not so much X as Y: مقارنات تصحّح
Not so much X as Y: comparisons that correct
القاعدة
في مستوى C1 كثير من المقارنات يصقل الوصف أو يصححه بدل ترتيب شيئين: not so much X as Y = إنه Y أكثر منه X، وmore of a … than a …، وif anything = بل ربما العكس، وfar from = بعيد كل البعد عن، وa far cry from = مختلف تمامًا عن، وevery bit as … as وno less … than = بالقدر نفسه، وno more … than = ليس أكثر مما…، وthe more …, the more … بلا قلب.
not so much X as Y · more of a … than a … · …; if anything, … · far from + adjective · a far cry from · every bit as … as · no less … than (equal) · no more … than (neither) · the more …, the more … · nothing like as … as
أمثلة
It was not so much a holiday as a working trip.
لم تكن عطلة بقدر ما كانت رحلة عمل.
He is more of a teacher than a manager.
إنه معلم أكثر منه مديرًا.
Prices have not fallen; if anything, they have risen.
لم تنخفض الأسعار، بل ربما ارتفعت.
The sequel is every bit as good as the original.
الجزء الثاني جيد تمامًا مثل الأصل.
أخطاء شائعة
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خطأ: It was not so much a problem than a challenge.
صحيح: It was not so much a problem as a challenge.
الزوج هو not so much … as.
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خطأ: He is more a leader than manager of.
صحيح: He is more of a leader than a manager.
النمط more of a … than a ….
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خطأ: The more I practise, the better do I get.
صحيح: The more I practise, the better I get.
لا قلب بعد the more … the better.
تمارين محلولة
حاول أن تجيب بنفسك أولًا، ثم افتح «اعرض الإجابة» لترى الحل وسببه.
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١اختر الجملة الصحيحة.
ماذا تعني الجملة؟
She is not so much shy as careful.
- She is careful rather than shy.
- She is more shy than careful.
- She is shy and careful.
- She is neither shy nor careful.
اعرض الإجابة
الإجابة: أ She is careful rather than shy.
not so much X as Y = Y أكثر من X.
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٢اختر الجملة الصحيحة.
- More you practise, easier it gets.
- The more you practise, the more easy it gets it.
- The more you practise, the easier it gets.
- The more you practise, the easier does it get.
اعرض الإجابة
الإجابة: ج The more you practise, the easier it gets.
the more …, the easier … بالترتيب العادي.
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٣أكمل الفراغ.
Things haven’t got better. If _____, they’re worse.
- anything
- everything
- nothing
- something
اعرض الإجابة
الإجابة: أ Things haven’t got better. If anything, they’re worse.
if anything تقوّي التصحيح.
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٤حوّل الجملة.
صحّحها بـ not so much … as.
It was a debate, but really it was more of an argument.
- It was not so much debate as argument of.
- It was not so much a debate than an argument.
- It was not as much a debate so an argument.
- It was not so much a debate as an argument.
اعرض الإجابة
الإجابة: د It was not so much a debate as an argument.
النمط not so much a … as a … للتصحيح.
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٥اختر الجملة الصحيحة.
ماذا تعني far from هنا؟
The plan is far from perfect.
- Perfect in the long term
- Nearly perfect
- Perfect but distant
- Not at all perfect
اعرض الإجابة
الإجابة: د Not at all perfect
far from مع الصفة = بعيد تمامًا عن.
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٦هذه الجملة خاطئة. اختر التصحيح.
He’s more a friend than a boss of.
- He’s more a friend of than a boss.
- He’s more of friend than of boss.
- He’s much of a friend than a boss.
- He’s more of a friend than a boss.
اعرض الإجابة
الإجابة: د He’s more of a friend than a boss.
النمط more of a … than a ….
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٧رتّب الكلمات لتكوين جملة صحيحة.
The new office is every bit as noisy as the old one
اعرض الإجابة
الإجابة: The new office is every bit as noisy as the old one.
every bit as … as = بالقدر نفسه تمامًا.
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٨اختر الجملة الصحيحة.
- She is no less determined than her sister.
- She is no less determined as her sister.
- She is not less determined than her sister so.
- She is no less determination than her sister.
اعرض الإجابة
الإجابة: أ She is no less determined than her sister.
no less … than = لا يقل عن.
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٩اختر الجملة الصحيحة.
أي جملة تعني الشيء نفسه؟
The new version is a far cry from the original.
- The new version is very different from the original.
- The new version cries more than the original.
- The new version is almost the same as the original.
- The original was far away.
اعرض الإجابة
الإجابة: أ The new version is very different from the original.
a far cry from = مختلف تمامًا عن.
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١٠أكمل الفراغ.
أنت تكتب مراجعة فيلم.
The sequel is every _____ as exciting as the first film.
- bit
- way
- part
- piece
اعرض الإجابة
الإجابة: أ The sequel is every bit as exciting as the first film.
التعبير الثابت every bit as … as.
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