ratherthan用法小結(jié)

1、rather than 用法小結(jié)rather than 是一個(gè)并列連詞，用法比較復(fù)雜，現(xiàn)歸納如下：1. rather than 與would 連用時(shí)，構(gòu)成"would ratherthan”句式，意思是“寧愿而不愿”，表示主觀愿望，即在兩者之中選擇其一。例如：She'd rather die than lose the children. 她寧愿死也不愿失去孩子們。2. rather than 不與would連用時(shí)，表示客觀事實(shí)，意為“是而不是；與其不如”。它連接的并列成分可以是名詞、代詞、形容詞、介詞 (短語(yǔ))、動(dòng)名詞、分句、不定式、動(dòng)詞等?，F(xiàn)分述如下：(1) 連接兩個(gè)名詞

2、或代詞He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 與其說他是一個(gè)海員，不如說他是一個(gè)探險(xiǎn)者。You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野營(yíng)。注意： rather than 連接兩個(gè)名詞或代詞作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞應(yīng)與rather than 前面的名詞或代詞在人稱和數(shù)上保持一致。(2) 連接兩個(gè)形容詞The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 與其說她買的這件羊毛衫便宜不如 說它漂亮。(3) 連接兩個(gè)介詞(短語(yǔ))或動(dòng)名詞We will

3、have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我們是在教室里開會(huì)， 不是在大廳里。She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜歡唱歌，而不喜歡跳舞。(4) 連接兩個(gè)分句We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我們應(yīng)該幫助他而不是他應(yīng)該幫助我們。(5) 連接兩個(gè)不定式I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我決定寫信而不打電話。注意：rather than 后

4、接不定式時(shí)，不定式可以帶to,也可以不帶to,如上句。但rather than位于句首時(shí)，則只能接不帶to 的不定式。如：Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, hesold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜爛掉，把它們以半價(jià)賣掉了。(6) 連接兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞He ran rather than walked. 他是跑來的，而不是走來的。注意：這里rather than后用了 walked,而沒有用 walk,表示客觀事實(shí)，而不是主觀愿望。如果換成walk,則作“寧愿而不愿”解。would rather 的用法一、 would rat

5、her 意思是“寧愿、寧可、更、最好、還是為好”，后接動(dòng)詞原形 ,常省略為 d rather ，表示優(yōu)先選擇的一種方式其否定形式是would rather not do sth 。 would rather 沒有人稱和數(shù)的變化，所有的人稱一律用 would rather ?！?would rather+ 動(dòng)詞原形”是英語(yǔ)中常見的一個(gè)慣用句式，美國(guó)英語(yǔ)中多用had rather。 would(had)在此決無“過去”之意，它是一個(gè)情態(tài)助動(dòng)詞，且無詞性、時(shí)態(tài)變化。例 Mr Li would rather not listen to rock music. 李先生不愿意聽搖滾音樂。If you d

6、rather be alone, we ll all leave here. 如果你寧愿獨(dú)自呆著，那我們都離開這兒。He d rather work in the countryside. 她寧可到農(nóng)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讀點(diǎn)書。二、如果在兩者中進(jìn)行取舍，表示“寧愿而不愿，與其寧可”的意思時(shí)，貝U可用 would rather than或 would rather than 的句型例 I would rather watch TV at home than go

7、 to the cinema. 我寧可在家看電視而不愿去看電 影。The children would walk there rather than take a bus. 孩子們寧愿步行去那里而不愿乘公共汽 車。請(qǐng)注意 1) would rather than - /would rather than 也可以顛倒為：rather than would - o Would(rather)和than后都接不帶to的動(dòng)詞不定式， 若選用的動(dòng)詞相同， 那么than 后的動(dòng)詞可以省略。例 I would rather have noodles than rice. 我寧愿吃面條也不吃米飯。He wou

8、ld rather drink wine than beer 他喜歡喝紅葡萄酒而不喜歡喝啤酒。Rather than work in such bad condition, he would give up. 與其在這樣差的條件下工作，他寧 愿放棄。2）使用would ratherthan句型時(shí)要注意“平行結(jié)構(gòu)"，即在 than的前后要用兩個(gè)同類的 詞或詞組，如兩個(gè)名詞、兩個(gè)不定式、兩個(gè)介詞短語(yǔ)等。例 I would rather go to work by bike than by bus. 我寧愿騎自行車也不愿乘公共汽車去上班。I would rather talk with h

9、is mother than with his father. 我寧愿和他媽說話而不愿和他爸說話。三、在疑問句式中，would rather 與would rather than中的 would要放在主語(yǔ)之前例 Would you rather stay here or go home 你愿意呆在這里，還是回家Which would you rather have, apples or bananas 你喜歡吃蘋果還是香蕉Would you rather read a novel than read a poem 你寧愿看小說而不愿朗讀詩(shī)歌嗎4、 would rather+ 從句，是一個(gè)常用的

10、虛擬語(yǔ)氣句型Would rather+ 從句 ,謂語(yǔ)一般用過去時(shí)來表示現(xiàn)在或?qū)?。其意為“寧愿，還是 好些” “一個(gè)人寧愿另一個(gè)人做某事”。引導(dǎo)從句的that 常省略。在談到過去的動(dòng)作時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)則用過去完成時(shí)。例 John wants to see me today. I would rather he came to tomorrow than today. 約翰今天想去 看我。我寧愿他明天來看我而不是今天。（句中came 不是表示過去而是表示將來）We d rather he paid us the money tomorrow. 我們寧愿他明天付給我們那筆錢。Don t come tomo

11、rrow. I d rather you came next weekend. 明天別來。我希望你下周末來。請(qǐng)注意1 ） 如果談到過去的動(dòng)作，也就是表示過去已經(jīng)發(fā)生的事情在選擇上不恰當(dāng)。此時(shí)，主句一般為I had rather , 其 （ that） 從句則用過去完成時(shí)。例 Would rather you had not donethat. 我真希望你沒有做那件事。2） 如果只涉及主語(yǔ)本人而不涉及另一個(gè)人，則 would rather 之后不接that 從句而接have done結(jié)構(gòu)。例 I would rather have gone to the theatre than stayed

12、home night. 我真希望昨天晚上去看了戲而不是呆在家里。He would rather be poor than have got money by dishonest methods 他寧可窮也不愿意用不誠(chéng)實(shí)的手段獲取金錢。Henry would rather that his girlfriend worked in the same department as he does 亨利希望他的 女朋友和他在一個(gè)部門工作。5、 would rather/sooner 和 prefer/would prefer 的區(qū)別 would rather 和 would sooner 之間一般沒有

13、區(qū)別，但經(jīng)常接觸到的是would rather 。例 Tom would rather/sooner read than talk 湯姆寧可讀書而不愿談天。Tom prefers readingto talking 湯姆喜歡讀書而不喜歡談天。請(qǐng)注意1） would rather后跟不帶to的不定式+than+不帶to的不定式，而 prefer后跟動(dòng)名詞 +to+ 動(dòng)名詞。有時(shí)prefer 后面也可跟名詞，而在would rather 之后要求只帶動(dòng)詞原形。例 He prefers wine to beer = He would rather drink wine than beer 他喜歡喝紅

14、葡萄酒而不 喜歡喝啤酒。I prefer tennis to golf = I d rather play tennis than golf 我喜歡打網(wǎng)球而不喜歡打高爾夫球。2）某些 prefer+名詞的情況不能用would rather完全確切地表達(dá)出來：He prefers dogs tocats.（他喜歡狗而不喜歡貓。）和 He would rather have dogs than cats.（他寧可養(yǎng)狗而不 愿養(yǎng)貓。）很明顯，這兩句的意思并不完全相同。3） would rather+ 不帶 to 的不定式有時(shí)可代替would prefer+ 帶 to 的不定式。例 I d rather fly than go by sea =I d prefer to fly 我寧愿乘飛機(jī)也不愿乘船。這兩個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)后面帶名詞時(shí)情況也一樣：例 Would you like some gin I d prefer a coffee =I d rather have coffee than gin 您想喝點(diǎn)杜松子酒嗎我想喝點(diǎn)咖啡。/我想喝點(diǎn)咖啡，不想喝杜松子酒。4）