英语词汇（140）ratherthan、insteadof、more……than……、no。。。

英语词汇（140）ratherthan、insteadof、more……than……、no。

英语词汇（140）
rather than、 instead of、 more …… than ……
not so much …… as …….
佳中
rather than
instead of
not so much …… as …….
more …… than ……
这组短语可表示“不是……而是……”，“尤其说……还不如说……”
rather than A rather than B 肯定A否定B。

1) He is liable to make decisions on the basis of his personal likes and dislikes rather than
what is best for the organization.
（他倾向于根据他的个人好恶而不是根据什么最有利于组织作决定。

）
2) A business letter should be written in a formal style rather than in a personal one.
（商业信函应按正规格式书写而不是个人风格书写。

）
3) Nowadays, people doing purchases by check or charge account or credit card, rather
than carrying too much money in the pocket or purses.
（如今人们用支票、信用卡帐户或信用卡做生意,而不是口袋或钱包装太多的钱。

）
instead of A instead of B 肯定A否定B。

1) There has been a tendency for industry to be located in a single region, instead of being
dispersed evenly over the whole country.
（现在有一种倾向工业往往位于单一地区而不是均匀地分散在全国各地。

）
2) Instead of looking at human behavior as shaped by culture, sociobiology stresses
natural selection as responsible for human’s particular biotical characteristics.
（社会生物学强调不是文化形成人类的行为而是自然选择形成人类特有的特征。

）
more …… than …… more A than B，肯定A否定B。

1) In his eye, Peter is more a businessman than his elder brother.
（在他的眼中,尤其说彼得是他哥哥，还不如说他是一个商人。

）
2) Most people in modern societies are more familiar with journalistic interviewing than with
any other from of interviewing.
（现代社会大多数人对新闻采访比其他形式采访更为熟悉。

）
not so much …… as ……. not so much A as ……. B，否定B肯定A。

1）One’s greatness lies not so much in his wealth as in his character.
(一个人的伟大尤其说是由他的财富来判断，还不如说是由他的品德来判断。

)
2) The convenience that Americans desire reflect not so much a leisurely lifestyle as a busy
lifestyle in which minutes of time are too valuable to be wasted.
（美国人渴望便利,与其说反映是一种闲适的生活方式,倒不如说是反映一种忙碌的生活方
式,每一分钟都很宝贵不能浪费掉。

）
3) The problem is not so much the excess of protein in the diet as the large amount of
saturated fats and cholesterol accompanying it.
（问题不在于饮食中有过量的蛋白质，而在于有大量的饱和脂肪和胆固醇。

）。