汉语句式 9 的英译.docVIP

汉语句式：“不是……而是……” “不在于……而在于……” “与其说是……倒不如说是……” 英语对应句式： 第一式：用“more…than…”这一结构造句，但要注意其变式（逆式）是：“less…than…”和“not so much…as…”。请看下面的示例： 1、与其说这是一幅山水画，倒不如说一首诗。 It is more a piece of poetry than a piece of landscape painting. It is less a piece of landscape painting than a piece of poem. It is not so much a piece of mountain-and-water painting as a piece of poem. 2、我们之所以尊重他，并不在于他是个领导，而在于他知识渊博，人品好。 Our respect towards him lies not so much in his administrative position as in his integrity and his profound knowledge. 第二式：用“not that…but that…”这一结构造句；