not so much ... as 1. 不如…那么多 I haven't seen so much of the world as he. 我见过的世面没有他那么多。 2. 与其说是…不如说是… They weren't so much islands as sandbars. 与其说那是些岛屿，还不如说都是些沙洲。 It wasn't so much the clothes as the man himself who impressed immediately. 立即给人以深刻印象的与其说是衣服，还不如说是这个人本身。