| Subject | English | Chinese |
| gen. | depend on M rather than | 不如说取决于M (N, 取决于M而不是N) |
| gen. | depend on M rather than | 与其说取决于N (N) |
| proj.manag. | Gold has been a great investment recently, but psychology rather than supply and demand are responsible | 近来黄金投资获利颇丰、但这主要是由于心理原因、而非供求因素 |
| gen. | had rather... than | 宁愿…不愿… |
| gen. | had much rather M than | 愿M而不愿 N (N) |
| gen. | had much rather M than | 与其N倒不如M (N) |
| gen. | had much rather M than | 宁可M也不N (N) |
| gen. | had rather... than | …与其…不如… |
| proj.manag. | He pounded them on tax avoidance, advised them to invest at home rather than overseas, and lambasted oil company profits | 他抨击这些企业逃税、建议这些企业投资国内而非海外、还痛斥石油企业的利润 |
| sport. | Hurdler steps, rather than jumps, over hurdles. | 跨栏运动员应跨越栏架而不是跳过栏架 |
| dentist. | I recommend a porcelain fused to metal crown for your front tooth rather than a metal one | 我建议您用烤瓷冠修复前牙而不是金属冠 |
| house. | If it is too dark to see what you are doing, use a flashlight rather than pulling the fireworks closer to see the ignition point | 如果天太黑，你看不清楚自己在做什么，那就用一个手电筒照着，而不是把烟花移得很近,来找燃火点 |
| gen. | If you like, you can have some chicken, boiled rather than fried. But you can wait and see | 如想要，可以要点鸡肉，煮的比炸的好。但您也可以等等看 |
| gen. | In the west of England the traditional drink is cider, rather than beer | 英格兰西部的传统饮料是苹果酒，而不是啤酒 |
| commer. | It depends on temperature rather than pressure | 它与其说取决于压力还不如说取决于温度 |
| proj.manag. | Mr. Brawn seems to have encountered the same lack of candour in his discussions about rather larger sums than my now-reduced overdraft | 在讨论远高于我如今被削减了的透支额度的金额时、 布朗先生似乎遇到了同样的不直率 |
| commer. | prefer to make a careful feasibility study rather than make a hasty decision | 而不急于作岀决定 |
| commer. | prefer to make a careful feasibility study rather than make a hasty decision | 宁可进行仔细的可行性研究 |
| gen. | rather better than | 似乎稍胜〔较好〕 |
| gen. | rather more than | 比…多一些 |
| gen. | rather than | 而不是 |
| gen. | rather than | 宁不 |
| gen. | rather M than | 与其 N 倒不如 M (N) |
| gen. | rather M than | 宁可 M 而不愿 N (N) |
| gen. | rather than | 而不 |
| gen. | rather M than otherwise | 不是别的而是 M |
| gen. | rather + inf. than otherwise | 巴不得做 |
| gen. | M rather than rather M than | 与其说 N不如说 M (N) |
| gen. | M rather than rather M than | 是M而不是N (N) |
| gen. | M rather than rather M than | 宁可 M 也不N (N) |
| expl. | The breakage characteristics of different rock types are known to vary over a wide range, especially at the fine end of the fragmentation curve where breakage is controlled by the inherent properties of the rock substance itself, rather than being controlled by its larger scale flaws and structure | 众所周知、不同类型岩石的破碎特点差别很大、尤其在破碎曲线的细端变化大、因为岩石破碎受自身的内在属性控制、而不是受岩石自身的大缺陷和结构的控制 |
| expl. | The parameters that are generally used in blast design and fragmentation modeling are the static rather than the dynamic properties, but empirical factors used in the models compensate for this anomaly | 通常用于爆破设计和破碎模型中的这些参数、都是静态的、而非动态性质、只不过在用于模型时经验因素弥补了这种反常 |
| econ. | The real challenge is to expand the primary market rather than simply fight for a larger share in a fixed size market | 真正的难题是扩大原始市场，而不是仅在规模已经确定的市场中抢占较大份额 |
| expl. | The tax changes will concern large corporations rather than small businesses | 税率变动关系到大公司、而不是小本生意 |
| footwear | They say flip-flops force people to change the way they walk so that when taking a stride they put pressure on the outside of their feet, rather than their heels, causing long-term damage | 人们说，穿人字拖强行改变了人们走路的方式。走路时，压力集中到了脚掌外侧，而不是脚跟，这会造成慢性损伤 |
| arts. | Totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric | 图腾柱很现代，并不是史前的 |
| sport. | use brawn rather than brain | 有勇无谋 |
| gen. | would rather M than | 宁可 M 而不愿 N (N) |
| gen. | would rather M than | 与其 N 倒不如 M (N) |
| gen. | would much rather M than | 与其N不如M (N) |
| gen. | would much rather M than | 宁愿〔宁可〕M也不愿N (N) |
| gen. | would much rather M than | 与其N倒不如M (N) |
| gen. | would much rather M than | 宁可M也不N (N) |
| tech. | You do this work in configuration, rather than in code | 您是在配置中完成这些工作，而不是通过代码 |
