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 与其说是…不如说是…

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

说她紧张，不如说她是不耐烦，希望旅途快点结束。

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2 SURPRISEDused when you are surprised or annoyed that someone did not do something 甚至没有做某事，连某事都没有做

They left without so much as saying goodbye.

他们连再见都没有说就走了。

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

他甚至没有听到蒂法尼对他说一句谢谢。

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 与其说是…不如说是…

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

这些细节谈不上错误，就是不完整。

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