wouid do...rather than do

I would go out rather than see you.
would后面接想干的事，rather than 后接与前面想干的事相比不相干的

liuhulan would die rather than give in

I would sing rather than dance.

I would stay at home rather than go out in such a terrible day.
天气这么坏,我宁愿呆在家里也不会出去的./与出去相比,我宁愿呆在家里.

You call on them to go forward, but they would rather die than do so;these people are die-hards.
你叫他进，他就死也不肯进，这些人叫做顽固分子。

His action would be to divert Wildeve's movement rather than to stop it.
他的行动，并没能使韦狄的活动完全停止，而只使它变更方向。