而不是的例句（而不是在句子中的用法）

• They sensibly invested their prize money rather than spending it. 他们明智地把奖金用于投资而不是花掉。
• This argument aimed at the understanding rather than the emotions. 这场辩论针对的是理解而不是感情。
• pressing for eight planes rather than six 竭力要求八架飞机而不是六架
• Eat to live but not live to eat. 人为了活着而吃饭, 而不是为了吃饭而活着。
• Are you sure it’s the real thing , not just infatuation? 你确信这是真爱,而不是一时的迷恋吗?
• Nowadays we say someone is ' speech-impaired', not dumb. 现在我们说某人有“语言障碍”，而不是哑巴。
• His efforts involved thought experiments and analogies, rather than detailed experimentation. 他所进行的是思维实验及类推，而不是细致的实验。
• We eat to live, not live to eat. 我们吃饭是为了活着, 而不是活着为了吃饭。
• Sports, and not learning, seem to dominate in the school. 似乎是运动而不是学习在那所学校占重要地位。
• Our party believes in encouraging cultural diversity, not diversion. 我们党鼓励多种文化，而不是文化分歧。
• Tyson decisioned his opponent by a point score rather than a knockout. 泰森靠判定而不是靠击倒对手获胜。
• Some of the member states wanted a tighter union rather than the loose confederation that developed. 一些成员国想要一个紧密的联盟而不是松散发展的联合。
• They relied on brains rather than brawn. 他们靠的是脑力，而不是体力。
• Counsel must be followed, not praised. 忠告必须照办，而不是赞美。 出自：英语谚语
• Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. 生命的价值是用思想和行为来衡量的，而不是寿命的长短。 出自：英语谚语
• Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps. 知识的获得是循序渐进而不是突飞猛进的。 出自：英语谚语
• He prefers to be known as Cesc rather than Francesc. 他更喜欢被称作塞斯克(Cesc) 而不是弗朗西斯克(Francesc).
• They aim at quality rather than quantity. 他们的目的在于提高质量而不是增加数量.
• They have already declared their intention to fight on rather than settle for half-measures. 他们已经宣布要继续战斗，而不是半途而废。
• She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up. 她往油箱里加了些柴油而不是汽油，致使发动机发生故障。