六级词汇笔记单选题词汇解析（14）

　　64.Sometimes patients (分词短语做定语)suffering from severe pain can be helped by drugs that arent really drugs at all ______ sugar pills that contain no active chemical elements.(连词)

　　A.or rather

　　B.rather than

　　C.but rather(nobut rather 不是而是)

　　D.other than

　　知识扩展：

　　severe：严重的

　　relieve 缓解

　　sugar pills 糖片

　　therapy 疗法

　　remedy 解决问题地方法 治愈疾病的方法

　　comedy 喜剧

　　常考连词

　　orraher = accurately speaking (用在句中)

　　A rather than B 宁要A不要B

　　if = provided that (如果)

　　all alone (副词)独自独立地

　　all the + 形容词比较级(更加 越来越)(副词 连接副词)

　　e.g. You will be all the better for a holiday.

　　你渡一次假会更好。

　　for certain = certianly

　　for all that 后面跟从句 = despite that 尽管 虽然

　　in that = because

　　let alone 至于更不用说 = not to mention that

　　but for = except for ; without 莫非要不是

　　but that = except that 后面跟从句

　　but then = on the other hand

　　now that 既然(用于句首)