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。

Iceland has ice, but not so much ice as Greenland.

冰岛有冰，但冰不如格陵兰岛多。

Success lies not so much as in luck as in hard work.

与其说成功靠运气不如说靠辛勤努力。

Of course, the colored world was not so much a neighborhood as a condition of existence.

当然，有色人种的世界与其说是一个社区，不如说是一种生存所需条件。

The first type is apparent in people being stressed about the normal ups and downs of investment markets—actually not so much the ups, but definitely the downs.

第一种类型明显体现在人们对投资市场的正常起伏所感到的压力——实际上，他们不那么担忧上涨，但肯定会担忧下跌。

The importance of Johnson's letter is not so much historical as emotional; it would become a touchstone for all who repudiated patrons and for all who embraced the laws of the marketplace.

约翰逊这封信的重要性与其说是历史上的，不如说是情感上的；它将成为所有否定资助者和所有拥护市场法则的人的试金石。

There was not so much as a trickle of water.

一点儿细流的水也没有。

His manner is not so much regal as professorial.

他的言行举止不太像学者。

There is not so much money in my pocket.

我口袋里没有多少钱。

I choose to believe in hardwork, but not so much in talent.

我选择相信努力，不太相信天赋。

I choose to believe in hard work, but not so much in talent.

我选择相信努力工作，但不太相信天赋。

That was great for the consumer, not so much for the manufacturer.

那对消费者来说是好事，但对制造商来说却不是。

She added that it's not so much about the teacher's background, but about training.

她补充说，这与教师的背景没多大关系，而是与培训有关。

In some settings, red sneakers or dress T-shirts can convey status; in others not so much.

在某些场合，红色运动鞋或 T 恤可以显示一个人的身份；在其他场合则不然。

The appeal of mobile television is not so much that it is portable but that it is personal.

移动电视吸引人的地方并不在于它是便携式的，而是因为它的私人性。

He felt a little better around the neighbourhood and liked it more, though not so much he would want to live in it forever.

他觉得周围的环境好了一点，也更喜欢这里了，尽管他并不想永远住在这里。

Then you will write a paper that is not so much about the observations, but a synthesis of what you have observed and read.

然后你要写一篇论文，跟观察关系不大，而是结合你观察的和阅读的内容。

It may be that the value of Whole Foods to Amazon is not so much the 460 shops it owns, but the records of which customers have purchased what.

也许对亚马逊来说，全食的价值不在于拥有的460家店铺，而在于顾客购买商品的记录。

The chief problem in coping with foreign motorists is not so much remembering that they are different from yourself, but that they are enormously variable.

对付外国司机的主要问题不是要记住他们和你不同，而是要记住他们是千差万别的。

In some cases, it's not so much the treatment of the animals on set in the studio that has activists worried; it's the off set training and living conditions that are raising concerns.

在某些情况下，让积极分子担心的并不是摄影棚里对待动物的方式，而是片场外的训练和生活条件。

Offline, not so much.

一旦离线，就不是那么回事了。

They don't: Not so much.

不是：不是很多。

This time not so much.

这次却并非如此。

He is not so much intelligent as uneducated.

与其说他不聪明，不如说他缺乏教育。

Pearls not so much.

珍珠却不尽然。

If you're reading an e-book, not so much.

当然如果你只是要读一本电子书而已，那么就无所谓了。

For this there was not so much criticism.

对此的批评就少多了。

In God We Trust. In machines? Not so much.

我们信奉上帝，不能太信任机器。