高中英语词汇打卡(497)| rather than 而非;而不是

①Once I started thinking about fitness rather than weight, things began to change. 

一旦我开始考虑健康而不是体重,事情就开始改变了。

②Rather than cutting out the foods I enjoyed, I added healthy foods to my meals. 

我不再忌食我喜爱的食物,而是在自己的三餐中加入健康的食品。

句①中rather than用作连词,表示“而不是……”, 连接两个并列名词:fitness和weight。

句②中rather than用作介词短语,其后动词用v.-ing形式:cutting out。

[温馨提示] rather than用作连词,用于连接两个并列成分,连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词短语、动名词、分词、不定式以及动词(短语)等。

当连接两个并列主语时,谓语动词应与rather than 前面的成分在人称和数上保持一致。

如:Lucy, rather than her classmates, is good at drawing.

是露西而不是她的同学们擅长画画。

rather than常用于如下结构:

(1)prefer to do…rather than do…宁可做……而不愿意做……

(2)would do…rather than do…宁可做……而不愿意做……

◆单句填空

①Rather than(water) rows of soil, the system provides just the right amount to each plant.

②It was the teacher rather than the students that(be) responsible for organizing the event.

③I prefer to spend my weekends reading classic novels ratherwaste time on social media.

◆完成句子

④Through this activity, we realize the value of teamwork and thatthat really counts! 

通过这次活动,我们认识到了团队合作的价值,并且明白了真正重要的是过程而非结果。

⑤I sincerely apologize for my mistake., I am focusing on taking corrective action to prevent such incidents from happening again.

我真诚地为我的错误道歉。我没有找借口,而是专注于采取纠正措施以防止此类事件再次发生。

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