not so much A as B

수능영어/FAQ 2007. 11. 2. 00:02 Posted by chanyi


He is not so much a scholar as a teacher.
  = He is not a scholar so much as a teacher.

  = He is less a scholar than a teacher.

  = He is a teacher rather than a scholar.

  = He is more a teacher than a scholar.
 (그는 학자라기 보다는 선생님이다.)

* not so  much A as B = "A라기 보다 B다"의 뜻이다.
= not A so much as B
= less A than B
= B rather than A
= more B than A