There was not so much as a trickle of water.

一点儿细流的水也没有。

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It doesn't matter, so long as they're enjoyable, and not likely to have negative side effects, such as drinking too much alcohol or going on a wild spending spree if you're on a tight budget.

这没关系，只要它们是令人愉快的，而且不太可能有负面影响，比如喝酒过量或者在预算紧张的情况下疯狂消费。

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Of course, the colored world was not so much a neighborhood as a condition of existence.

当然，有色人种的世界与其说是一个社区，不如说是一种生存所需条件。

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Kvit told VOA the recent destruction of books in Ukraine is not so much a tragedy, as it is a farce.

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Because Albert Einstein, who I had on my wall,as a undergrad he meant so much to me, not only we both play the violin, the most brilliant mind and intelligence in the 20th century.

我还是大学生的时候，我家墙上有一副爱因斯坦的画像,他对于我来说非常重要，不仅因为我们都拉小提琴，20世纪最聪明最有智慧的人。

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This way of teaching did not perhaps quite so much for a variety of reasons permeate public school literature teaching, but it was simply, as a result of Understanding Poetry, the way to go. It took time.

尽管这种教学方法可能并没有大范围被应用于,公立学校的文学专业，但是它的确符合教育的发展趋向，这也还得归功于《诗歌鉴赏》，它确实需要更多时间。

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The British squash player Peter Nicol - who has represented Scotland and England - has a level of success that would have made Tim Henman not so much a superstar as a national god.

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But instead of rethinking the shape of the drama to suit the format, the director, Jean-Jacques Annaud, has taken a small, simplistic plot, filled a couple of lonely roles with flat performers, and marooned them in the midst of a spectacle that is not so much a movie as a demonstration.

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And they are doing so not so much as a favor to the people, but mainly at the behest of financial markets.

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