Question

4．Ratherthanrisk breaking up his marriage he told his wife everything．
他唯恐婚姻破裂，把一切都告訴了妻子．

Answer 1

分析 他唯恐婚姻破裂，把一切都告訴了妻子．

解答 答案：Rather than．考查固定短語．Rather than是固定短語，表示"而不是"，本句的語序還可以是 He told his wife everything rather than risk breaking up his marriage．

點評 考查漢譯英．
rather than用作連詞，連接兩個平行結(jié)構(gòu)．既可以表示主觀愿望上的決擇，"與其…寧可…"，也可以表示客觀程度上的差異，"與其說是…不如說是…"．例如：
1、接代詞
1）I，rather than you，should do the work．
該做這工作的是我，而不是你．
2、接名詞
2）John ought to go rather than Jean．約翰比琴更應(yīng)該去．
3）I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee．
我想我該要一杯冷飲，而不要咖啡．
試比較：
4）We sometimes eat rice instead of potatoes．
有時候我們不吃土豆，而吃米飯．
3、接形容詞
5）These shoes are comfortable rather than for your friend．
這鞋不好看可是舒服．
6）You are doing this for yourself rather than for your friend．
你不是為你朋友，而是為你自己做這種事．
7）I'd prefer to go in August rather than in July．我愿8月去不愿7月去．
5、接動名詞
8）I always prefer starting early，rather than leaving everything to the last minute，
我總是愿意早開始而不愿意把所有事情都留到最后才做．
9）He was engaged in writing a letter rather than reading the newspaper．
他那時是在寫信而不是看報紙．
6、接過去分詞
10）She insisted on having the room papered rather than painted．
她堅持要用紙裱糊房間，而不是把房間粉刷一下．
7、接不定式
11）I decided to write rather than telephone．我決定寫信而不是打電話．
12）They prefer to die fighting rather than live in enslavement．
他們寧可戰(zhàn)死，也不肯活著受奴役．
13）I prefer to work rather than remain idle．我寧愿工作而不愿閑著．
8、接謂語動詞
14）He told a lie rather than get his friend into trouble．
他寧愿說謊也不愿連累朋友．
15）Shall we go for a walk rather than watch television？
咱們不看電視，出去散步，好不好？
16）He ran rather than walked．他跑步而不是步行．
rather than后接動詞原形表示主觀抉擇，接一個動詞的過去式則表示客觀差異．
9、接從句
17）It was what he meant rather than what he said．
那是指他話中的意思，而不是他所說的話．
18）It was what he had caten rather than what he had drunk that made him ill．使他得病的不是他喝的東西，而是他吃的東西．