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不做B卻做A A rather than B 是A而不是B would rather do A than do B = would do A rather than do B 寧可做A而不做Bprefer to do A rather than do B 最喜歡做A而不做Bwould rather sb. did/had done sth. 寧愿某人做某事注意:rather than表示客觀事實,它連接的并列成分可以是名詞、代詞、形容詞、介詞(短語)、動名詞、分句、不定式、動詞等。后接不定式時,不定式可以帶to,也可以不帶to。但rather than位于句首時,則只能接不帶to 的不定式。 2. settle down 舒適地坐下或躺下;(使)安靜、安頓、安心;習慣於新的生活方式/工作等[典例]1). She settled down in an armchair to read her book. 2). When are you going to marry and settle down? 你什麼時候結(jié)婚過上安定生活?[短語歸納] 與settle相關(guān)的短語:settle down to… 使某人安下心來做…… settle (down) in ... 在……定居下來settle a dispute/an argument/an issue 解決一爭端/爭論/問題 3. catch sight of 看見;瞥見 [典例] He was happy to catch sight of an eagle flying in the sky. 見到一只鷹在天上飛,他很高興。[短語歸納] sight短語:lose sight of 看不見;不再看見 keep sight of 使能看得到;保持看得到的距離 at (the) sight of 一看到(就) in/within sight 可以看見;在視線內(nèi)out of sight 看不見;在視線外 have good/poor sight/eyesight 視力好/差4. have a gift for... 對……有天賦[典例] 1). He has a gift for music. 他有音樂天才。2). The young man is gifted in art. 那個小伙子有藝術(shù)天賦。[重點用法]have a gift for (doing) sth.= have the gift to do sth. 對……有天賦;有做某事的才能a man of excellent gifts一個非常有才華的人 a gifted/telented person 一個有天賦的、有才華的人be gifted at doing sth./in sth. 擅長5. in the distance 在遠處;在遠方[典例] 1). We can see the mountain in the distance. 2). Night fell. The hills