not so much...as (有时省略as,有时不用as用but that之类)是一个短语结构,不用过多分析,记住搭配结构就行。
如韦氏词典
Sailing is not so much a science as an art. [=sailing is more of an art than a science]与其说航海是门科学,不如说是门艺术。
But it's not so much the victory as the match itself that is a symbol of promise.
In my life it's not so much the big-ticket items like the current influenza or the economic meltdown that make me anxious, it's the fact that I tend to over-commit myself.
1.以上两句的so much应该将much视为限定词或形容词,然后so修饰了much吗?
2.第一句为什么用so不用as?not和so是什么关系,是不是只要是否定结构,都必须将as变为so?