not so as

To open up a business is not so easy as to run it well.

开办一家企业并不比经营好它容易。

I know the work: it's not so difficult as you said.

我知道这工作没你所说的那么艰难。

You know, we're not so different as you might think.

你我之间并没有你想像中那么不同。

He did not so much as turn his face.

他连头也没有回一下。

It's not so easy as you'd think.

不像你想的那么容易。

This bike is not so good as that one.

这辆自行车不及那辆好.

Lesson Ten is not so as difficult as lesson Nine.

第十课不像第九课那么难.

I'm not so active as I used to be.

我现在不如过去精力充沛了。

We talked quietly so as not to be overheard.

我们低声交谈，以免别人听到。

The financial market was not so good as we had expected.

金融市场不像我们预期的那样好。

I'm not so stupid as to believe that.

我还不至于傻得连那样的话都相信。

He never so much as smiled (= did not smile even once) .

他从未笑过。

Poets are not so scrupulous as you are.

诗人并不像你那样顾虑多.

Here the winters are not so brutal as in other parts of the country.

这儿的冬天不像该国其他地方那样难以忍受。

The work is not so difficult as they hope.

这份工作并没有他们想象的那样难。

He was not so quick a learner as his brother.

他学东西不像他哥哥那么快。

She stole out of the room so as not to wake the baby.

她生怕惊醒婴儿，蹑手蹑脚地从屋里出来。

Money is not so tight as it was last month.

银根较之上月有所松动。

But recently she has become somewhat mysterious, not so open-minded as before.

可最近女儿有点神神秘秘，不再和妈妈讲心里话。

He is not so clever as be has been cracked up to be.

他并不像某些人吹捧的那样聪明。

He's not so daft as to listen to rumours

他不会蠢到去听信谣言的。

Resonance would occur again, but not so strong as before.

共振会再次发生，但不如先前那么强。

If you finish your food at meal, the host and hostess usually add more and more food in your dish or bowl without asking you whether you want it or not so as to show they are polite to the guests.

所以我们通常准备充足的食物给客人吃。如果您吃完了碗中的食物，主人们通常会不断的向你的碗中添加食物，不管你是否已经吃饱，以表明他们对客人的礼貌。

Could it be that they were not so different as they seemed?

如果可能是的话，他们看起来没有什么不同。

I have a lot of my father's features, although I'm not so tall as he is.

我长得很像我父亲，但我没他那么高。

She is not so weak as she looks.

她并不像看上去那么虚弱.

After all, they were admirable as musicians, although not so as persons of politics.

他们毕竟是音乐家, 作为政治人应当受到批判,作为音乐家仍值得尊敬.

Luckily the weather was not so as wet as it is today.

幸好那天不像今天这样下雨.

Web glow refers to the perfect look one appears in online photos, while in real life, they are probably not so attractive as they diaplayed.

Web glow（网络美颜）指网络发布的照片中完美无瑕的容颜，而在现实生活中，照片中的人物可能并没有那么漂亮。

It is not so expensive as you might expect.

那不像你料想的那么昂贵.