這個(gè)要看例句了 其實(shí)很多時(shí)候都可以通用的 但是要是有固定搭配的話就另當(dāng)別論了 像prefer to do ——rather than do
就是固定搭配
下面是例子 你可以自己體味一下
1.adv.
代替; 頂替; 更換
If you cannot go,he'll go instead of you.
如果你不能去,他愿替你去.
If there is no coal,oil can be used instead.
如果沒有煤,可以用石油來代替.
2.(要)…而不…,與其…倒不如…
We'll have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the auditorium.
我們與其在教室里開會(huì),不如在禮堂開會(huì).
寧可,寧愿
Rather than being punished,he should be rewarded.
他該受獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)而不應(yīng)該受懲罰