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副词 ad. 1.相当,颇,有点儿I"m feeling rather sleepy. 我有点困倦。 2.(常与would或had连用)宁可,宁愿;(与其...)倒不如;而不是He would rather play than work. 他宁可玩,却不愿工作。 I"d rather you knew that now, than afterwards. 与其以后让你知道,不如现在就让你知道。 I"ll never be dependent on anyone again. I"d rather starve. 我再也不依靠任何人了。我宁愿饿死。 3.(常与or连用)更确切地说He left late last night, or rather early this morning. 他昨夜很晚,或者应该说是今天一大早才走。

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我没答案但是英语不是计较出来的 是感觉出来的

前一句：人生中最大的幸福是确信我们是被爱着的。后面的不完整长宁天山英语组

一般要加逗号。

【答案】：She will go to New York,or rather,she will go to New York by air.

选C A.or rather 更确切地说 .更精确地说,倒不如说 B.other than 意思是除了……,除……之外 C.rather than 而不是,宁愿……（而不 D.would rather宁愿；宁可 左后,他不得不步行去办公室,而不是跑去

or ratherad. 确切地说(说得更准确些) Practicing economy is a life-style, or rather a spirit.节约是一种生活方式，更是一种精神品质。This new product, or rather, this new style of shirt, is not very attractive.这项新产品，确切地说是这种新款式的衬衫，并不是非常吸引人的。

D 选D。考查强调句型。分析句子结构可知, 此处强调句子的主语our daily decisions, rather than our abilities。

是quite.再加上very,按程度强弱排列，顺序为：rather,quite,very(fairly)。very(fairly)多用于褒义,如very(fairly)good；rather多用于贬义形容词、too及比较级前。quite，rather与单数名词连用，冠词放在其后。但当rather，quite前仍有形容词，不定冠词放其前后均可，如：ratheracoldday/arathercoldday。quite和rather可修饰名词，置于“不定冠词+名词之前”。如：quiteagoodstory,ratherastrongwind。副词quite修饰可比较的形容词时，意为”相当”。如：That”squitegood.当它修饰不可比较的形容词时，则意为”十分或完全”。如：Sheisquiteright.”quite有两个实际上相反的意思：(1)”有点；相当地”，往往与”可分级”的形容词(能被more,less和very修饰的形容词)搭配。如：aquitepleasedafternoon一个相当令人愉快的下午；(2)”全部地；完全地”，倾向修饰绝对形容词(即不能被more,less和very修饰的形容词)。如：aquiteoutstandingperformance一场非常出众的表演。(当quite涉及动词和副词时，同样的区别也适用)修饰perfect完美的，如果用fairly程度太弱，与这个词的意思不符；如果用rather，有一些消极的意思。而very是修饰具有比较级的形容词，而perfect是没有是不可比较的。所以本题选D。

例子:Iprefergreenratherthanblue,Iprefertositonthefloorratherthansittingonthissofa.Iprefertodomathsratherthanscience.etc.注意:doing是presenttense所以只有用"我正在"做什么的时候使用,上面的sitting就是.

喜欢做某事多于另一件事IprefertoreadnovelratherthantowatchTV.与看电视相比我更喜欢读小说。

青丝芬芳，指尖轻扬，秀口盈昂，吾弃恒久，索之而慌。

当我心碎的时候，我宁愿笑着流泪，也不哭着说后悔

当我的心碎了的时候，我宁愿笑着流泪，也不愿哭着后悔

直译为它需要维修，根据语境，翻译为当我的心受伤，它需要呵护吗？

We"re a thousand miles from comfort,安逸与我们相隔万里 we have travelled land and sea我们赤足跋涉千山万水But as long as you are with me, 只要有你相伴there"s no place I"d rather be我就无处想去I would wait forever, 愿永远守候着你exalted in the scene,为你每一次露面欣喜as long as we"re together, 只要有你相伴my heart continues to beat我的心就小鹿乱撞With every step you take, 一步步小心翼翼Kyoto to The Bay京都海湾处歇脚Strolling so casually步伐随意散漫We"re different and the same, 我们不同又相似gave you another name取了各自的名字Switch up the batteries充足能量 继续前行If you gave me a chance I could take it你若给我机会 我会紧紧抓住It"s a shot in the dark but I"ll make it茫茫夜色中一抹亮色 我会尽力出彩Know with all of your heart, you can"t tame me即使完全了解你的心意 也不能动摇我When I am with you, there"s no place I rather be只要有你相伴 所到之处都是天堂No, no, no, no, no, no, no不 不 不no place I"d rather be我无处想去No, no, no, no, no, no, no不 不 不no place I"d rather be只要有你No, no, no, no, no, no, no不 不 不no place I"d rather be只想和你在一起We set out on a mission, 一路跌跌撞撞to find our inner peace去寻找内心的平静

三个都有“而不是”的意思。区别在于：istead后面可以接句子，（that从句），或。而insteadof后面不能接完整的句子，接短语。insteadof和ratherthan的区别主要在在它后面所接词语的用法。因为insteadof是介词短语，of是介词，所以当它的后面接动词的话必须是ing形式。而ratherthan是连词，后面接动词原形。另外，instead和insteadof还有代替的意思。instead单独用，用逗号隔开时，可以灵活翻译为“相反地”。比如：Youshoudn"tgiveup,instead,Ithinkyoushouldtryyourbesttofinishitwell.(你不应该放弃，相反地，你应该尽你最大的努力来把它漂漂亮亮地完成。）又：Youshouldtryyourbesttofinishitinsteadofgivingup.(你应该尽力完成它而不是放弃）（额，我尽力把我记得的都回想了一遍，还绞尽脑汁举了两个例子，看在我那么努力的份上，你说什么也要采纳哦！）

other than 不同于,除了,与…不同；与…不同方式 There"s nobody here other than me.除了我这里没别人. You can"t get there other than by swimming.你只能靠游泳游到那边去. rather than 用来表示“是...而不是...”,通常连接两个并列成分 eg:He is an artist rather than a philosopher. 他是位艺术家而不是位哲学家.

1.rather than doHe told a lie rather than get his friend into trouble. 他宁愿说谎也不愿连累朋友。 Shall we go for a walk rather than watch television? 咱们不看电视，出去散步，好不好？ rather than后接动词原形表示主观抉择rather than to doI decided to write rather than(to) telephone.我决定写信而不是打电话。 They prefer to die fighting rather than(to) live in enslavement. 他们宁可战死，也不肯活着受奴役。 13)I prefer to work rather than(to) remain idle.我宁愿工作而不愿闲着。 rather than 后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to, 如上句。但rather than位于句首时，则只能接不带to 的不定式。如：Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉，把它们以半价卖掉了。 接动名词 8)I always prefer starting early,rather than leaving everything to the last minute, 我总是愿意早开始而不愿意把所有事情都留到最后才做。 9)He was engaged in writing a letter rather than reading the newspaper. 他那时是在写信而不是看报纸。

两者都可以。A和B是名词或形容词时, "A rather than B" 比较常见。例: It is red rather than purple.A和B是动词时, "rather A than B" 比较常见。例: I would rather die than live withour you.rather，英语单词，副词、连词、感叹词、名词，作副词时意为“宁可，宁愿；相当；准确地说；或多或少地”，作连词时意为“而不是”，作感叹词时意为“当然啦（回答问题时用）”，作名词时意为“人名；(英)拉瑟”。双语例句I , rather than you , should do the work .该做这个工作的是我，而不是你。I should thank you rather than you thank me!我应该感谢你，而不是你来感谢我！We should help him rather than he should help us.是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。

偏重前者 理由： conj.宁可 ...也不愿,与其 ...倒不如,而不是 prep.而非...,替代... 根据麦克米伦字典上的说法： rather than本身也是prefer A to B的另一种表现,A rather than B 因此是偏重我更愿意A而非B rather than used for saying that one thing is preferred to another or happens instead of another Doug chose to quit rather than admit that he"d made a mistake. Rather than criticizing your husband,why not find out if there"s something wrong? We want the matter settled sooner rather than later.

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ather than 用法小结 rather than 是一个并列连词,用法比较复杂,现归纳如下： 1. rather than 与would 连用时,构成“would rather...than...”句式,意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”,表示主观愿望,即在两者之中选择其一.例如： She"d rather die than lose the children. 她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们. 2. rather than 不与would连用时,表示客观事实,意为“是……而不是……；与其……不如……”.它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等.现分述如下： (1) 连接两个名词或代词 He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 与其说他是一个海员,不如说他是一个探险者. You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野营. 注意：rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时,谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致. (2) 连接两个形容词 The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮. (3) 连接两个介词(短语)或动名词 We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我们是在教室里开会,不是在大厅里. She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌,而不喜欢跳舞. (4) 连接两个分句 We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们. (5) 连接两个不定式 I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话. 注意：rather than 后接不定式时,不定式可以带to,也可以不带to, 如上句.但rather than位于句首时,则只能接不带to 的不定式.如：Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉,把它们以半价卖掉了. (6) 连接两个动词 He ran rather than walked. 他是跑来的,而不是走来的. 注意：这里rather than 后用了walked,而没有用walk,表示客观事实,而不是主观愿望.如果换成walk,则作“宁愿……而不愿 ……”解. would rather的用法 一、would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”,后接动词原形,常省略为"d rather,表示优先选择的一种方式 其否定形式是would rather not do sth.would rather没有人称和数的变化,所有的人称一律用would rather. “would rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式,美国英语中多用had rather.would (had)在此决无“过去”之意,它是一个情态助动词,且无词性、时态变化. 例 Mr Li would rather not listen to rock music. 李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐. If you"d rather be alone, we"ll all leave here. 如果你宁愿独自呆着,那我们都离开这儿. He"d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作. You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening. 今晚你最好呆在家中读点书. 二、如果在两者中进行取舍,表示“宁愿……而不愿……,与其……宁可……”的意思时,则可用would rather…than…或would…rather than…的句型 例 I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. 我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影. The children would walk there rather than take a bus. 孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不愿乘公共汽车. 请注意 1） would rather…than…/would…rather than…也可以颠倒为：rather than…would….Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式,若选用的动词相同,那么than 后的动词可以省略. 例 I would rather have noodles than rice. 我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭. He would rather drink wine than beer． 他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒. Rather than work in such bad condition, he would give up. 与其在这样差的条件下工作,他宁愿放弃. 2)使用would rather…than…句型时要注意“平行结构”,即在than 的前后要用两个同类的词或词组,如两个名词、两个不定式、两个介词短语等. 例 I would rather go to work by bike than by bus. 我宁愿骑自行车也不愿乘公共汽车去上班. I would rather talk with his mother than with his father. 我宁愿和他妈说话而不愿和他爸说话. 三、在疑问句式中,would rather 与would rather…than…中的would要放在主语之前 例 Would you rather stay here or go home? 你愿意呆在这里,还是回家? Which would you rather have, apples or bananas? 你喜欢吃苹果还是香蕉? Would you rather read a novel than read a poem?你宁愿看小说而不愿朗读诗歌吗? 四、would rather+从句,是一个常用的虚拟语气句型 Would rather+从句,谓语一般用过去时来表示现在或将来.其意为“宁愿……,还是…… 好些”“一个人宁愿另一个人做某事”.引导从句的that常省略.在谈到过去的动作时,谓语则用过去完成时. 例 John wants to see me today. I would rather he came to tomorrow than today. 约翰今天想去看我.我宁愿他明天来看我而不是今天.(句中came不是表示过去而是表示将来) We"d rather he paid us the money tomorrow. 我们宁愿他明天付给我们那笔钱. Don"t e tomorrow. I"d rather you came next weekend. 明天别来.我希望你下周末来. 请注意 1） 如果谈到过去的动作,也就是表示过去已经发生的事情在选择上不恰当.此时,主句一般为I had rather ,其（that）从句则用过去完成时. 例 Would rather you had not done that. 我真希望你没有做那件事. 2）如果只涉及主语本人而不涉及另一个人,则would rather之后不接that从句而接have done结构. 例 I would rather have gone to the theatre than stayed home night. 我真希望昨天晚上去看了戏而不是呆在家里. He would rather be poor than have got money by dishonest methods． 他宁可穷也不愿意用不诚实的手段获取金钱. Henry would rather that his girlfriend worked in the same department as he does．亨利希望他的女朋友和他在一个部门工作. 五、would rather/sooner和prefer/would prefer的区别 would rather和would sooner之间一般没有区别,但经常接触到的是would rather. 例Tom would rather/sooner read than talk． 汤姆宁可读书而不愿谈天. Tom prefers reading to talking．汤姆喜欢读书而不喜欢谈天. 请注意 1）would rather后跟不带to的不定式+than+不带 to的不定式,而prefer后跟动名词+to+动名词.有时prefer后面也可跟名词,而在would rather之后要求只带动词原形. 例 He prefers wine to beer．= He would rather drink wine than beer． 他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒. I prefer tennis to golf．= I"d rather play tennis than golf． 我喜欢打网球而不喜欢打高尔夫球. 2）某些 prefer+名词的情况不能用 would rather完全确切地表达出来：He prefers dogs to cats．（他喜欢狗而不喜欢猫.）和 He would rather have dogs than cats．（他宁可养狗而不愿养猫.）很明显,这两句的意思并不完全相同. 3） would rather+不带to的不定式有时可代替 would prefer+带 to的不定式. 例 I"d rather fly than go by sea．=I"d prefer to fly． 我宁愿乘飞机也不愿乘船. 这两个结构后面带名词时情况也一样： 例 —Would you like some gin? —I"d prefer a coffee．=I"d rather have coffee than gin． —您想喝点杜松子酒吗? —我想喝点咖啡./我想喝点咖啡,不想喝杜松子酒. 4）would rather/sooner和would prefer后面都可跟完成式,但后者带to. 例 We went by sea but I"d rather have gone by air=I"d prefer to have gone by air． 我们是乘船去的,可我本想乘飞机去.（我愿意乘飞机去,可我的愿望未能实现.）这和 would like+不定式的完成式有点相似,would like+带to 的不定式的完成式也表示未能实现的愿望. 我搜到的,不知道有没有用

other than 不同于,除了,与…不同；与…不同方式There"s nobody here other than me.除了我这里没别人.You can"t get there other than by swimming.你只能靠游泳游到那边去.rather than 用来表示“是...而不是...”,通常连接两个并列成分eg:He is an artist rather than a philosopher.他是位艺术家而不是位哲学家.other than 除了 rather than 而不是,代替Other than例子：Everyone here can go there other than you.除了你之外，这儿的每一个人都可以去那儿。rather than例子：1.Everyone here can go there rather than me.这儿的每一个人都可以代替我去那儿。2.Everyone here can go there rather than me other than you.除了你之外，这儿的每一个人都可以代替我去那儿。3.I can go there rather than you.我要去那儿，而不是你。

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对于rather than doing 什么的 ，可能是楼主没有理解好，后面可以跟doing， 但是，比如 rather than being worried 就可以因为being worried 是动词短语

"rather...than" 是一个常用的短语，表示"与其......不如......"的意思。它用于比较两个事物并表达偏向于其中一个。例如："I would rather stay home than go out."（我宁愿呆在家里也不愿意出去）。"Rather...than" 这个短语可以用来表达偏向和选择。可以使用这个短语来表达一些情感上或价值观上的取向。此外，在口语和书面语中，"rather...than" 还可以替代“or”，用来连接两个相似但略有不同的词组，以强调其中一个。例如："He is brave rather than reckless." (他勇敢而不是鲁莽)。除了 "rather...than" 之外，英语中还有其他表达选项的短语，例如： "prefer...to"、"choose...over" 等等。在写作和口语中应遵循语境和习惯惯用法。总之，“rather ... than” 是一个非常常用的短语。使用得当可以在表达自己倾向或评判时更加美妙自如。

release rather than 用法小结 rather than 是一个并列连词，用法比较复杂，现归纳如下： 1. rather than 与would 连用时，构成“would rather...than...”句式，意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”，表示主观愿望，即在两者之中选择其一。例如： She"d rather die than lose the children. 她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们。 2. rather than 不与would连用时，表示客观事实，意为“是……而不是……；与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。现分述如下： (1) 连接两个名词或代词 He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 与其说他是一个海员，不如说他是一个探险者。 You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野营。 注意：rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。 (2) 连接两个形容词 The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。 (3) 连接两个介词(短语)或动名词 We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我们是在教室里开会，不是在大厅里。 She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。 (4) 连接两个分句 We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。 (5) 连接两个不定式 I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。

　ratherthan可作连词词组使用，连接两个并列成分，表示在两者中间进行选择，意为“是A而不是B”、“要A不要B”、“宁愿A而不愿B”等，后面可以接名词、代词、形容词、副词、动词和动词不定式等。　　1.名词。例如：　　Heisawriterratherthanateacher.2.代词。例如：　　You，ratherthanshe，aremyguest.　　你是我的客人，而不是她。3.形容词。例如：　　Thecolourseemsgreenratherthanblue.　　这颜色似乎是绿的，而不是蓝的。4.副词。例如：　　Theshipsankquicklyratherthanslowly.　　船沉得很快，而不是很慢。5.动词。例如：　　Sheleftratherthanstayedathome.　　她不是呆在家里，而是走了。6.介词短语。例如：　　I"dprefertoreadinthelibraryratherthanathome.　　我宁愿在图书馆看书，也不愿在家里看书。7.动词的－ing形式。例如：　　Shelikesdancingratherthansinging.　　她喜欢跳舞，而不喜欢唱歌。8.过去分词。例如：　　Hehadthehouserebuiltratherthanrepaired.　　他宁愿重建房子，而不愿修缮。　　9.句子。例如：　　Weshouldhelphimratherthanheshouldhelpus.　　我们应该帮助他，而不是他应该帮助我们。

rather than do、rather than to do、rather than doing的区别为：指代不同、用法不同、侧重点不同。一、指代不同1、rather than do：而不是。2、rather than to do：而不是去做。3、rather than doing：而不是正在做。二、用法不同1、rather than do：rather是程度副词，用来修饰原级或比较级形容词和副词、动词、分词或单数名词，意思是“有些”“相当”“多少地”，常用于负面含意。2、rather than to do：rather用以减弱而不是加强其后所跟的词或词组的作用，如拒绝别人请求帮助时，显得比较客气，又如为了谦虚，可用这词使自己在引人注目的场面表现得乐而不狂。3、rather than doing：rather一般放在不定冠词前面，名词前有形容词时，也可放在不定冠词后面。三、侧重点不同1、rather than do：侧重于表示主观的选择。2、rather than to do：侧重于表示客观的理性选择。3、rather than doing：侧重于表示有些后悔或难以抉择的选择。

前后一致就可以

1、rather than 与would 连用时，构成“would rather…than…”句式，意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”，表示主观愿望，即在两者之中选择其一。例如： Shed rather die than lose the children. 她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们。 2、rather than 不与would连用时，表示客观事实，意为“是……而不是……；与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。现分述如下： (1)连接两个名词或代词 He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 与其说他是一个海员，不如说他是一个探险者。 You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野营。 注意：rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。 (2)连接两个形容词 The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。 (3)连接两个介词(短语)或动名词 We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我们是在教室里开会，不是在大厅里。 She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。 (4)连接两个分句 We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。 (5)连接两个不定式 I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。 注意：rather than 后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to，如上句。但rather than位于句首时，则只能接不带to的不定式。如：Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad,he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉，把它们以半价卖掉了。 (6)连接两个动词 He ran rather than walked. 他是跑来的，而不是走来的。 注意：这里rather than后用了walked，而没有用walk，表示客观事实，而不是主观愿望。如果换成walk，则作“宁愿……而不愿 ……”解。

more…than…是表达"与其……不如……"的一种较普通的方式，往往是比较同一种事物中两种不同的性质。more后分句含肯定之意，而than后分句含否定之意。这种句式肯定前者，否定后者。rather…than的意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”，than后接动词时用原形。2）ratherthan的意思是“而不是……；与其…并愿…”。

具体看rather than的意义与用法： 1．跟情态动词would,should,will等连用构成固定搭配,有时rather than可以分开,意为“宁可”、“与其……倒不如”.此时,"rather than+ do sth". 例如： I"d rather than go there by air．我宁愿乘飞机去那里. 2．作准并列连词,相等于and not,意义为：是...,而不是...:可以+doing 或 to do.例如： 1）He was engaged in writing "rather than" reading the newspaper．他正忙着写东西,而不是 在读报纸."rather than+ doing" 2）He is to be pitied rather than to be disliked．他应该得到怜悯而不是厌恶."rather than+ to do" 所以意义表“宁愿”+do sth; 表“是...,而不是...:”++doing 或 to do. ）

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1 would rather do than do 中,这个句型,than 后面跟动词原形, 请问：rather than 不和would 连用时,比如 rather than 表示,“而不是”这个意思的时候,后面的的 动词 用哪个形式?动词原形?不定式,还是 动名词呢? 表示“ 而不是” 这个时候的,rather than 是做连词么?如果是连词的话,就是要求 前后结构 并列一致吧? 答：原形（无to不定式）,有to 不定式、动名词都可以. 是的,rather than可以是平行结构的“连词” 2 你应该出去逛逛,而不是在房间里上网 （ 这句话,如果用instead of 后面应该是动名词,如果用 rather than 来翻译的话,后面用动词原形,还是 动名词? 答：这要看你句子的前面部分怎么表达了. You should do A rather than do B.根据平行对应,用do B较好. 印象中 rather than 前面如果谓语动词是 动词的话,后面也应该用动词吧? 答：是的. She left rather than stayed at home 曾看到过一个例子 答：是的.平行结构嘛. 下面的是我自己从书上摘下来的.供参考. 查Michael Swan 著的Practical English Usage 中prefer (483)： 当prefer 和动词不定式连用时,可以用rather than 来引导另一个短语.可以有两种结构：不带to的动词不定式或者带-ing的形式： I would prefer to spead the weekend at home rather than drive/driving all the way to your mother"s.我感觉得与其开车跑那么远到你母亲那里去度周末,倒不如在家里更好些. 同一本书中,有rather than的用法,我全文摘抄下来： rather:表示选择 （518） rather 不仅是一个表示程度的副词,还能用来进行选择,其结构是：rather than,would rather 1.rather than 这一表达方式经常用在“平行结构”里：即与两个形容词,两个状语词组,两个名词或代词,两个动词不定式,或两个-ing形式连用. a.形容词 I"d call her hair chestnut rather than brown. 我宁愿说她的头发是栗色,而不是棕色. b.状语词组 I"d prefer to go in August rather than in July.我愿八月去,不愿七月去. c.名词和代词 It ought to be you rather than me that signs the letter.在信上签署的应该是你而不是我. We ought to invest in new machinery rather than buildings.我们应该在新机器上而不是在房屋上投资. d -ing 形式 I always prefer starting early,rather than leaving everything to the last minute. 我总是愿意早开始而不愿意把所有的事情都留到最后才做. 【e】 动词不定式 I decided to write rather than telephone.我决定写信而不打电话. 当主句有动不定式时,rather than 后面【可跟带to的动词不定式（比较正式）】,或【不带to的动不定式】;【 也可用-ing 形式】. I believe it is important to invest in new machinery rather than to increase wages.(或：...increasing wages).我相信在新机器上投资比增加工资更重要. We ought to check up,rather than just accept what he says.(或...accepting what he says.) 我们应该核 实一下,而不是他说什么就是什么. 摘自《英语用法指南》P600

具体看rather than的意义与用法： 1．跟情态动词would,should,will等连用构成固定搭配,有时rather than可以分开,意为“宁可”、“与其……倒不如”.此时,"rather than+ do sth". 例如： I"d rather than go there by air．我宁愿乘飞机去那里. 2．作准并列连词,相等于and not,意义为：是...,而不是...:可以+doing 或 to do.例如： 1）He was engaged in writing "rather than" reading the newspaper．他正忙着写东西,而不是 在读报纸."rather than+ doing" 2）He is to be pitied rather than to be disliked．他应该得到怜悯而不是厌恶."rather than+ to do" 所以意义表“宁愿”+do sth; 表“是...,而不是...:”++doing 或 to do. ）

rather than表示宁可...也不要 rather than的意思 (要) 而不，与其倒不如; instead of sb/sth 而不是; rather than的用法总结1 1. 用作连词(=but not)，意为而不不是(而是)与其(不如)，前后连接的成分应该是平行的。 如： He ran rather than walked. 他不是在走而是在跑。 He is a writer rather than a teacher. 与其说他是教师还不如说他是作家。 You are doing this for yourself rather than for others. 你做这件事不是为别人而是为你自己。 It was what he meant rather than what he said. 这是他的意思，而不是他说的话。 2. 由于既可视为连词也可视为介词，所以连接不定式时，后面一个不定式可带to或不带to(视为准并列连词时)，也可用动名词(视为介词时)。 如： I decided to stay at home rather than (to) go [going] to the cinema. 我宁愿呆在家里也不愿去看电影。 但是，如果rather than 位于句首，其后的不定式通常不带to(也可用动名词)。 如： Rather than waste [wasting] your time doing it yourself, why donu2019t you call in a builder? 你为什么宁愿浪费时间自己去干而不去请一个包工的呢? Rather than use [using] the last of my cash, I decided to write a cheque. 我决定开张支票而不把现金用光。 3. 连接两个成分作主语时，其谓语动词的数通常与前面一个主语保持一致。 如：The teacher rather than the students is to blame. 应受责备的是老师而不是学生。 rather than的用法总结2 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。 Ilike 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: Ithink 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。 He resigned rather than take part in such a dishonest transaction. 他宁愿辞职，也不愿参与这种欺诈交易。(如上句中的take变为took，则不再表示强烈取舍欲望，而强调行为。意为:他辞去了职务而没有参与这项欺诈交易。) 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。 a.引导选择状语从句(adverbial clause of preference)或选优分句(clause of preference) 表示主观上选优。主句表示喜欢做的事(主句常用would, prefer, like等)，从句则表示不喜欢做的事。谓语用不带to的不定式，强调强烈的取舍欲望，译作:宁可决不。从句多位于主句前。 Rather than travel by air, I"d prefer a week on a big liner. 我宁愿在大客轮上呆一星期而不愿乘飞机旅行。 Rather than go there by air, I"d take the slowest train. 我宁愿坐最慢的火车，也不乘飞机去那里。 Rather than/Sooner than follow his lead, I"d strike out on my own. 我宁愿跟着他干，也不愿独立谋生。 当主句中有would, should时，可将位于句末的 rather than从句中的rather转移到主句中去: I"d rather take the slowest train than go there by air. 我宁愿做最慢的火车，也不乘飞机去那里。 有时从句也可以有自己的主语(情况极少);有时从句和表推定情景意义的should连用: Rather than you say anything, I would speak to the manager myself. 我宁愿亲自跟经理谈，你任何事也别谈。

我们只能连接点上看到过去，而不是向前看。

我们一千英里从舒适,我们旅行的土地和海洋，但是只要你跟我在一起,没有地方我宁愿将永远等待,欢欣鼓舞的沙默斯，只要我喜欢与你在一起,我的心继续击败我们跨出的每一步,京都的湾漫步所以随便我们是不同的和相同的,给你另一个名字Switch batteriesIf你给了我一个机会我将它的瞎猜的,但我会让itLoaded枪对着她的心,你不能羞辱到我和你,没有我的地方而上,不,不,没有一个地方我愿意我们在使命,我们内心peaceMake永恒所以没有incompleteIt的简单的和你在一起,神圣simplicityAs只要我们在一起,没有我的地方而很快我们跨出的每一步,京都的BayStrolling所以casuallyWe是不同的和相同的,给你另一个nameSwitch batteriesIf你给了我一个机会我将它的瞎猜的,但我会让itLoaded枪对着她的心,你不能羞辱到我和你,没有我的地方而上,不,不,没有一个地方我而是我喜欢与你在一起时,没有我的地方而beIf你给我一个机会我将它的瞎猜的,但我会让itLoaded枪对着她的心,你不能羞辱到我和你,没有我的地方而上,不,不,没有地方我愿意

instead of "替代",重点词在of上.它是个介词,所以该加上名词性结构,如名词(短语) 代词宾格 宾语从句等,但是介宾结构也可以,尤其小心的是动词该用动名词形式,即Ving;rather than (是...)而不是... 从语法角度上看它是个连词,前后成分在形式上必须保持一致,所以后面的结构应该与前面保持一样,就有可能出现代词主格,动词的各种形式,不一而足,但关键是和与它对比的结构形式要一致!如: I"ll go there instead of him. I rather than he(与I一致) will go there.再如: Yesterday he walked here instead of driving here. Yesterday he walked here rather than drove(与walked一致) here.请采纳答案，支持我一下。

【rather be+without me】-艾比

lz原句写差了。itisforus，theliving,rather,tobededicatedheretotheunfinishedworkwhichtheywhofoughtherehavethusfarsonoblyadvanced.这样看：itisforus(theliving,rather,)tobededicatedheretotheunfinishedwork.对于我们（活着的人）来说，应该献身于那些为完成的工作。whichtheywhofoughtherehavethusfarsonoblyadvanced.做work的定语从句，修饰work，哪些工作呢？他们（谁呢？whofoughthere那些在此奋斗过的人们）曾经奋勇推动的未完成的工作。

The ads made by that company ( were manufactured ) rather than composed.那家公司的广告是粗制滥造而非有创作性的.

应该用原形因为它属于连词前后的动词形式对等。

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As long as it is a comedy，i"d rather cry during the process只要是个喜剧结局,过程你让我怎么哭都行。

他死了，什么也没有给孩子们留下

prefer doing to doing

would rather do sth.than do sth.也可以说成 would do sth.rather than do sth. rather doing sth.than doing sth.听起来似乎是对的,但我们应该是更常用前面的would rather do sth.than do sth.或would do sth.rather than do sth.一样的意思嘛. prefer to do sth.rather than do sth.也是对的.=would rather do sth.than do sth.= would do sth.rather than do sth

wouldratherdothando不能用单三的。根据查询相关公开信息显示，wouldratherdothando是不允许用单三，因为wouldratherdothando是固定用法。

Nabokov is sun-licked nowUpon the beach at GruenewaldBrilliant and naked justThe way that authors lookClare and Lady Manners drinkUntil the other cows go homeGossip till their lips are bleeding politics and allI"d rather be highI"d rather be flyingI"d rather be dead or out of my headThan training these guns on those men in the sandI"d rather be highThe Thames was black, the towerdarkI flew to Cairo, find my regimentCity"s full of generalsAnd generals full of shitI stumble to the graveyard and I lay down by my parents,Whisper "Just remember duckiesEverybody gets got"I"d rather be highI"d rather be flyingI"d rather be dead or out of my headThan training these guns of those men in the sandI"d rather be highI"m seventeen and my looks can prove itI"m so afraid that I will lose itI"d rather smoke and phone my exBe pleading for some teenage sex, yeahI"d rather be highI"d rather be flyingI"d rather be dead or out of my headThan training these guns on the men in the sandI"d rather be high,I"d rather be flyingI"d rather be highI"d rather be flying

d啊 rather ... or ...问句是选择性的。所以

问：楼主，这些题目是你亲手输入的吗？指法不错！很细心，不象有的人，大小写不注意，错误很多。不过，在看第一题时，遇到 to approval or deny a ...时，我就感到纳闷了，这个to究竟是介词还是不定式符号？approval不是名词吗？是名词，则to是介词，但它又与deny 并列，而deny这个词显然是及物动词，因为它后面有宾语a permit, 难道approval可以作动词，一查词典，不对啊！它是approve的名词！搜索结果，发现，题目本身有打印错误：原来该题出自：2013年湖北卷英语试题27. People complain that decisions to approve or deny a permit are often ______ rather than based on fixed criteria.A. appropriate B. conscious C. arbitrary D. controversial答：C译：人们抱怨说 签发或拒签许可证的决定经常是随意的，并不根据规定的标准。析：本题考查的是形容词辨析。A. appropriate 适合的B. conscius意识到 C. arbitrary 任意的，武断的D. controversial有争议的要想详细的回答，题目少而精。有自己的疑惑。

rather than 用法小结 rather than 是一个并列连词,用法比较复杂,现归纳如下： 1. rather than 与would 连用时,构成“would rather...than...”句式,意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”,表示主观愿望,即在两者之中选择其一.例如： She"d rather die than lose the children. 她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们. 2. rather than 不与would连用时,表示客观事实,意为“是……而不是……；与其……不如……”.它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等.现分述如下： (1) 连接两个名词或代词 He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 与其说他是一个海员,不如说他是一个探险者. You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野营. 注意：rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时,谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致. (2) 连接两个形容词 The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮. (3) 连接两个介词(短语)或动名词 We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我们是在教室里开会,不是在大厅里. She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌,而不喜欢跳舞. (4) 连接两个分句 We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们. (5) 连接两个不定式 I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话. 注意：rather than 后接不定式时,不定式可以带to,也可以不带to, 如上句.但rather than位于句首时,则只能接不带to 的不定式.如：Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉,把它们以半价卖掉了. (6) 连接两个动词 He ran rather than walked. 他是跑来的,而不是走来的. 注意：这里rather than 后用了walked,而没有用walk,表示客观事实,而不是主观愿望.如果换成walk,则作“宁愿……而不愿 ……”解. would rather的用法 一、would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”,后接动词原形,常省略为"d rather,表示优先选择的一种方式 其否定形式是would rather not do sth.would rather没有人称和数的变化,所有的人称一律用would rather. “would rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式,美国英语中多用had rather.would (had)在此决无“过去”之意,它是一个情态助动词,且无词性、时态变化. 例 Mr Li would rather not listen to rock music. 李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐. If you"d rather be alone, we"ll all leave here. 如果你宁愿独自呆着,那我们都离开这儿. He"d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作. You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening. 今晚你最好呆在家中读点书. 二、如果在两者中进行取舍,表示“宁愿……而不愿……,与其……宁可……”的意思时,则可用would rather…than…或would…rather than…的句型 例 I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. 我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影. The children would walk there rather than take a bus. 孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不愿乘公共汽车. 请注意 1） would rather…than…/would…rather than…也可以颠倒为：rather than…would….Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式,若选用的动词相同,那么than 后的动词可以省略. 例 I would rather have noodles than rice. 我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭. He would rather drink wine than beer． 他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒. Rather than work in such bad condition, he would give up. 与其在这样差的条件下工作,他宁愿放弃. 2)使用would rather…than…句型时要注意“平行结构”,即在than 的前后要用两个同类的词或词组,如两个名词、两个不定式、两个介词短语等. 例 I would rather go to work by bike than by bus. 我宁愿骑自行车也不愿乘公共汽车去上班. I would rather talk with his mother than with his father. 我宁愿和他妈说话而不愿和他爸说话. 三、在疑问句式中,would rather 与would rather…than…中的would要放在主语之前 例 Would you rather stay here or go home? 你愿意呆在这里,还是回家? Which would you rather have, apples or bananas? 你喜欢吃苹果还是香蕉? Would you rather read a novel than read a poem?你宁愿看小说而不愿朗读诗歌吗? 四、would rather+从句,是一个常用的虚拟语气句型 Would rather+从句,谓语一般用过去时来表示现在或将来.其意为“宁愿……,还是…… 好些”“一个人宁愿另一个人做某事”.引导从句的that常省略.在谈到过去的动作时,谓语则用过去完成时. 例 John wants to see me today. I would rather he came to tomorrow than today. 约翰今天想去看我.我宁愿他明天来看我而不是今天.(句中came不是表示过去而是表示将来) We"d rather he paid us the money tomorrow. 我们宁愿他明天付给我们那笔钱. Don"t come tomorrow. I"d rather you came next weekend. 明天别来.我希望你下周末来. 请注意 1） 如果谈到过去的动作,也就是表示过去已经发生的事情在选择上不恰当.此时,主句一般为I had rather ,其（that）从句则用过去完成时. 例 Would rather you had not done that. 我真希望你没有做那件事. 2）如果只涉及主语本人而不涉及另一个人,则would rather之后不接that从句而接have done结构. 例 I would rather have gone to the theatre than stayed home night. 我真希望昨天晚上去看了戏而不是呆在家里. He would rather be poor than have got money by dishonest methods． 他宁可穷也不愿意用不诚实的手段获取金钱. Henry would rather that his girlfriend worked in the same department as he does．亨利希望他的女朋友和他在一个部门工作. 五、would rather/sooner和prefer/would prefer的区别 would rather和would sooner之间一般没有区别,但经常接触到的是would rather. 例Tom would rather/sooner read than talk． 汤姆宁可读书而不愿谈天. Tom prefers reading to talking．汤姆喜欢读书而不喜欢谈天. 请注意 1）would rather后跟不带to的不定式+than+不带 to的不定式,而prefer后跟动名词+to+动名词.有时prefer后面也可跟名词,而在would rather之后要求只带动词原形. 例 He prefers wine to beer．= He would rather drink wine than beer． 他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒. I prefer tennis to golf．= I"d rather play tennis than golf． 我喜欢打网球而不喜欢打高尔夫球. 2）某些 prefer+名词的情况不能用 would rather完全确切地表达出来：He prefers dogs to cats．（他喜欢狗而不喜欢猫.）和 He would rather have dogs than cats．（他宁可养狗而不愿养猫.）很明显,这两句的意思并不完全相同. 3） would rather+不带to的不定式有时可代替 would prefer+带 to的不定式. 例 I"d rather fly than go by sea．=I"d prefer to fly． 我宁愿乘飞机也不愿乘船. 这两个结构后面带名词时情况也一样： 例 —Would you like some gin? —I"d prefer a coffee．=I"d rather have coffee than gin． —您想喝点杜松子酒吗? —我想喝点咖啡./我想喝点咖啡,不想喝杜松子酒. 4）would rather/sooner和would prefer后面都可跟完成式,但后者带to. 例 We went by sea but I"d rather have gone by air=I"d prefer to have gone by air． 我们是乘船去的,可我本想乘飞机去.（我愿意乘飞机去,可我的愿望未能实现.）这和 would like+不定式的完成式有点相似,would like+带to 的不定式的完成式也表示未能实现的愿望. 我搜到的,不知道有没有用

1. PREP-PHRASE 短语介词而非；胜于；而不是 You use rather than when you are contrasting two things or situations. Rather than introduces the thing or situation that is not true or that you do not want. ·The problem was psychological rather than physiological...问题是心理方面的而不是生理方面的。· Sedge is similar in appearance to grass but has a solid rather than a hollow stem...莎草看上去和普通的草没什么两样，但其草茎是实芯的而不是空芯的。· The dark star in Nova Muscae 1991 is a black hole rather than a neutron star...在1991年苍蝇座中的暗星其实是一个黑洞而非中子星。·When I"m going out in the evening I use the bike if I can rather than the car.我晚上要外出的时候，我宁愿骑自行车而不是开车。·Rather is also a conjunction.·Rather than break her appointment and disappoint me, Katie again took the car...凯蒂又一次把车开来了，而没有爽约让我失望。·She made students think for themselves, rather than telling them what to think...她让学生们独立思考，而不是一味地告诉他们该思考些什么。·I suggest that rather than the show season starting in June, it should be brought forward to April or May...我提议它应该提前到4月或5月，而不等要到6月份开始的展示会。·Most of these will be fleeing cold and hunger, rather than fighting...这些人中的大部分会因饥寒交迫而逃亡，而不是因为战争。·She prefers to stay in detention rather than be released and go into exile.她更愿意呆在拘留所而不是被释放然后开始流亡生活。2. ADV 副词而是；更确切地说；还不如说；相反 You use rather when you are correcting something that you have just said, especially when you are describing a particular situation after saying what it is not. 【搭配模式】：ADV with cl/group·Twenty million years ago, Idaho was not the arid place it is now. Rather, it was warm and damp, populated by dense primordial forest... 2,000万年前，爱达荷州并不像现在这样干旱。相反，那时的爱达荷州温暖潮湿，有大片的原始森林。· But there must be no talk of final victory; rather, the long, hard slog to a solution...但是这还谈不上是最后的胜利；而是长期、艰难地寻找解决方法的过程。·The process is not a circle but rather a spiral...这个过程不是一个圆周运动而是螺旋上升型的。·He explained what the Crux is, or rather, what it was.他解释了什么是南十字座，或者更确切地说，过去南十字座是什么。3. PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语宁愿/不愿；宁可/宁可不 If you say that you would rather do something or you"d rather do it, you mean that you would prefer to do it. If you say that you would rather not do something, you mean that you do not want to do it. 【语法信息】：MODAL inf· If it"s all the same to you, I"d rather work at home...如果对你来说没什么差别，我宁愿在家中工作。· Which programme would you rather appear on?...你更愿意在哪个节目中露面？·Kids would rather play than study...孩子们宁愿玩也不愿学习。·I have no information one way or the other, but I would rather he do it than not do it...我没有办法得到情报，但是我宁愿他去做。·I would rather Lionel took it on...我宁愿莱昂内尔负责这件事。·Sorry. I"d rather not talk about it...抱歉，我不愿意谈论这个。·Would you like that? Don"t hesitate to say no if you"d rather not.你喜欢那个吗？如果你不喜欢就直说。4. ADV 副词有些;颇为;相当 You use rather to indicate that something is true to a fairly great extent, especially when you are talking about something unpleasant or undesirable. 【搭配模式】：ADV adj/adv, ADV a n, ADV compar, ADV too adj/adv, ADV prep· I grew up in rather unusual circumstances...我在非同寻常的环境下长大。· It had made some rather bad mistakes which I thought should be corrected...它犯了一些相当严重的错误，我觉得应该加以纠正。·He had had an excellent dinner at a rather good local hotel...他已在当地一个相当不错的饭店里享用了一顿可口的晚餐。·The first speaker began to talk, very fast and rather loudly...第一个发言者开始讲话了，语速很快，声音相当大。·We got along rather well...我们相处得相当融洽。·I"m afraid it"s rather a long story...恐怕这说来话长。·The reality is rather more complex...事实要更加复杂。·As you can see, he did rather better for himself than I did.你可以看出，他自己做的比我做的还要好。·...a figure rather too good to be true...好得有点不真实的人物·The fruit is rather like a sweet chestnut...这种果实颇似甜栗子。·Robbie was there with his family, keeping rather in the background.罗比和他的家人一起在那里，深居简出。5. ADV 副词（放在动词前）更…，宁愿… You use rather before verbs that introduce your thoughts and feelings, in order to express your opinion politely, especially when a different opinion has been expressed. 【搭配模式】：ADV before v【语用信息】：politeness· I rather think he was telling the truth...我倒觉得他讲的是真话。· I rather like the decorative effect.我倒很喜欢装饰的效果。6. CONVENTION 惯用语（表示同意或接受）当然，的确 People sometimes say rather to express agreement or acceptance. 【语域标签】：BRIT 英【语域标签】：OLD-FASHIONED 过时· ‘Well, he did have a sort of family connection with it, didn"t he." — ‘Oh yes. Rather."“那么，他的确和它有些家族渊源，是不是？”——“噢，是的，的确如此。”Usage Note : Rather, pretty, quite, and fairly can all be used to modify adjectives and adverbs, but are all less strong than very. Rather and pretty are the strongest of these words and are the closest to very. Pretty, in this sense, is informal. Therefore, if you said to someone, ‘Your work is pretty good" or ‘Your work is rather good", they would be more likely to be pleased than if you said ‘Your work is quite good" or ‘Your work is fairly good". However, rather is commonly used with words indicating negative qualities. I was feeling rather sad. It is the only one of these words than can be used with comparatives, and with too. Global warming could be rather worse than we think it will be... He was becoming rather too friendly with my ex-boyfriend. Quite is slightly stronger than fairly, and may suggest that something has more of a quality than expected. Nobody here"s ever heard of it but it is actually quite common.rather, pretty, quite 和 fairly 都可以用于修饰形容词和副词，但是它们都没有very的程度强。rather 和 pretty 在这4个词中程度最强，意思和very最接近。表达这个意思时pretty是非正式说法。因此，如果对某人说Your work is pretty good（你干得非常好）或Your work is rather good（你干得相当好）要比说Your work is quite good（你干得很不错）或Your work is fairly good（你干得还不错）更令他高兴。但是，rather 往往和有消极意义的词连用，如：I was feeling rather sad（我觉得很难过）。在这些词中唯有rather可以和比较级或too连用。如：Global warming could be rather worse than we think it will be（全球变暖可能比我们想象的更加严重），He was becoming rather too friendly with my ex-boyfriend（他和我的前男友好得有些过了头）。quite比fairly的程度稍强一些，表示某物有些超乎人们的期望。如：Nobody here"s ever heard of it but it is actually quite common（这里没有人听说过它，但是它实际上颇为常见）。

这三个词，按程度强弱排列，顺序为：rather, quite, very(fairly)。 very(fairly)多用于褒义,如very(fairly) good； rather多用于贬义形容词、too及比较级前。 quite，rather与单数名词连用，冠词放在其后。但当rather，quite 前仍有形容词，不定冠词放其前后均可，如：rather a cold day/a rather cold day。 quite和rather可修饰名词，置于“不定冠词+名词之前”。如：quite a good story, rather a strong wind。 副词quite修饰可比较的形容词时，意为”相当”。如：That”s quite good. 当它修饰不可比较的形容词时，则意为”十分或完全”。如：She is quite right.” quite有两个实际上相反的意思： (1)”有点；相当地”，往往与”可分级”的形容词(能被more, less和very修饰的形容词)搭配。如：a quite pleased afternoon 一个相当令人愉快的下午； (2)”全部地；完全地”，倾向修饰绝对形容词(即不能被more, less和very修饰的形容词)。如：a quite outstanding performance一场非常出众的表演。(当quite涉及动词和副词时，同样的区别也适用) 修饰perfect完美的，如果用fairly程度太弱，与这个词的意思不符；如果用rather，有一些消极的意思。而very是修饰具有比较级的形容词，而perfect 是没有是不可比较的。所以本题选D。 fairly, quite, rather 这三个副词都可用来说明形容词和副词的程度，十分容易混淆。 1．fairly意为“相当，还算”，是这一组词中语气最轻的一个。quite为“相当，或多或少地，在某种程度 上”，语气比fairly稍强。rather为“相当，有点，颇”，在这三个副词中语气最强。试比较下列各句： This film is fairly good. This film is fairly good. 这部电影还可以看看。 Your composition is quite good. Your composition is quite good. 你的作文还不错。 His homework is rather good. rk is rather good. 他的作业相当不错。 又如： This book is fairly easy. This book is fairly easy. 这本书还算浅易。 He is quite grown up. He is quite grown up. 他差不多长大成人了。 That is rather hard to explain right away. That is rather hard to explain right away. 要立即说明是颇有难度的 2．fairly只用于修饰褒义的形容词和副词，如可以说She is fairly clever，不可说She is fairly She is fairly foolish。rather主要用于贬义，如rather poor/bad/stupid/ugly，但它也可以用在某些褒义的形容词 和副词前，具有比fairly更强烈的褒义，相当于very，如rather good/ well/pretty /clever。另外， 若在没有褒贬意义的词前用fairly，表示说话人赞同；若用rather，则表示不赞同。试比较： This soup is fairly hot. This soup is fairly hot. 这汤蛮热的。 This soup is rather hot. er hot. 这汤太烫了。 She is fairly tall for her age. She is fairly tall for her age. 就她的年龄来说，她长得算是高了。 She is rather tall for her age. She is rather tall for her age. 就她的年龄来说，她长得过于高了。 3．rather可与too及比较级连用，而fairly和quite则不可。如： My mother is rather better today. My mother is rather better today. 我母亲今天病好多了。 This book is rather too difficult for the juniors and rather too easy for the seniors. ifficult for the juniors and rather too easy for the seniors. 这本书对低年级学生说来未免太难，对高年级学生说来又嫌太容易。 4．quite和rather还可和动词连用，fairly则不可和动词连用。如： This does not quite satisfy me. This does not quite satisfy me. 这没有完全使我满意。 I don”t quite follow you. t quite follow you. 我不大懂你的话。 They rather expected to win the match. d to win the match. 他们颇想赢得这场比赛。 I rather like her. I rather like her. 我相当喜欢她。 5. quite和rather都可修饰名词，但须放在不定冠词前。如： That was quite an accident. That was quite an accident. 那是一次不太寻常的事故。 It”s rather a pity. s rather a pity. 这真是相当遗憾。 当名词前有形容时，quite和rather可放在不定冠词后，也可放在不定冠词前。如： They had a quite good time. 也可说quite a good time。 It is a rather cold day. 也可说rather a cold day。 Such as 后面要直接接名词，代词或动名词等。另外，还是，凡是的意思。Wild animals such tigers and lions are becoming rare. Such as remains will be yours when I died. 所有财产都是你的。 For example 后面要加逗号再接名词等，还可以位于句末，而将名词放在其前面。 I have many friends, Alice for example (for example , Alice).

rather 解释：adv. 相当，颇int. <英口> 好呀常用词组和固定搭配：rather than 连词词组“ 宁可 ... 也不愿，与其 ... 倒不如”prefer to do rather than do (宁愿做…而不愿做…)prefer doing rather than doing (宁愿做…而不愿做…)rather too adv. 稍嫌rather good 颇佳rather better than 似乎稍胜rather weak 有点虚弱rather too easy for adj. 尺码大了号rather too salt 太贪暴利rather cold 挺冷例句：I"d rather walk than take a bus. 我愿意走路而不愿意坐公共汽车。These shoes are rather too big. 这双鞋有点太大了。

意思是：宁可，宁愿；相当副词，更多的表示转折或者更进一步的意思，用法多样ActuallyIratherlikethenewstyleof。。。

rather后面加动词原形，因为这里的than是连词不是介词，不用加ing所以用原型。 rather adv.稍微，有点; 相当，颇; 宁愿; 相反地。 int.当然啦，怎么不。 扩展资料 　　例句： 　　1、Where would you rather be? 　　你宁愿死在哪里? 　　2、He left me rather suddenly. 　　他宁可突然留下我。 　　3、You"re rather a good guy. 　　你是一个相当好的家伙。 　　4、Who would you rather believe? 　　你到底相信谁的`话? 　　5、Rather than being one yourself? 　　也不愿做真正的自己吗?

短语rather than是一个并列连词，用法比较复杂。本文总结了其用法，供参考！ 用法与搭配 一、rather than用作连词,连接两个平行结构.既可以表示主观愿望上的决择,“与其…宁可…”,也可以表示客观程度上的差异,“与其说是…不如说是…”.例如： 1、接代词 1）I,rather than you,should do the work. 该做这工作的是我,而不是你. 2、接名词 2）John ought to go rather than Jean.约翰比琴更应该去. 3）I think I"ll have a cold drink rather than coffee. 我想我该要一杯冷饮,而不要咖啡. 试比较： 4）We sometimes eat rice instead of potatoes. 有时候我们不吃土豆,而吃米饭. 3、接形容词 5）These shoes are comfortable rather than for your friend. 这鞋不好看可是舒服. 6）You are doing this for yourself rather than for your friend. 你不是为你朋友,而是为你自己做这种事. 7)I"d prefer to go in August rather than in July.我愿8月去不愿7月去. 5、接动名词 8)I always prefer starting early,rather than leaving everything to the last minute, 我总是愿意早开始而不愿意把所有事情都留到最后才做. 9)He was engaged in writing a letter rather than reading the newspaper. 他那时是在写信而不是看报纸. 6、接过去分词 10)She insisted on having the room papered rather than painted. 她坚持要用纸裱糊房间,而不是把房间粉刷一下. 7、接不定式 11)I decided to write rather than telephone.我决定写信而不是打电话. 12)They prefer to die fighting rather than live in enslavement. 他们宁可战死,也不肯活着受奴役. 13)I prefer to work rather than remain idle.我宁愿工作而不愿闲着. 8、接谓语动词 14)He told a lie rather than get his friend into trouble. 他宁愿说谎也不愿连累朋友. 15)Shall we go for a walk rather than watch television? 咱们不看电视,出去散步,好不好? 16)He ran rather than walked.他跑步而不是步行. rather than后接动词原形表示主观抉择,接一个动词的过去式则表示客观差异. 9、接从句 17)It was what he meant rather than what he said. 那是指他话中的意思,而不是他所说的话. 18)It was what he had caten rather than what he had drunk that made him ill.使他得病的不是他喝的东西,而是他吃的东西. 二、rather than用作介词 R.Quirk编著的《英语语法大全》p.1387明确指出：和as well as及in stead of一样,rather than后面跟一个和母句中的动词形式并不匹配的ing分词分句时,它是介词,而不是准并列连词： 19）Their actions precipitated the war rather than averting it. 他们的行为促使战争爆发而不是避免战争. 20）Rather than a new car,he bought a colour television. 他买了一台彩电,而不是一辆新车. 21）Let"s finish the job today,rather than leaving it till tomorrow. 让咱们今天干完工作,而不是留到明天. 三、rather than用作从属连词,引导一种优选分句. R.Quirk在《英语语法大全》p.1540指出：优先分句主要用从属连词rather than和sooner than引导,用不带to的不定式作该分句的谓语动词： 22）Rather than go there by air,I"d take the slowest train. 我宁愿乘最慢的火车,也不愿乘飞机去那儿. 双语例句 1、I think he means "at" rather than "to" 我想，他是想说at，而不是to。 2、The zoo needed better management rather than more money 这座动物园需要更好的管理，而不是更多的资金。 3、The opposition appear to have chosen the path of cooperation rather than confrontation 反对派似乎已经选择了合作而不是对抗的路线。 4、You are buying direct, rather than through an agent. 你这是直接购买，而不是通过代理人。 5、It seems political expediency, rather than absolute economic need, will determine who gains from the conflict 看来是政治上的权宜之计，而不是绝对的经济需求，将决定谁会从这场冲突中获益 以上就是我整理的rather than用法，感谢阅读。

rather的用法可从以下几点掌握: 一、rather作副词,意为"宁愿;宁可"。作此意解的rather常和would / had连用,构成固定短语。would / had rather...than译为"宁愿......而不愿" ,应该特别注意此短语的否定构成及其后接的动词形式。如: He would rather have the small one than the large one. 他宁愿要一个小的,而不要大的。 I"d rather take the slowest train than go there by air. 我宁愿坐最慢的火车,也不乘飞机去那里。 I would rather not tell you the secret right now. 我现在不愿把那个秘密告诉你。 would / had rather 后接从句时,从句中的谓语动词用虚拟语气。如: I would / had rather you posted the letter right away, 我倒希望你把这封信立即发出。 I would / had rather that she had stayed at home. 她那时要是留在家里就好了。 二、rather作副词用时,意为"更确切地"。 此用法的rather常用在or rather这一短语中,表示想要纠正已经说过的话,或欲使已说过的话更确切。如: He worked till late last night, or rather, early in the morning. 他一直工作到深夜,或者更确切地说,到今天凌晨。 The building is like a palace, or rather a temple. 这幢建筑物像一座宫殿,或者更确切地说像一座寺庙。 三、rather作副词用时, 还可作"相当;颇;有点儿"解。如: You"ve done rather well.你做得相当好。 The way he is living is rather strange to me. 他的生活方式我觉得很怪。 rather, fairly, quite, pretty的区别: 1. 从程度上说, fairly是最轻的一个;quite比fairly 语气稍强;rather 在程度上比quite更重一些;pretty 和rather 差不多,但大多数情况下用于非正式文体。如: They were getting along fairly well with each other. 他们相处还不错。 He was quite polite, but he wasn"t ready to help me. 他相当有礼貌,但他并不愿意帮助我。 There"s something rather strange about the way he talks to you. 他跟你说话的样子真有点怪。 Twenty-five is pretty old to take up ballet dancing.二十五岁才学跳芭蕾,年纪就太大了。 2. rather 和quite可放在不定冠词前,也可放在不定冠词之后,还可以和动词连用,而fairly 和pretty没有这些用法。如: That is quite / rather a surprising result. =That is a quite / rather surprising result. 那是一个相当惊人的结果。 I rather / quite like to go for a walk after supper. 我颇喜欢在晚饭后出去散步。 3. 只有rather可以修饰比较级,还可和too连用。如: This computer is rather more expensive than that one.这部电脑比那部昂贵一些。 This book is rather too difficult for the beginners.这部书对初学者来说太难了。 四、rather than 的用法。 rather 不仅是一个表示程度的副词,还能用来表示选择,意为"而非;(与其......)倒不如"。rather than 经常用在"平行结构"里,即连接两个对等成分。 I"d prefer to go in August rather than July. 我愿八月去,不愿七月去。 I"d call her hair chestnut rather than brown. 我宁愿说她的头发是栗色,而不是棕色。 We ought to invest in new machines rather than buildings. 我们应该在新的机器上而不是在房屋上投资。

都可以，不一定的，结合语境来看。rather的用法可从以下几点掌握:　　一、rather作副词,意为"宁愿;宁可"。作此意解的rather常和would / had连用,构成固定短语。would / had rather…than译为"宁愿……而不愿" ,应该特别注意此短语的否定构成及其后接的动词形式。如:　　He would rather have the small one than the large one. 他宁愿要一个小的,而不要大的。　　I"d rather take the slowest train than go there by air. 我宁愿坐最慢的火车,也不乘飞机去那里。　　I would rather not tell you the secret right now. 我现在不愿把那个秘密告诉你。　　would / had rather 后接从句时,从句中的谓语动词用虚拟语气。如:　　I would / had rather you posted the letter right away, 我倒希望你把这封信立即发出。　　I would / had rather that she had stayed at home. 她那时要是留在家里就好了。　　二、rather作副词用时,意为"更确切地"。 此用法的rather常用在or rather这一短语中,表示想要纠正已经说过的话,或欲使已说过的话更确切。如:　　He worked till late last night, or rather, early in the morning. 他一直工作到深夜,或者更确切地说,到今天凌晨。　　The building is like a palace, or rather a temple. 这幢建筑物像一座宫殿,或者更确切地说像一座寺庙。　　三、rather作副词用时, 还可作"相当;颇;有点儿"解。如:　　You"ve done rather well.你做得相当好。　　The way he is living is rather strange to me. 他的生活方式我觉得很怪。　　rather, fairly, quite, pretty的区别:　　1. 从程度上说, fairly是最轻的一个;quite比fairly 语气稍强;rather 在程度上比quite更重一些;pretty 和rather 差不多,但大多数情况下用于非正式文体。如:　　They were getting along fairly well with each other. 他们相处还不错。　　He was quite polite, but he wasn"t ready to help me. 他相当有礼貌,但他并不愿意帮助我。　　There"s something rather strange about the way he talks to you. 他跟你说话的样子真有点怪。　　Twenty-five is pretty old to take up ballet dancing.二十五岁才学跳芭蕾,年纪就太大了。　　2. rather 和quite可放在不定冠词前,也可放在不定冠词之后,还可以和动词连用,而fairly 和pretty没有这些用法。如:　　That is quite / rather a surprising result. =That is a quite / rather surprising result. 那是一个相当惊人的结果。 　　I rather / quite like to go for a walk after supper. 我颇喜欢在晚饭后出去散步。　　3. 只有rather可以修饰比较级,还可和too连用。如:　　This computer is rather more expensive than that one.这部电脑比那部昂贵一些。　　This book is rather too difficult for the beginners.这部书对初学者来说太难了。　　四、rather than 的用法。　　rather 不仅是一个表示程度的副词,还能用来表示选择,意为"而非;(与其……)倒不如"。rather than 经常用在"平行结构"里,即连接两个对等成分。　　I"d prefer to go in August rather than July. 我愿八月去,不愿七月去。　　I"d call her hair chestnut rather than brown. 我宁愿说她的头发是栗色,而不是棕色。　　We ought to invest in new machines rather than buildings. 我们应该在新的机器上而不是在房屋上投资。　　I decided to write rather than telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。　　Rather than get money in such a dishonest way, he would beg in the streets. 他宁愿在街上乞讨,也不愿以这种不正当的手段挣钱。　　I always prefer starting early, rather than leaving everything to the last minute. 我总是愿意早开始而不愿意把所有事情都留到最后。

两者都可以。A和B是名词或形容词时, "A rather than B" 比较常见。例: It is red rather than purple.A和B是动词时, "rather A than B" 比较常见。例: I would rather die than live withour you.rather，英语单词，副词、连词、感叹词、名词，作副词时意为“宁可，宁愿；相当；准确地说；或多或少地”，作连词时意为“而不是”，作感叹词时意为“当然啦（回答问题时用）”，作名词时意为“人名；(英)拉瑟”。双语例句I , rather than you , should do the work .该做这个工作的是我，而不是你。I should thank you rather than you thank me!我应该感谢你，而不是你来感谢我！We should help him rather than he should help us.是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。

or rather相当于一个副词词组，意思是确切的说。1.用于句中，组成一个完整的句子：He had to walk or rather run to the office. 他不得不走着，应该说是跑著去上班。2.用在句子前头，相当于一个副词短语。 Or rather, his whole person was a stupid man. 更恰当地说，他整个人就是一个傻子。 3.作为插入语，介于整句中间，起修饰作用。 This new product, or rather, this new style of shirt, is not very attractive.

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两者都可以。A和B是名词或形容词时, "A rather than B" 比较常见。例: It is red rather than purple.A和B是动词时, "rather A than B" 比较常见。例: I would rather die than live withour you.rather，英语单词，副词、连词、感叹词、名词，作副词时意为“宁可，宁愿；相当；准确地说；或多或少地”，作连词时意为“而不是”，作感叹词时意为“当然啦（回答问题时用）”，作名词时意为“人名；(英)拉瑟”。双语例句I , rather than you , should do the work .该做这个工作的是我，而不是你。I should thank you rather than you thank me!我应该感谢你，而不是你来感谢我！We should help him rather than he should help us.是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。

一、 用作程度副词,意为"稍微;有点;颇;相当" 1.rather可以修饰形容词、副词的原级、比较级等;可以与介词短语连用.如:She was rather hurt by his unkind words.She"s rather better today.She looks rather like her father.These materials are rather too difficult for the seniors.2.rather放在不定冠词a（n）前后均可.如:Miss Smart has got a rather（=rather a） good voice.-------------如有帮助请采纳， 如需帮助可追问，谢谢。

adv.宁可；更喜欢；宁愿；最好更恰当；更合适更确切地说[用来使语气婉转]有点；有几分[用来表示强调]很；颇；相当相反[古语]更早；更快interj.[主英国英语]当然啦[回答问题时用]短语:1.had(或would)rather1.宁愿；宁可2.更喜欢…；最好是…2.ifihadmyrathers[美国方言]如果我可以选择的话3.orrather毋宁说；更确切地说4.ratheroftheratherest[俚语]略多；略胜一筹；略不足5.ratherthan不是…而是…；与其说…不如说…6.rather…than…宁可…而不；最好…而不…；是…而不是…7.rahter…thanotherwise(或not)不是…而是…8.rathertoo稍微…一点9.therather尤其10.theratherbecause(或that)1.况且，何况2.因为…所以更…3.尤其是，特别是

adv.宁可；更喜欢；宁愿；最好更恰当；更合适更确切地说[用来使语气婉转]有点；有几分[用来表示强调]很；颇；相当相反[古语]更早；更快interj.[主英国英语]当然啦[回答问题时用]短语:1.had(或would) rather 1.宁愿；宁可 2.更喜欢…；最好是…2.if I had my rathers [美国方言]如果我可以选择的话3.or rather 毋宁说；更确切地说4.rather of the ratherest [俚语]略多；略胜一筹；略不足5.rather than 不是…而是…；与其说…不如说…6.rather…than… 宁可…而不；最好…而不…；是…而不是…7.rahter… than otherwise (或not) 不是…而是…8.rather too 稍微 … 一点9.the rather 尤其10.the rather because (或 that) 1.况且，何况 2.因为…所以更… 3.尤其是，特别是

rather的意思是：“宁可，宁愿；相当；准确地说；或多或少地；而不是；当然啦；人名，(英)拉瑟。rather，英语单词，副词、连词、感叹词、名词。短语搭配：or rather更确切地说 ; 毋宁说 ; 更精确地说 ; 准确的说。Rather critical一叶知秋。would rather宁愿。rather good相当不错。rather strange怪异的 ; 反常的 ; 古怪的。rather cool形容有点儿凉。Rather Ironic而具有讽刺意味 ; 相当反讽。rather showery骤雨颇多。例句：I , rather than you , should do the work .该做这个工作的是我，而不是你。I should thank you rather than you thank me!我应该感谢你，而不是你来感谢我！We should help him rather than he should help us.是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。

(常用于表示轻微的批评、失望或惊讶) 相当，在某种程度上; (与动词连用以减弱语气) 有点儿，稍微; (纠正所说的话或提供更确切的信息) 更确切地讲，更准确地说; int. 表示同意某人的提议; [例句]The problem was psychological rather than physiologica

rather在英语中常用来做语气助词,表示“程度、态度”等比如：1.rather 表示“相当,有一些”You have done rather well.你做得相当不错 2.表示“宁肯、宁可”He resigned rather than take part in such a dishonest transaction .他宁愿辞职也不愿意参加这样一种欺骗的交易

adv.宁可；更喜欢；宁愿；最好更恰当；更合适更确切地说[用来使语气婉转]有点；有几分[用来表示强调]很；颇；相当相反[古语]更早；更快interj.[主英国英语]当然啦[回答问题时用]短语:1.had(或would)rather1.宁愿；宁可2.更喜欢…；最好是…2.ifihadmyrathers[美国方言]如果我可以选择的话3.orrather毋宁说；更确切地说4.ratheroftheratherest[俚语]略多；略胜一筹；略不足5.ratherthan不是…而是…；与其说…不如说…6.rather…than…宁可…而不；最好…而不…；是…而不是…7.rahter…thanotherwise(或not)不是…而是…8.rathertoo稍微…一点9.therather尤其10.theratherbecause(或that)1.况且，何况2.因为…所以更…3.尤其是，特别是

rather副词 adv.1.在一定程度上; 颇，相当 This book is rather too easy for this boy.这本书对于这个孩子来说太简单。I reckon that he is rather too old to marry again.我认为他的年龄太大, 不太适于再婚。2.或多或少; 有几分; 相当 This restaurant is rather more expensive than that one.这家餐厅的收费比那家贵得多。3.（与动词连用以减弱语气）有点儿，稍微 4.（纠正所说的话或提供更确切的信息）更确切地讲，更准确地说5.（提出不同或相反的观点）相反，反而，而是 1.Admittedly, it is rather expensive but you don"t need to use much. 它的确很贵，但不需要用得很多。 2. a rather bland diet of soup, fish and bread 一个淡而无味的汤、鱼加面包的食谱 3. His answer rather disconcerted her.他的回答使她颇感难堪。 4. I was rather dubious about the whole idea. 我对这整个想法持怀疑态度。 5. We tend to be traditional rather than fashion-forward in our designs. 我们的设计往往流于传统而没有超前意识。

rather adv.相当；宁愿；有点儿 例如： Poultry is rather cheap now.现在的禽肉相当便宜. I would rather stay at home.我宁可呆在家里.

adv. 稍微，有点;相当，颇;宁愿;相反地 int. 当然啦，怎么不