than相当于什么什么短语|rather

rather than相当于instead of。

注意下面两点：

1、相同点：他们的意思相差不大

放在句首：不是---而是---

放在句中：而不是

例如： Rather than the fat girl.，I love the thin girl.

2、不同点……instead of 接动词的时候，动词加ing，而rather than 可以跟动词ing结构，也可以跟动词原形。

Rather than being pleased she got angry.

Rather than catch her when she was stealing things， I shouted at her.