附：rather than用法拾零

These are political matters rather than social matters.這是政治問題，而不是社會問題。

It is a telex rather than a letter. 與其說它是一封信，不如說它是一封電傳。

She is pretty rather than attractive. 她是漂亮，而不吸引人。

He decided to go to Paris rather than London. 他決定去巴黎，不去倫敦。

He runs after fame rather than wealth. 他追求名而不追求利。

Rather than travel by car, I'd prefer to walk. 與其乘汽車旅行，我寧可走路。

She was guided by feeling rather than thought.她被感情而非理智所支配。

I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee. 我想喝冷飲，不想喝咖啡。

She is a career woman rather than a housewife. 她是職業婦女而不是家庭主婦。

I like walking on grass rather than paths, it's so much softer. 我寧愿在草地上面走而不愿走小路，草地柔軟多了。

He always give priority to others rather than to himself. 他總是優先考慮別人而不是自己本身。

The policy will promote rather than hinder reform.這項政策將促進而不是妨礙改革。

Rather than risk a bad crossing, he postponed his journey. 他推遲了旅行的時間，不愿冒著風浪橫渡。

I prefer to snack when I'm travelling rather than have a full meal. 我旅行時喜歡吃小吃而不吃正餐。

She chose the red sweater rather than the pink one. 她選中那件紅毛衣而不要那件粉紅的。

The speaker appealed to our emotions rather than to our minds. 演講者激發了我們的情感而不是啟發我們的思考。

He writes all his books for the crowd rather than for specialists. 他的全部作品都是為一般大眾所寫，而不是為了專家們。

Many products are made by machinery rather than by hand.許多產品是機器造的而不是手工做的。

He would suffer death rather than betray the secret.他寧死也不肯泄露機密。

Nowadays people travel in cars rather than carriages. 現今人們旅行都坐汽車，而不使用馬車。

He should have given priority to his safety rather than to the loss of money. 他本來應該優先考慮他的安全，而不是金錢的損失。

I tried to stand on my own two feet rather than turned to my parents. 我設法自立而不求助于我的父母。

He is a writer rather than a scholar.與其說他是學者，不如說他是作家。

We convinced Anne to go by train rather than plane.我們說服了安妮放棄乘飛機而坐火車走。

Rather than risk breaking up his marriage he told his wife everything. 他惟恐婚姻破裂，把一切都告訴了妻子。

I prefer to die rather than to become a traitor.我寧死不做賣國賊。

He prefers to be a surgeon rather than a physician.他喜歡當外科醫生而不愿作內科醫生。

I, rather than you, should do the work.該做這工作的是我，而不是你。

We shall help them rather than they shall help us.我們應當幫助他們，而不是他們應當幫助我們。

He preferred to fly rather than travel by train.他寧愿做飛機而不愿做火車。

I prefer to be called a fool rather than fight.我寧可被叫作傻瓜也不要打架。

I prefer traveling by day rather than by night.我喜歡白天旅行，不喜歡夜間旅行。

I should take my rest now rather than later.我現在就要休息，而不是以后。

I would work harder rather than refuse to help you.我寧工作辛苦些也不拒絕幫助你們。

It was what he meant rather than what he said.這就是他的話的真實意思。

You should thank him rather than me.你應感謝的是他而不是我。

It was a hope rather than an expectation.此僅為希望多于預期而已。

I would like soda rather than cola.我喜歡喝蘇打水，而不是可樂。

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