六遥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 遥疾病的方法 　　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)遥自遥地 　　all the + 形容词比较遥(更加 越来越)(副词 连接副词) 　　e.
g.
You will be all the better for a holiday.
　　你渡遥假会更好。
　　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)