标题: rather than VS instead of总结!击破语法盲区! [打印本页] 作者: 你最珍贵187 时间: 2018-1-24 21:08 标题: rather than VS instead of总结!击破语法盲区! 自己总结的 欢迎交流指证。求加个精,看了之前的很多讨论,觉得还是都有一些问题,所以犹豫了下还是发上来了
X instead of Y typically implies that Y had been expected, but X happened INSTEAD.
John chose a pen instead of a pencil.
Implication: John had been expected to choose a pencil, but he chose a pen INSTEAD.
In the SC above, instead implies the following: it had been expected that doctors would elect to face the threats of lawsuits, but they have elected to retire early INSTEAD.
Not the intended meaning.
X rather than Y typically implies that X is preferred to Y.
John chose a pen rather than a pencil.
Implicated: John PREFERRED a pen.
This is the intended meaning of the SC above:
Doctors do not want to face the threats of lawsuits.
They PREFER to retire early.
The result is the wording in the OA:
Doctors have elected to retire early RATHER THAN face the threats of lawsuits. 作者: derrickzq 时间: 2019-5-11 21:44
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