復(fù)雜的比較級(jí)的拆分和理解 例178

例178　For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the' 80s, downshifting in the mid' 90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life—growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one—as a personal recognition of your limitations.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】介詞短語(yǔ)For the women of my generation做狀語(yǔ)，后面加上定語(yǔ)從句who were urged to keep juggling through the ’80s，主干是downshifting in the mid ’90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life as a personal recognition of your limitations，用的是not so much A as B，翻譯成與其A，不如B，里面有插入語(yǔ)growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one。

【亮點(diǎn)回放】此句話的亮點(diǎn)在于not so much A as B，翻譯成與其A，不如B，否定A，贊成B，比如I am not so much a student as a teacher（與其說(shuō)我是個(gè)學(xué)生，不如說(shuō)我是個(gè)老師）。

【核心詞匯】

urged to　強(qiáng)烈要求

keep juggling　為生活奔波

downshifting　放慢生活節(jié)奏

a search for the mythical good life　尋求一種神話般的美好生活

grow your own organic vegetables　用有機(jī)肥種植蔬菜

l recognition of your limitations　認(rèn)識(shí)到自身能力有限這一事實(shí)

【參考譯文】對(duì)于我這一代曾在整個(gè)80年代為生活奔波的女人來(lái)說(shuō)，90年代中期出現(xiàn)的放慢生活節(jié)奏與其說(shuō)是我們尋求一種神話般的美好生活——用有機(jī)肥種植蔬菜，并且夢(mèng)想自己變成其中一部分——不如說(shuō)是我們清醒地認(rèn)識(shí)到自身能力有限這一事實(shí)。