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phr

• ① 甚至不[无]…
  • He cannot so much as (=even) write his own name.他甚至连自己的名字都不会写。

• ② 与其说…倒不如说…
  • He is not so much a philosopher as a poet.与其说他是哲学家,倒不如说是诗人。
  • The question is not so much what it is as how it looks.问题倒不在其本质,而在其外观。