ratherthan是一个并列连词

1、rather than 是一个并列连词，1.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)

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 meetingin the classroom rather thanin 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 h

3、elp 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 decidedto write ratherthan (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 gobad, 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

4、 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

5、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 homeand do somer

6、eading this evening.今晚你最好呆在家中读点书。二、would rather than 或 wouldrather than 的句型。表示“宁愿而不愿，与其宁可”的意思时，则可用例 I would rather watch TV at homethan 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：rathe

7、r than“。口泊。Would(rather) 和 than 后若选用的动词相同，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 t h a n 句型时要注意“平行结 构”，即在 than 的前后要用两个同类

8、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 ratherthan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 rathe

9、r 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 th

10、an 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。我希望你下周请注意 1 ） 主句一般为 done that.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， I had rather , 其（ that ）从句则用过去完成时。 例 Would rat

11、her you had not 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 havedone 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 moneyby 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 wo

12、rked 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 prefersreading 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 +

13、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： H

14、e 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 wo