求助几个句子的翻译，没太看懂。

cassie1214UID: 3333863

For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualifications for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces.
这里的so much as是什么意思呢 ？


For good measure, during the spring and summer drought, heat, hail, grasshoppers, and   other frustrations might await the weary growers.
await the weary growers 是什么意思啊

zpx2227UID: 3149712

第一个  是taste so much   :D:) :$ :D    as...    断句断开  没有像后面的什么那样有skill
第二个 就是表面的意思啊

咖啡盐UID: 2973669

第一题，我记得此处的so much as是个固定句式，并不适合直接提出理解
the principal qualifications for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces.

前者并不像后者怎么怎么样

第二题，上述的灾难会降临到那些辛苦劳作的农民身上

cassie1214UID: 3333863

咖啡盐 发表于 2012-7-16 22:19
第一题，我记得此处的so much as是个固定句式，并不适合直接提出理解
the principal qualifications for h ...

很有用 谢谢啦