Nowadays it is not uncommon for a big, p schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the bus or tube, () stand up and offer his seat to her.
A. much less
B. not to mention
C. not to say
D. rather than
参考答案:A
解析:
much less在此处的意思是“更不用说”,用于否定(或带有否定意义的)句后,继前面的否定对相关的某另一件事或情况做更强有力的否定。如此句:“一个高大强壮的学生用胳膊肘将年迈的妇女推开,冲抢地铁或公共汽车上最后一个空位,这种情况当今并不少见,更不用说站起来让座了。”not to mention虽有同义,但结构上要求接名词或名词短语,not to say与not to mention形式相似而意义全然不同,其意为:“虽不能说”,如:He is very frugal, not to say stingy. 虽不能说吝啬,但他也非常节俭。rather than“而不是”,在意义上虽然讲得通,但在结构上此句要求用不定式,与to elbow -致。still less可与much less交替使用。