rather<br>than<br>用法<br>并列连词rather than的用法<br>一、 rather than的结构归纳:<br>rather than 是一个并列连词,用法比较复杂,现归纳如下:<br>1. rather than 与would 连用时,构成“would rather...than...”句式,意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”,表示主观愿望,即在两者之中选择其一。例如:<br>She'd rather die than lose the children. 她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们。<br>2. rather than 不与would连用时,表示客观事实,意为“是……而不是……;与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。现分述如下:<br>(1) 连接两个名词或代词<br>He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 与其说他是一个海员,不如说他是一个探险者。<br>You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野营。<br>注意: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。<br>(2) 连接两个形容词<br>The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。<br>(3) 连接两个介词(短语)或动名词<br>We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我们是在教室里开会,不是在大厅里。<br>She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌,而不喜欢跳舞。<br>(4) 连接两个分句<br>We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。<br>(5) 连接两个不定式<br>I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写
late 的反义词是 early。early:adj. 早的,早期的,早日的,(果实等)早熟的;adv. 早,在初期,先前,提早。<br>late的用法<br>英[leɪt] 美[let]<br>adj. 晚的;迟的;已故的;最近的<br>adv. 晚;迟;最近;在晚期<br>词组短语<br>late for迟到;来不及…<br>late stage末期;后期;晚期<br>late at night在深夜;深更半夜<br>late on后来;以后;过后<br>late in the day在那天稍晚些时候;[口]为时太晚,失时机<br>例句:<br>Late in the alexandrian period, Pappus' additions to geometry came as a sort of anticlimax<br>在亚历山大里亚晚期出现的Pappus对几何学的工作是高潮后的一种低潮。<br>It's never too late If you have let a grudge fester for decades, remember it's never too late to heal wounds.<br>从不嫌晚如果内心的积怨已长达数十载,请记住抚平创伤总比留着好,从不嫌晚。<br>early的用法<br>英['ɜːlɪ] 美['ɝli]<br>adj. 早期的;早熟的<br>adv. 提早;在初期<br>n. (Early)人名;(英)厄尔利<br>词组短语:<br>early access抢先体验<br>early stage早期阶段<br>early warning预警<br>例句:<br>1、We have the rains in early summer.<br>我们这儿的雨季在初夏。<br>2、We propose an early start tomorrow.<br>我们打算明天早早出发。