963. B rather than A A라기 보다는 차라리 B다 = less A than B = A less than B = not so much A as B = rather B than A = more B than A = B more than A |
? A라기 보다는 차라니(than) B이므로 (rather) A라기 보다는 B이다 의 뜻.
․ These shoes are comfortable rather than pretty.
(이 신발들은 예쁘기보다 편안하다.)
․ He ran rather than walked.
(그는 걷는 것보다는 차라리 달렸다.)
․ I prefer to play rather than (to) work.
(나는 일하는 것보다는 노는 것이 더 좋다.)
․ He is a poet rather than a critic.
= He is a poet more than a critic.
= He is more a poet than a cretic.
= He is not so much a critic as a poet.
= He is not a critic so much as a poet.
= He is less a critic than a poet.
= He is a critic less than a poet.
(그는 비평가라기보다는 시인이다.)