| 1. | He rather avoided than sought her .
他与其说是要接近她，不如说是在回避她。 |
| 2. | He is not so much a writer as a reporter .
他与其说是个作家，毋宁说是个记者。 |
| 3. | 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。 |
| 4. | It was less a reform than a transfiguration .
他这时候与其说是洗面革心，不如说是改头换面。 |
| 5. | It was more like the bend of a river than a bath .
与其说是游泳池，倒不如说它更象一条河湾。 |
| 6. | She was sexually not so much chaste as prudish .
她对男女关系与其说是注重贞节，毋宁说是持身谨慎。 |
| 7. | Some of his disappointments were more illusory than real .
他的一些失望，与其说是真实的，不如说是虚构的。 |
| 8. | You were more sinned against than sinning, that i admit .
我倒承认，与其说是你把别人害了，不如说是别人把你害了。 |
| 9. | Their real job is not so much to repair damage as to prevent it .
他们的实际工作与其说是排除故障，不如说是预防故障。 |
| 10. | It is more like a children's game than a real issue of life and death .
这与其说是真正的生死搏斗，不如说更象一场儿戏。 |
