1.rather than do
He told a lie rather than get his friend into trouble.
他寧愿說謊也不愿連累朋友.
Shall we go for a walk rather than watch television?
咱們不看電視,出去散步,好不好?
rather than后接動詞原形表示主觀抉擇
rather than to do
I decided to write rather than(to) telephone.
我決定寫信而不是打電話.
They prefer to die fighting rather than(to) live in enslavement.
他們寧可戰(zhàn)死,也不肯活著受奴役.
13)I prefer to work rather than(to) remain idle.我寧愿工作而不愿閑著.
rather than 后接不定式時,不定式可以帶to,也可以不帶to,如上句.但rather than位于句首時,則只能接不帶to 的不定式.如：Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad,he sold them at half price.他唯恐蔬菜爛掉,把它們以半價賣掉了.
接動名詞
8)I always prefer starting early,rather than leaving everything to the last minute,
我總是愿意早開始而不愿意把所有事情都留到最后才做.
9)He was engaged in writing a letter rather than reading the newspaper.
他那時是在寫信而不是看報紙.