谈谈rather than的含义和词性

语法家Quirk在A Grammar of Contemporary English第9．129节中说：There are several QUASI-COORDINATORS which sometimes behave like coordinators and at other times（without any change of meaning）like subordinators or prepositions．[有几个准连词，它们有时起并列连词的作用，有时（意思不变）起从属连词的作用，有时起介词的作用。]他共列出4个准连词，它们是as well as，rather than，more than和as much as。现根据Quirk的提示，举例说明如下：