rather than 意為“而不是”、“而沒有”，側(cè)重客觀上的差別，還可以表示“與其……，倒不如（或?qū)幙桑?hellip;…”，側(cè)重句子主語(yǔ)或說(shuō)話人主觀上的選擇。句中 rather than 前后一般應(yīng)為名詞、代詞、動(dòng)名詞、形容詞、謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞、動(dòng)詞不定式、介詞短語(yǔ)，甚至分句等。下面小編來(lái)為大家介紹下rather than 的用法說(shuō)明，希望對(duì)大家有用。

　　rather than 的用法說(shuō)明如下：

　　一、rather than 接名詞

　　1. He is an artist rather than a politician.

　　他是位藝術(shù)家，而不是政治家。（與其說(shuō)他是政治家，倒不如說(shuō)他是藝術(shù)家。）

　　2. We ought to invest in new machinery rather than building.

　　我們?cè)撛谛聶C(jī)器上而不是在建筑上投資。

　　3. What attracted him is her personality rather than her beauty.

　　吸引他的是她的人格魅力,而不是她的美貌。

　　二、rather than 接代詞

　　1. It ought to be me rather than you that sign the letter.

　　在信上簽名的該是我，而不是你。

　　2. The person who should be praised is you rather than me.

　　該受到表?yè)P(yáng)的人是你，而不是我。

　　三、rather than 接動(dòng)名詞

　　1. I always prefer getting up early rather than going to school without breakfast.

　　我總是愿意早起床，而不愿不吃早飯就去上學(xué)。

　　2. He enjoys reading rather than watching TV.

　　他喜歡讀書而不喜歡看電視。

　　3. He was engaged in writing rather than reading the newspaper.

　　他在忙著寫東西，而不是在看報(bào)紙。

　　四、rather than 接形容詞

　　1. I call her hair chestnut rather than brown.

　　我寧愿說(shuō)她的頭發(fā)是栗色的，而不愿說(shuō)她的頭發(fā)是棕色的。

　　2. Taking exercise every day makes him look younger rather than older.

　　每天鍛煉身體使他顯得年輕而不是年老。

　　3. The colour seems green rather than blue.

　　這顏色好像是綠的，而不是藍(lán)的。

　　五、rather than 接謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞

　　1. She telephoned rather than wrote.

　　她打了電話，而沒有寫信。

　　2. She cried rather than smiled.

　　她哭了，而不是笑了。

　　3. He would die rather than give up smoking.

　　他寧死也不愿戒煙。

　　六、rather than 接動(dòng)詞不定式

　　1. I decided to write rather than （ to ） telephone.

　　我決定寫信而不打電話。

　　2. She likes to keep things rather than （ to ） throw them away.

　　她喜歡把東西保存起來(lái)而不是隨手將其扔掉。

　　3. Rather than go there, I'd prefer to stay here on my own.

　　我寧愿一個(gè)人呆在這兒，而不愿去那兒。

　　七、rather than 接介詞短語(yǔ)

　　1. I'd prefer to go in summer rather than in winter.

　　我寧愿夏天去，而不愿冬天去。

　　2. We'll have tea in the garden rather than in the house.

　　我們要在花園里喝茶而不想在屋里喝茶。

　　3. She is reading in the library rather than in the classroom.

　　她正在圖書館里看書而不是在教室里。

　　八、rather than 接分句

　　1. John went to the seaside yesterday rather than he went where he often goes.

　　約翰昨天到海濱去了，沒到他常去的地方。

　　2. You should help me rather than I should help you.

　　你應(yīng)當(dāng)幫我，而不是我應(yīng)當(dāng)幫你。

　　3. We should know what he meant rather than what he said.

　　我們應(yīng)該知道他的真實(shí)想法而不是他說(shuō)了什么。

　　注意：

　　1. rather than 很像并列連詞。其前后都應(yīng)是相互對(duì)應(yīng)的詞語(yǔ)，但接不定式時(shí)，?？墒∪ゲ欢ㄊ椒?hào) to 。

　　2. rather than 也可分開使用，和 would 或 had 構(gòu)成“ would / had rather … than ”結(jié)構(gòu)， than 前后也是相互對(duì)等的結(jié)構(gòu)。試比較：

　　1) She would rather have the small one than the large one.

　　她寧愿要小的，也不愿要大的。

　　2) Tom would rather be liked than feared.

　　湯姆寧愿受人愛戴，而不愿讓人懼怕。

　　3) Wouldn't you rather be liked than feared?

　　你不是寧愿受人愛戴，而不愿讓人懼怕嗎？

　　但當(dāng) would rather 被用作謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞后接賓語(yǔ)從句時(shí)，從句中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞應(yīng)為虛擬形式。例如：

　　I'd rather you came tomorrow than today.

　　我寧愿明天來(lái)，而不是今天來(lái)。

　　3. :rather than連接兩個(gè)主語(yǔ)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的數(shù)與前面主語(yǔ)的數(shù)相一致。如:

　　Jean, rather than her brothers, is to meet her parents.

　　是瓊而不是她的兄弟們?nèi)ソ铀改浮?/div>