例: He is lazy rather than diligent.
形容詞 形容詞
(他懶惰,而非勤奮。)
Mary is a student rather than a teacher.
名詞 名詞
(瑪麗是學生而非老師。)
He is interested in swimming rather than
介詞片語
(in) dancing.
介詞片語
(他對游泳而非舞蹈有興趣。)
He failed because he was lazy rather than
副詞子句
because he was stupid.
副詞子句
(他失敗是因為他懶惰而不是因為他愚蠢。)
注意:
a. rather than亦可連接兩個有對等關係的動詞, 句型如下:
rather than + 原形動詞, 主詞+動詞……
非但不……反而……
例: Rather than work hard, he plays around all the time.
= Instead of working hard, he plays around all the time.
(他非但不用功,反而一直都在鬼混。)
本課閱讀中的"Rather than play music, he studied medicine."即屬此用法。
b. rather than亦可連接兩個有對等關係的主詞, 之後的動詞則應按第一個主詞作變化。
例: He rather than I am wrong. (╳)
→He rather than I is wrong. (○)
(是他錯,而非我錯。)
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