尚且shàngqiě〈连词conj.〉提出程度更甚的事例作为衬托,下文常用‘何况’等呼应,表示进一层的意思{[used in the negative, usu. followed by a clause beginning with 何况 hékuàng, a negative with even greater force of denial] (not) even ..., let alone ...}: 为了人民的事业,流血～不惜,更别说流这点ㄦ汗了!{For the people's cause, even blood shedding is not to be spared, to say nothing of sweating.}