新东方考研英语必背500句
第042句
traditionally legal leaming has been viewed in such institutions the special preserve of lawyers, rather than a necessary part of the intellectual equipment of an educated person.
译文：传统上，在这些学院中，法律学习一直被看成是律师的特权，而非受过教育之人必备的知识素养。
点睛：traditionally为整句的状语。preserve此处为名词，意为“某人专有的活动、爱好”。rather than...为主语补足语。
考点归纳：与副词rather相关的常见短语还有：
*would rather宁愿，宁可
i'd rather have a quiet night, reading my favorite
book.晚上我宁愿安静地看我喜欢的书。
*or rather更确切地说
you have to be eighteen for cheap tickets-or rather under eighteen.
你必须是18岁才能买便宜的票——更确切地说，是不满18岁。
*not...but rather...不是…而是…
we don’t discuss such problems, but rather deal with them。我们不是讨论这类问题，而是要解决它们。