In the South, at least initially, they didn't build towns so much as they built trading posts.

在南方，至少在起初，他们建城镇没有建贸易站那么多。

There was not so much as a trickle of water.

一点儿细流的水也没有。

She took the money without so much as a thank you.

她接过钱，连声谢谢都没说。

Nothing cements a friendship between countries so much as trade.

没有任何东西能比贸易更能巩固国家间的友谊了。

I did not really object to Will's behaviour so much as his personality.

我与其说是反感威尔的行为，还不如说是讨厌他的个性。

I don't really think of her as a daughter so much as a very good friend.

我其实更多地把她当做好朋友，而不是女儿。

I respect my mother so much as she never treats me as a child, but as an equal.

我很尊敬我的母亲，因为她从来不把我当孩子看，而是把我当作与她平等的人。

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。

Never washed so much as a dish-clout in your life, I'll lay!

我敢打赌，你这辈子连擦碗碟的抹布都没洗过！

Don't you chatter so much as usual, or you'll be sent back, as sure as fate!

你不要像往常那样喋喋不休，否则你会被送回来的，这是千真万确的！

We've got your house back for you, and you don't offer us so much as a sandwich.

我们已经把你的房子还给你了，你连一个三明治都不肯给我们。

Galileo is the only contemporary personage, the only seventeenth-century figure, even so much as mentioned in Paradise Lost.

伽利略是唯一的当代人物，唯一的17世纪人物，甚至在《失乐园》里也有提及。

Nothing defines humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, whether about the universe, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink.

没有什么比传达抽象想法的能力更能定义人类，无论这些想法是有关宇宙、心灵、爱情、梦想，还是点一杯饮料。

Buyer is addlepated so much as who he can not buy a right ticket!

买家往往是那些头脑糊涂无法买到正确火车票的人！

He never so much as kissed her.

他从未吻过她。

He cannot so much as spell a word.

他甚至连一个词也不会写。

Don't you dare so much as start a blog.

难道你在写博客前也会想这么多吗？

He didn't so much as ask me to set down.

他甚至没有请我坐下。

They are not people so much as anime characters.

他们不像人类，甚至不像是动画角色。

Think of it not as messing so much as digressing.

与其说它离题太远不如说它是一团糟。

And not an animal on the farm had stolen so much as a mouthful.

庄园里的任何动物都没有偷吃哪怕一小口。

I was silenced without so much as an opportunity to say good-bye.

给我下的封口令如此彻底，以至于自己都没机会跟读者说再见。

It's not cash that's needed, so much as ingenuity and willingness.

因为与钱相比，我们更需要的，是人们的巧思和意愿。

So the words don’t stand for numbers, so much as relative amounts.

因此科学家推断，这些单词并不代表确切的数，而只具有相对量的意思。

Really, she wasn't demeaned in Hollywood so much as she was ignored.

事实上，与其说霍恩在好莱坞被贬低还不如说是被漠视。

For years Microsoft took it, he said, without so much as counterpunch.

然而多年来，微软默默地忍受这些，几乎从不予以还击。

I just wish you would not interfere with me so much as you have been doing.

我只是希望你不要像以前那样妨碍我。

It was, first, set way too high: it didn't protect industry so much as kill it.

首先它目标太高了，它对产业的保护力度还比不上对产业的扼杀。

Funerals are not really about the deceased so much as those who are left behind.

葬礼其实并不是属于死者的，而是那些活着的人的事。