考研英语试题语法难点精析--rather than,more...than,other than的用法
2009-07-14来源:
rather than,more...than,other than的用法
(1)rather than 用来表示“是。。。而不是。。。”,通常连接两个并列成分
eg:He is an artist rather than a philosopher.
他是位艺术家而不是位哲学家。
(2)sb/sth is more A than B表示“与其说sb/sth是B,不如说是A”
eg:He is more an artist than a philosopher.
与其说他是位哲学家,不如说他是位艺术家。
sb/sth is not more A than B表示“与其说sb/sth是A,不如说是B”
eg:He is not more an artist than a philosopher.
与其说他是位艺术家,不如说他是位哲学家。
注意:这里的not more...than 与疑难短语(一)中所讲的不同,疑难短语(一)中所讲的not more...than所作比较的是主语和than后面的词语,而这里所讲的not more...than 所作比较的是than前和than后的词语,要注意区分。