rather than单词相关例句：

At work, please think of me, first, as a person rather than a woman.
工作上，请先考虑到我是人，然后才是个女人。

They put emphasis on quality rather than on quantity.

他们重质不重量。

ADJ. 自我教育的;自学的;自修的. People who are self-educated have acquired knowledge or a skill by themselves, rather than being taught it by someone else such as a teacher at school.
N-COUNT. 吉卜赛人. A gypsy is a member of a race of people who travel from place to place, usually in caravans, rather than living in one place.
N-COUNT. 吉卜赛人. A Romany is a member of a race of people who travel from place to place, usually living in caravans, rather than living in one place.

She greeted him now as though he were a recalcitrant member of the family, rather than a menacing outsider.

她现在和他打招呼，把他当作一个难以驾驭的家庭成员，而不是一个危险的外人。

ADJ. 一般;过得去;不好不坏. If you say that something is so-so, you mean that it is average in quality, rather than being very good or very bad.
PHRASE. 借新债还旧债；拆东墙补西墙. If you say that someone is robbing Peter to pay Paul, you mean that they are transferring money from one group of people or place to another, rather than providing extra money.

When the corn was sow'd, I had no harrow, but was forced to go over it my self and drag a great heavy bough of a tree over it, to scratch it, as it may be call'd, rather than rake or harrow it.

种子播下后，我又没有耙，不得不自己在地里走来走去，或用一颗大树在地里拖来拖去。这样做与其说是在耙地，还不如说是在扒地。

This poisonous combination could fuel instability rather than assuage it.

这种有害的结合只会激起而不是减轻不稳定。

prefer单词相关例句：
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.——Thomas Jefferson, American president 人民是完全可以信赖的，应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西，然后作出正确的判断。倘使让我来决定，我们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸呢，还是应该有报纸而不要政府，我会毫不犹豫选择后者。美国总统 杰斐逊.T.
I prefer dogs, but this cat is so cute!
我更喜欢狗,但是这只猫真萌！

I prefer portable computers - they're more convenient.
我更喜欢手提电脑，它们更方便。

Please don't call me 'fat'. I prefer 'stout'.
请不要说我胖，我比较喜欢“壮”这个说法。

I prefer to use a digital camera to take pictures.
我更愿意用数码相机照相。

In winter, I prefer shirts with long sleeves.
冬天，我比较喜欢长袖衬衫。

I prefer the cold, snowy mountains over warm places.
比起温暖的地方我更喜欢寒冷的、白雪皑皑的山区。

Vegetables are OK, but I prefer eating meat.
蔬菜是不错，但是我还是更喜欢吃肉。

表示非正规的、非正式的还有两个词 irregular 和 informal ，它们的区别如下：
casual 指不太注意场合、仪表等，随意性强。如 a casual decision 草率的决定 casual clothes 便服

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informal 指语言、 穿着等比拟随便， 也指不举行任何形式或仪式的活动。 如 an informal visit 非正式访问 an
informal style ( 日常使用的 )语体
irregular 指不按常规、固定模式或方案做事。如 irregular pattern 不规那么的式样 an irregular liner 不定期
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例句： Young people prefer casual clothes .
年轻人更喜欢穿休闲装。

Harry, do you prefer western fast food or Chinese fast food?

哈利，你想吃西方快餐还是中国快餐？