地震基本烈度查询:rather than和instead of的用法？？

instead of后面接名词/动名词（doing）.eg. we'll play football instead of basketball/playing basketball.
rather than 后面接和前面动词词形一致的词。he will go to shanghai rather than go to beijing. / he is going to shanghai rather than going to beijing

rather than
conj. 宁可...也不愿(与其...倒不如,而不是)

Examples:
1. Rather than risk breaking up his marriage he told his wife everything.
他惟恐婚姻破裂，把一切都告诉了妻子。
2. It's management that's at fault rather than the work-force.
错在资方而不在劳方.
3. I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.
我想喝冷饮, 不想喝咖啡.
4. She is a career woman rather than a housewife.
她是职业妇女而不是家庭主妇。
5. It is better to express your anger, rather than bottle it up.
生气宁可发泄出来而不要闷在肚内。
6. She is not so beautiful as charming. (=She is charming rather than beautiful.)
与其说她美倒不如说她迷人。
7. These are political rather than social matters.
这是政治问题而不是社会问题。
8. It is a telex rather than a letter.
与其说它是一封信，不如说它是一封电传。

instead of
代替,而不是...

Examples:
1. We sometimes eat rice instead of potatoes.
我们有时候吃大米, 不吃土豆.
2. Let's play cards instead of watching television.
咱们玩纸牌吧, 别看电视了.
3. Instead of Graham, it was Peter who moved in.
搬进来的不是格雷厄姆, 而是彼得.
4. I made this cake specially, with brown sugar instead of white.
我特别地以红糖代替白糖做了这个蛋糕。
5. I gave him advice instead of money.
我给了他忠告，而不是钱。
6. There is a growing tendency for people to work at home instead of in offices.
人们在家里而不是在办公室里工作的趋势日益增长。
7. The shopkeeper gave us short weight: we got 7.5 kilos instead of 10 kilos.
店主给我们的分量不足: 应该10公斤我们只得到7.5公斤.
8. The economy is shrinking instead of growing.
经济正在萎缩而不是在增长中。