(1)rather than是一个连词,常用来连接平行结构,即前面是名词, 后面也跟名词;前面是动词原形,后面也要跟动词原形。
(2)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。
①We can achieve a lot when we learn to let our differences unite, rather than divide us.
当我们学会让我们的差异结合起来而不是将我们分离的时候,我们就会获得很多。
②Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to_judge(judge) everything so harshly.
很快,她学会了感激生活,而不是刻薄地判断所有事情。
③I think Tom, rather than you, is(be) to blame.
我认为不是你,而是汤姆应受到责备。
④His poetry is marked with fancy rather than imagination(imagine).
与其说他的诗歌想象丰富,还不如说是幻想。