不如

The proximate reason is that the latter matter far less than they used to.

近似的解释是，高收入经济体的重要性已大不如前。

If there is a shame here, it's a national shame — a failure of our puritanical society to accept and deal with the facts.

这与其说是那些女孩的耻辱，不如说是国家的耻辱——这是一向标榜道德操守的美国社会承担并解决这一问题的失败。

His plans are not what they purport to be.

他的计划并不如他们所声称的那样。

The situation is not what they purport to be.

现状并不如他们所声称的那样。

Chunk: Not as clear as the memory of you purring in my ear, which I have been replaying over and over.

不如你在我耳边的呻吟更让我记得更清楚！我已经回忆了一遍又一遍！

Without the consideration of indirect benefit of less tangling situations, the installation of pump jet on American style purse seine ships as subsidiary propulsion, small boat power, or maneuvering device, will all delay the balance of cost and benefit for only a slight level.

在全寿期成本效益评估方面，若假设暂不考虑不易绞缠的间接效益，则泵喷推进器安装在美式围网渔船上作为辅助推进、小船推进或方向控制，都对损益平衡只有稍微延迟的影响，其影响不如油价的变动。

This time round, the bond market has been more pussycat than tiger.

这一回，债券市场与其说是只老虎，还不如说是只猫。

Put sb to shame 使某人很惭愧 His courage put all the other students to shame.

他的勇气令其他学生都感到惭愧不如。

The Pythian games -- more a celebration of the arts than sport -- began in the 6th century BC and included musical and literary contests.

特尔斐竞技会开始于公元前六世纪，比赛项目包括音乐和文学，所以与其说它是体育盛事，还不如说是文艺庆祝。

This syntax is not as "Pythonic" as the other.

这个语法不如前个"Pythonic"。

According to the clear water experiment, aeration performance of the new equipment is good with high total oxygen transfer coefficient and oxygen utilization ratio.

曝气设备的动力效率在叶轮转速为120rpm～150rpm时取得最大值，此时氧利用率和充氧能力也具有较高值。

The environmental stability of that world - including its crushing pressures and icy darkness - means that some of its most famous inhabitants have survived for eons as evolutionary throwbacks, their bodies undergoing little change.

稳定的海底环境─包括能把人压扁的压力和冰冷的黑暗─意谓海底某些最知名的栖居生物已以演化返祖的样态活了万世，形体几无变化。