There was not so much as a trickle of water.

一点儿细流的水也没有。

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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。

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Official statisticians think that the reality may have been slightly better than these Numbers suggest, but not so much as to alter the overall picture significantly.

官方统计员认为经济体的实际表现也许会比数据显示出的结果略好，但还远不足以明显的改变整个宏观面。

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She often said: "You must never so much as think if you like it or not, if it is bearable or not.

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The Roman poet philosopher Juvenal said men need not so much be informed as reminded.

罗马哲学家尤维纳利斯说过,人们更需要记住，而不是被通知。

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Not so much as long as the single line But in fact groups of lines. The quote editions are Highly condensed; the folio edition are probably Come closer to the full play.

不一定是一句台词,而是大段的台词，引语版是,高度浓缩的，第一对开本可能,更接近完整的剧。

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And there was a lack of oversight from the regulator, the Financial Services Authority: it was "thoroughly inadequate... not so much the dog that did not bark, as a dog barking up the wrong tree".

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Mr. Brown's exemplary actors can thus scale their performances down to the point where you feel as though you're not hearing Mr. Sondheim's songs so much as overhearing them.

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Not, so far, as much as might be supposed.

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