963. B rather than A A라기 보다는 차라리 B다

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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.)