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问: 在but引导的转折分句中, 有时在but 后插入rather或 instead,在用法上有何不同?
答:在but引导的转折分句中,but 后插入rather与 插入 instead, 用法上相似, 但侧重有
所不同。but 后插入rather,主要是加强语气,rather 去除,不影响句子原意;而but 后
插入instead则表示出现前面所述相反的情况,或表示与前面所述不同的情况。试比较下面
例句:
but rather 用于加强语气
This dish is delicious but rather a trouble to prepare.
这种菜好吃不好做。
He is fairly clever but rather lazy.
他很聪明,但也相当懒。
He's very learned but rather absent minded.
他很有学问,可是好忘事。
The beach is beautiful, but rather cold at this time of the year.
这个季节,海滩很美,但比较冷。
He has a bluff but rather pleasant manner.
他举止粗鲁却可爱。
● rather 还常插在 not …… but …… 句式中(即not …… but rather ……),加强
对比意味。
True abundance comes not from amassing, but rather from appreciating
真正的富足不是来自财富的积聚,而是来自对所拥有一切的珍视。
His success lies not in his knowledge but rather in his industriousness.
他之成功并不在于他的学识,而在于他的勤奋。
They held themselves aloof, not in a sky, but rather in an independent way.
她们偏偏不理不睬,并非怕羞,却是自己很有主意的样子。
The elderly usually do not have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we
年长的人一般不会为我们所做的事而后悔,而会为我们所没有做的事后悔。
You must not allow your work to fall off, but rather you should try to improve it.
你决不能让你的工作落后于别人,而应该努力改进它。
but instead 表示出现前面所述相反或不同的情况
The patient’s condition is expected to be improving, but instead it is getting even
worse.
期望病人病情况有所好转, 与其相反,病情反而更糟。
What I have ordered was a cheese burger, but instead the waiter sent me a
hotdog.
我点了一个干酪汉堡包, 但服务员却拿来了一个热狗。
He doesn't like watching movies but instead reading books.
他不喜欢看电影而喜欢看书。
However, the manager didn’t answer the question, but instead blamed him for his
rudeness in raising the question.
但是, 经理没有回答他,反而指责他问问题的方式粗暴。
We had expected him to be angry, but instead, he sat quietly at his desk, as sober
as a judge.
我们以为他会发怒,可他却是一声不响地坐在桌子旁边,非常冷静。
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