so much as 的用法，远比网友理解的要复杂。关键是要掌握它的不同搭配和意义，更要体会 much 在句中的不同作用。
1. so much as用于修饰动词：
The attacks can infect a device without the victim so much as clicking a link or downloading a malware-laced file.
——so much as 副词用法，修饰现在分词clicking，特点是跟否定连用。意思“甚至不；甚至没；连...也没；连...都没”。 without the victim so much as clicking a link 是“without 复合结构”。
She went off without so much as saying a good-bye.
——修饰动名词 saying。
He wouldn't so much as look at me.
——修饰为谓语动词wouldn't look。
2. so much as用于限定名词：
He never spoke so much as a word.  他甚至连一句话也没说。
He left without so much as a nod.  他连头也不点一下就离开了。
She walked away without so much as a thank-you.  她走时连句感谢话都没说。
3. so much as用于普通比较：
She didn’t know so much as a three-year-old child. 她还不如三岁的小孩懂得多。
——much 作know的宾语。
I couldn’t drink so much beer as Tom could. 我不能像汤姆那样喝那么多啤酒。
——much 作beer的限定语。
I don't like English so much as Tom does. 我不像汤姆那样喜欢英语。
——much 作like的程度状语。
4. so much as用于“选择比较”：
“选择比较”即是“择比”。指同一个人或事物，在两个事项中进行选择。
She was not so much nervous as impatient for the journey to be over.（网友的句子）
与其说她紧张，倒不如说她急着要旅行结束。
Tom doesn’t like living in the country so much as in the city.
汤姆与其说喜欢住在乡下，不如说喜欢住在城里。
Tom doesn’t work so much as plays. 与其说汤姆工作，不如说他玩。
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。