would rather...than和would...rather than 实际上是一样的，都表示“宁愿……而不愿……,与其……宁可……”的意思。
would rather do A than do B=would do A rather than do B 宁愿......而不愿......
She would die rather than give in .=She would rather die than give in.
扩展资料：
1、例句：
I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema.我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。
The children would rather walk there than take a bus.孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不乘公共汽车。
2、在使用“would rather...than...”句型时，应注意以下几点：
than 后边也应接动词原形（见上例句）,但如该句型前后连接的两个动词相同，则than之后的那个动词可省去。如：
I would rather you know that now than afterwards.宁可你现在就知道这件事，而不是以后。
would rather...than...也可改写成 “would...rather than...”，其用法及含义仍不变。如：
Facing the enemies,our soldiers would die rather than surrender.面对敌人，我们的战士宁死不屈。
有时，为表示语气上的强调，可将rather than置于句首，如：
Rather than refuse to help you,I would borrow money from my friends.我宁可向朋友借钱,也不愿拒绝帮助你。
3、rather than而不是
would rather...than和would...rather than 实际上是一样的，都表示“宁愿……而不愿……,与其……宁可……”的意思。
would rather do A than do B
=would do A rather than do B 宁愿...而不愿...
eg.
I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema.
我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影.
The children would walk there rather than take a bus.
孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不愿乘公共汽车.
请注意！
would rather…than…/would…rather than…也可以颠倒为：rather than…would….，Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式，若选用的动词相同，那么than 后的动词可以省略。
eg.
I would rather have noodles than rice.
我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭。
He would rather drink wine than beer.
他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒。
Rather than work in such bad condition, he would give up.
与其在这样差的条件下工作,他宁愿放弃。
使用would rather…than…句型时要注意“平行结构”，即在than 的前后要用两个同类的词或词组，如两个名词、两个不定式、两个介词短语等。
eg.
I would rather go to work by bike than by bus.
我宁愿骑自行车也不愿乘公共汽车去上班。
I would rather talk with his mother than with his father.
我宁愿和他妈说话而不愿和他爸说话。
She would die rather than give in .
=She would rather die than give in.本回答被提问者采纳
rather than的用法