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rather than用法

rather than可以作介词，并列连词和从属连词。

1) 用作介词

其后接代词、名词和动名词。

Rather than a new car, he bought a color television.

他买了一台彩电，而没买新轿车。

Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own?

你干吗非得自己干，而不请人帮忙？

We ought to check up, rather than just accepting what he says.

我们应该检查一下，而不是只接受他所说的话。

Their actions precipitated the war rather than averting it.

他们的行为不是阻止战争，而是加速战争。

"A friend in need is a friend indeed."The message here is that someone who stays with you and helps you in times of trouble, rather than turning their back, is a true friend.

“患难朋友才是真正的朋友。”这里的意思是说帮助你共渡难关的人才是真正的朋友，而不是那些拒绝帮助的人。

2) 用作并列连词

常用于平等结构，可接名称、形容词、谓语动词、状语、非谓语动词、从句等不同的词项或结构。

I like peaches rather than apples.

我喜欢吃桃而不喜欢吃苹果。（接名词）

John ought to go rather than Jean

是约翰应该去，而不是琼（应该去）。（接名词）

The Shoes are comfortable rather than pretty

这双鞋与其说漂亮，不如说穿起来舒适。（接形容词）

She telephoned rather than wrote.

她打了电话而没有写信。（接动词）

For 30 years, employers have been hiring graduates for their degrees rather than(their)abilities. 30年来，雇主们在雇人时从学位出发，而不是从能力出发。（接状语）

He wanted to sunbathe rather than(to)swim.

他宁愿晒日光浴也不去游泳。（接不定式）

He was engaged in writing rather than reading the newspaper.

他正忙着写东西，而不是在读报纸。（接名词）

"Pin the Tail on the Donkey" is always fun when you're watching rather than pinning.

当你在观看而不是在参与“为驴安尾”这种游戏时，你会发现真是太有趣了。（接现在分词） It is mankind's instinct for moral reasoning in action, an instinct that should be encouraged rather than laughed at.

这是人类用道德观念进行推理的本能在起作用，这种本能应得到鼓励而不应受到嘲笑。（接过去分词）

It was what he meant rather than what he said that annoyed me.

真正使我生气的不是他说的话而是他的意图。 （接what引导的名词性从句）

上述例句中rather than两边多是相同的语法形式或结构，但有时也不尽然，如下列例句： I think she hurt my feelings deliberately rather than by accident as she claimed.

我认为她故意伤害我的感情，而并非像她所说的是出于无意。