例句:These shoes are comfortable rather than pretty.
这双鞋不好看,但是舒服。
rather than 后面接的是对后者的否定,
other than
除了…,除…之外
There's nobody here other than me.
除了我这里没别人。
37. Wild birds and their eggs have been (at least) incidental sources of food for humans (since) prehistoric times and they (still) are in (most of) societies.