转折 A80-84

尽管

• despite / in spite of
• For all...
• For all that has been achieved, over the long run, comprehensive examination of the overall structure of the system should be conducted.

一回事, 另一回事

• ... is one thing, ... is another
• It is one thing to exercise censorship where children are concerned and quite another to do the same for adults.
• To nod politely is one thing, and to follow what you say is quite another.

表面上看

• on the surface
• On the surface, it appears that Jazz music is blues-based and in a way it is true. But beyond the use of bluenotes and scales, Jazz has a lot of features independent of Blues.

与其 ... 不如

• more ... than
• Food today is more of maintenance function than pleasurable experience.
• The music technicians are more concerned with the completeness of the system structrue than the music pieces comeing out ot it.
• not so much ... as/but
• The initial idea of distortion effect for electric guitar stemmed not so much from a deliberate artistic concern as from a mere craze over greater loudness.
• less ... than: 语气更重
  
• A skyscraper is less the product of architectural virtuosity than of economic necessity.
• rather than
  
• Tragic incidents will continue as long as sport is played competetively rather than for the love of the game.
• They want to be envied rather than respected.
• as opposed to: 语义轻
• It has to do with how we combine the existing techniques as apposed to inventing new ones.
• instead of
• in place of : 强调时间先后关系, "前者的确存在过"
• The 12-string guitar is used on a enormous scale in this album, in place of his original regular acoustic guitar.

否则

• otherwise
• The German Requiem mass by Brahms is another example of a work that has taken on a public function and won a place in the hearts of listeners who might otherwise encounter classical music only rarely.