But the ecstacy of the lovers was as short as it was intense.

【翻译】但这对恋人的狂欢激烈而短暂。

当比较从句与主句中所有的“比较对应项”，已经缺失或不存在的时候，这时，句子就会呈现这样的结构：

1. The girl is as nervous as she is shy.

= The girl is as nervous as shy. （在shy 之前省掉重复的she is）

2. The girl is more nervous than she is shy.

= The girl is more nervous than shy. （在shy 之前省掉重复的she is）

这时，句子应该这样翻译：as...as... 意为“既（第2个as后的内容）......又（第一个as后的内容）......”；more...than... 表达“取舍关系”：than 之前为“取”，than 之后为“舍”。翻译如下：

1. 这个女孩既害羞，又紧张。

2. 这个女孩与其说害羞，不如说紧张。