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【注意】relate常与to搭配。 【 链接】related adj. 有关系的, 相关的；亲戚的 / relation n.关系; 亲戚 / relative adj. 相关的，关于……的; n.亲戚 12. The two reporters agreed to switch roles for once and be the interviewees rather than interviewers in order to let us know about their work and how the news we read is made. 为了让我们了解他们的工作以及我们读到的新闻是如何制作与写作的，两位记者同意转换一次角色，充当被采访者而不是采访者。(p.11 Reading第一段 第4行) (1) for once = just for once = for this once = this once 就这(那)一次 ① For once you are right. 只有这一次你是对的。② For once, at least, it's not my fault. 起码这一次不是我的错。③ Do let me stay up later tonight, mummy — just for this once. 就让我今晚上晚睡吧，妈妈 — 就这一次。 【链接】all at once 突然；同时 / once and for all 永远的；一劳永逸的 / once in a while 偶尔 / once more (again) 再一次 / once upon a time 从前(用于开始讲故事) 【比较】 once 意为“一次；曾经一度”。① I will help you once but then you must do it by yourself. 我会帮你一次以后你必须自己做。② We once lived in San Francisco. 我们曾在旧金山住过。 (2) rather than 此处相当于and not，意为“而不是”。如: ① The colour seems green rather than blue. 颜色好像是绿色，而不是蓝色。② They were screaming rather than singing. 他们在尖叫，而不是在唱歌。③ It is better to ask for help at the beginning rather than to wait until a busy period when everyone is rushed off their feet. 最好在开始工作时就去请求帮助，而不要等到大家都忙得不可开交时，再去找人帮忙。④ She telephoned rather than wrote. 她打了电话而没写信。 【注意】rather than连接并列结构 【提示】rather than 连接两个主语时，谓语动词的单复数与前一个保持一致。He rather than you is to blame. 是他而不是你该受到责备。 【拓展】rather than 还可用于以下情况： (1) 表示两种说法的正确程度，意为“与其说，倒不如说”。He is an artist rather than a philosopher. 与其说他是位哲学家，不如说他是位艺术家。 (责任编辑：admin) |