1. 用作连词（=but not），意为“而不”“不是……（而是）”“与其……（不如）”，前后连接的成分应该是平行的。如：
He ran rather than walked. 他不是在走而是在跑。
He is a writer rather than a teacher. 与其说他是教师还不如说他是作家。
You are doing this for yourself rather than for others. 你做这件事不是为别人而是为你自己。
It was what he meant rather than what he said. 这是他的意思，而不是他说的话。
2. 由于既可视为连词也可视为介词，所以连接不定式时，后面一个不定式可带to或不带to（视为准并列连词时），也可用动名词（视为介词时）。如：
I decided to stay at home rather than (to) go [going] to the cinema. 我宁愿呆在家里也不愿去看电影。
与单词：rather than 相关的例句或者名人名言
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.
I'd rather walk than take a bus.
我愿意走路而不愿意坐公共汽车。
※We prefer to die a hero,rather than live a slave. 宁为英雄而死,不为奴隶生.
