人教版高中英语必修 3 Unit 5 Canada-The True North 导学案基础巩固 一、词汇详解1
Rather than take the airplane all the way,they decided to fly from China to Vancouver
她们不想一路乘飞机,决定先从中国飞到温哥华,……要点提示:rather than 意思为“与其,不愿,不要,不是”,常用在 prefer to do rather than do 句子中
典型例句:Rather than make money in this way,I prefer to starve to death
我宁愿饿死,也不愿用这种方式挣钱
I will have sweet water rather than pure water
我想喝甜水,不想喝纯净水
He was busy writing a letter rather than reading a newspaper
他正忙于写信而不是读报
相关链接:would rather 宁愿,宁可;not
but rather 不是……而是……例如:I suppose I could lend them to him,but I’d rather not
我想我是把它们借给他的,可是我不愿意借
We’d rather you didn’t do it
我宁愿你不做这事情
or rather 更确切地说You have to be 16 for cheap tickets,or rather under 16
你必须 16 岁才买便宜票,更确切地说是不满 16 岁
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