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。
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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。
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Rather, he depended on america for one element of his dialectic . 毋宁说，他靠美国支持他辩证观点中的一个因素。
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She was not so young as i expected and in appearance imposing rather than attractive . 她没有我想像的那么年轻，她的外表与其说风姿动人，毋宁说富态魁梧。
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She was not so young as i expected and in appearance imposing rather than attractive . 她没有我想象的那么年轻，她的外表与其说风姿动人，毋宁说富态魁梧。
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This, young gentlemen, is not told as an instance of pen's virtue, but rather of his weakness . 年轻的朋友们，我讲这些，与其认为这是潘的美德，毋宁说是他的弱点。
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The excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up . 精神筵席的优劣与其说是在于题材本身，毋宁说是在于作者烹调的技术。
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What! that bland and rather timid and decidedly gentleman, youth, as he saw him, charged with murder ? 怎么！他心目中这个温文尔雅的，毋宁说有点胆小的、显然有绅士风度的年轻人，被控告犯了杀人罪？
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Her face was remarkable less of its perfect beauty of feature than for a singular and dreamy earnestness of expression . 她的面貌长得不同凡响，与其说是由于她眉清目秀，无懈可击，毋宁说是由于一种美妙的，令人心旷神怡的纯真气质。
