Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。The effect is soft and pretty rather than drop-dead sexy.给人的印象是柔和俏丽而不是吸人眼球的性感。Really it's a workmanlike conference ...

（要）…而不…，与其…倒不如…，instead of sb/sth 而不是...

rather than的音标：...

宁愿，与其…不如…...

would rather than的音标：would rather than的英式发音音标为：[wud 'rɑ:ðə ðən]would rather than的美式发音音标为：[wʊd 'ræðɚ ðən]...

Exit the program as you normally would rather than exiting the application from the Desktop.按您常用的方式退出程序,而不从桌面上退出....