The book seems to be more a dictionary than one on grammar.

与其说这是本语法书,倒不如说是一本词典.

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I'd sooner die than do this sort of thing.

叫我做这种事,倒不如叫我死.

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Oceans don't so much divide the world as unite it.

与其说海洋将世界分开,倒不如说它们将世界连成一体.

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It would be truer to say that he was careless than that he was unkind.

与其说他待人苛刻倒不如说粗心更准确.

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It's not even as straightforward as officialdom. "

倒不如进官场爽气. ”

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I lay down not so much to sleep as to think.

我躺下来与其说是要睡觉,倒不如说是要思考.

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It was more like the bend of a river than a bath.

与其说是游泳池,倒不如说它更象一条河湾.

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Happiness hinges not so much on wealth as on health.

快乐与其说在于财富倒不如说在于健康.

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It is more grey than brown.

与其说它是棕色的,倒不如说是灰色的.

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You might as well advise me to give up my fortune as my argument.

你劝我停止辩论,倒不如劝我抛弃一切财产.

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Since it is raining hard, you may as well stay here as leave.

既然雨下得这么大, 你与其离开倒不如待在这儿.

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It'seemed less to cast out the evils of humanity than to feed its blood lust.

看来与其说是消弭了人类的罪恶,倒不如说是满足了人类的杀戮欲.

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I stood still, feeling more defeated by the righteous boy behind me than by Aunt Addie.

我一动不动地站着, 心里觉得与其说是败在艾迪小姨的手下,倒不如说是败在后面那个冠冕堂皇的男生的手下.

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Instead of expressing everything you feel today, judicious about what you say.

今天, 比起你想表达的一切,倒不如更小心你所说的话.

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But rather than feeling anger, Alan simply felt desolate.

阿兰感到的与其说是生气, 倒不如说孤独.

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