比較句式系列6:... not so much + (a/an) +noun + as + (a/an)+noun

1. ... not so much + (a/an) +noun/adj.  + as+ (a/an)+noun

e.g. A range of postmodern thinkers has criticized the impulses of modern rationality. They argue that it brings us not so much progress (進步) as domination and oppression (壓迫).

句式:not so much+一個名詞+as+第二個名詞.重點在第二個名詞.句子意思即係它帶來壓迫多於進步.　

 It’s not that he’s contemplating suicide as much as reflecting on life, and we find that theme all through the text.

2. not so much +adj+ as + adj

e.g. He is not so much gay as bisexual.

e.g. God is not so much temporally prior as prior to    temporality.