rather than doing/rather than (to) do
既可以表示主观愿望上的决择,“与其…宁可…”,也可以表示客观程度上的差异,“与其说是…不如说是…”.
rather than 作为连词时,除了prefer to do rather than do句型以外,其它的前后都要是平行结构.也就是说,rather than前面的是名词,rather than后面的也要是名词,以此类推.
eg.She enjoys singing rather than dancing.她喜欢唱歌而不喜欢跳舞.