not so much...as

释义

与其说是…，不如说是…；

not so much...as... 是“不是……而是……”的意思吗?
GED Scott Column: Wenger's Vision Not So Much Defective as Selective; Sporting Week
Fiji Media Bill: Not so much sinister as plain amateurish
A Corpus-Driven Approach to English Expressions Based on Comparison: Not so Much A as B and Not so Much A but B
IT'S NOT SO MUCH WHAT AS HOW
Grass not so much greener as variegated
Elements and essence: in her meticulously worked paintings of a natural world not so much idealized as distilled, Sharon Ellis attai...
Not So Much Straws as Haystacks in the Wind
Not so much gay as cleverly cheerful
A Corpus-based Study of Present-day British and American English(3) : not so much A as/but B