都是些沙洲。 英汉大词典〔politeness〕They accepted the food more out of politeness than because they were hungry.与其说他们因为饥饿接受了食物，还不如说是出于礼貌。牛津搭配〔send up〕If I'm going to be sent up for killing one guy, then I might as well kill three more.如果我会因杀一个人而坐牢，那我还不如再杀3个呢。柯林斯高阶〔so much〕By the time you've paid so much for the ferry and so much for the train fare, it would be cheaper to go by plane.到头来你为船费和火车费付了那么多钱，还不如坐飞机便宜呢。剑桥高阶〔some〕Some expert you are! You know even less than me.你也算专家！你还不如我呢。牛津高阶〔soon〕I'd just as soon go by train as drive.与其开车去,我还不如乘火车去。英汉大词典〔sorry〕I'm sorry I ever came here; I wish I'd stayed at home.我真后悔来这儿,还不如呆在家里的好。英汉大词典〔so〕A good birth depends not so much on who you are but where you are and how much you know.好的出身与其说是取决于你的身份，还不如说是取决于你的生活环境和知识水平。柯林斯高阶〔stillbirth〕Henry and Anne's son was more a miscarriage than a stillbirth.亨利和安妮的儿子与其说是死产, 还不如说是流产。外研社新世纪〔than〕It is better to phone than to email him.与其给他发邮件, 还不如给他打电话。外研社新世纪〔than〕The arrangement was more a formality than a genuine partnership of two nations.这一协定与其说体现了两个国家之间真正的伙伴关系，还不如说是一种形式。柯林斯高阶〔the thrill of the chase〕He craved power over others, not so much for its own sake as for the thrill of the chase.他渴望得到至高的权力，与其说是为权力本身，还不如说是为了一种追逐的兴奋感。剑桥高阶〔toss〕It would be better to decide it on the toss of a coin.还不如用抛硬币的方法来决定。柯林斯高阶〔useless〕A computer program with too many icons is worse than useless.一个图标太多的计算机程序还不如没有。牛津搭配〔welfare〕If she does find a job through the training program she may have less money than now when she's on welfare.如果她在培训后真的找到份工作，那她的收入可能还不如她现在领的社会保障金多。柯林斯高阶〔well〕Since you can't win the race, you may (just) as well quit.既然你赢不了这场赛跑,那倒还不如退出比赛。英汉大词典〔well〕The taxi was so slow we might just as well have gone on the bus.出租者开得那么慢，我们当时还不如乘公共汽车呢。朗文当代He was a factotum for the Director, rather than just a secretary.他与其说是经理的秘书，还不如说是给经理打杂的。剑桥国际I felt sure that his self-denial, as he handed me the last chocolate, was prompted less by selflessness than by a fear of getting fat.当他递给我最后一块巧克力的时候，我敢肯定他的克己行为与其说出于无私还不如说是害怕发胖。剑桥国际It was a jammy assignment -- more of a holiday really.这是一项非常容易的任务----其实还不如说是一个假日。剑桥国际It's my feeling that the money spent on drug prohibition would be better spent on information and education.我觉得用于禁止毒品的钱还不如用在信息和教育上。剑桥国际She's more of a poet than a musician. (= She spends more time being or is better suited to being a poet than a musician.) 与其说她是个音乐家还不如说她是个诗人。剑桥国际The dress is rather pink than purple.这衣服与其说是紫色的还不如说是粉红的。剑桥国际Thursday's documentary was less of a narrative and more of a nightmarish phantasmagoria of prison life.星期二的记录片与其说是牢狱生活的叙述，还不如说是一连串恶梦般的幻影。剑桥国际 |
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