rather than

rather than 而不是

【例句】

◆ It was what he meant rather than what he said that annoyed me．让我生气的不是他所说的话，而是他话中的意思。 

◆ The housewives prefer to go out to work rather than kill the time at home．家庭主妇们宁愿出去工作，不愿待在家里消磨时光。 

◆ They served raw vegetables with the hamburgers and boiled the potatoes rather than frying them．他们提供汉堡包夹生的蔬菜和煮土豆而不是炸土豆。（人教版，必修③，Unit 2）