18.01.08 not so much

1]not so much 

1.This is not so much a date as an interview.

2.This event is not so much a threat as a chance(an opportunity).

chance는 우연히 또는 우발적으로 발생한 기회이며 opportunity는 내가 노력하여 얻은 기회를 의미

3.My boss is not so much surprised as shocked.

4.I am not no much disappointed as frustrated.

5.His success is not so much by talent as by luck.

6.The thing is not so much getting a job as keeping it.

7.This is not so much what I want as what he wants.

8.This is not so much where you do it as how you do it.

  명시적으로 someone의 의미가 없는 경우 someone의 의미로 you를 일반적으로 사용한다

9.He is not so much a friend as a teacher.

10.This is not so much love as friendship.

11.They are not so much tired as sleepy.

12.My friend is not so much lonely as depressed.

13.This is not so much what I heard as what they heard .

14.You are not so much a job as a hobby.

15.This is not so much when you did it as how you did it.

16.This is not so much how much you eat as how often you eat.

17.This information is not so much in the book as in my head.

18.This is not so much by accident as on purpose.