The bill is due. 这张票据已到期。 My salary is due tomorrow. 我明天领薪。
表示应付给或应给予某人，通常与介词 to 连用。如： A great deal of money is due to you. 要付给你一大笔钱。 Respect is due to older people. 年长者应受到尊重。 Our grateful thanks are due to you. 我们衷心感谢你。 due用法2
表示“预定的”、“约定的”、“预定要到达或发生的”，也通常用作表语。如： When is the train due? 火车什么时候到?
I’m due for a pay rise soon. 我不久就要加薪了。 其后可接不定式。如(from www.yywords.com)： The guests are due to arrive very soon. 客人很快就会到。
The meeting isn’t due to start until four. 会议预定要到四点才召开。 due用法3
表示“适当的”、“合适的”、“应得的”，通常只放在名词前作定语。如： We should pay due attention to this problem. 我们应对这个问题给予适当的注意。 You must put these things in due order. 你必须把这些东西按适当的顺序放好。 due用法4
用于 due to(由于，因为)。按照传统语法 due to 主要引导表语，一般不引导状语。如： His absence was due to the storm. 他因暴风雨而缺席。
Her success was due to her hard work. 她成功是因为她努力工作。
但是在现代英语中，due to 也可用来引导状语。如(from www.yywords.com)： He was late due to the very heavy traffic. 由于交通拥挤他迟到了。
适合
Fit 和be fit for 类似：刚好适合 Adapt 修改以适合 Meet 完全满足
is suitable for/to for更自然一些
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in line with adv. 符合
rather than 与 instead of 的区别
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rather than
conj. 宁可...也不愿(与其...倒不如,而不是)
Examples:
1. Rather than risk breaking up his marriage he told his wife everything. 他惟恐婚姻破裂，把一切都告诉了妻子。
2. It's management that's at fault rather than the work-force. 错在资方而不在劳方.
3. I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee. 我想喝冷饮, 不想喝咖啡.
4. She is a career woman rather than a housewife. 她是职业妇女而不是家庭主妇。
5. It is better to express your anger, rather than bottle it up. 生气宁可发泄出来而不要闷在肚内。
6. She is not so beautiful as charming. (=She is charming rather than beautiful.) 与其说她美倒不如说她迷人。
7. These are political rather than social matters. 这是政治问题而不是社会问题。 8. It is a telex rather than a letter.
与其说它是一封信，不如说它是一封电传。
instead of 代替,而不是...
Examples:
1. We sometimes eat rice instead of potatoes. 我们有时候吃大米, 不吃土豆.
2. Let's play cards instead of watching television. 咱们玩纸牌吧, 别看电视了.
3. Instead of Graham, it was Peter who moved in. 搬进来的不是格雷厄姆, 而是彼得.
4. I made this cake specially, with brown sugar instead of white. 我特别地以红糖代替白糖做了这个蛋糕。 5. I gave him advice instead of money. 我给了他忠告，而不是钱。
6. There is a growing tendency for people to work at home instead of in offices. 人们在家里而不是在办公室里工作的趋势日益增长。
7. The shopkeeper gave us short weight: we got 7.5 kilos instead of 10 kilos. 店主给我们的分量不足: 应该10公斤我们只得到7.5公斤. 8. The economy is shrinking instead of growing. 经济正在萎缩而不是在增长中。
rather than的用法
一、rather than用作连词，连接两个平行结构。既可以表示主观愿望上的决择，“与其?宁可?”，也可以表示客观程度上的差异，“与其说是?不如说是?”。例如： 1、接代词
1）I,rather than you,should do the work. 该做这工作的是我，而不是你。 2、接名词
2）John ought to go rather than Jean.约翰比琴更应该去。 3）I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee. 我想我该要一杯冷饮，而不要咖啡。 试比较：
4）We sometimes eat rice instead of potatoes. 有时候我们不吃土豆，而吃米饭。 3、接形容词
5）These shoes are comfortable rather than for your friend. 这鞋不好看可是舒服。
6）You are doing this for yourself rather than for your friend. 你不是为你朋友，而是为你自己做这种事。
7)I'd prefer to go in August rather than in July.我愿8月去不愿7月去。 5、接动名词
8)I always prefer starting early,rather than leaving everything to the last minute, 我总是愿意早开始而不愿意把所有事情都留到最后才做。
9)He was engaged in writing a letter rather than reading the newspaper. 他那时是在写信而不是看报纸。 6、接过去分词
10)She insisted on having the room papered rather than painted. 她坚持要用纸裱糊房间，而不是把房间粉刷一下。 7、接不定式
11)I decided to write rather than telephone.我决定写信而不是打电话。 12)They prefer to die fighting rather than live in enslavement. 他们宁可战死，也不肯活着受奴役。
13)I prefer to work rather than remain idle.我宁愿工作而不愿闲着。 8、接谓语动词
14)He told a lie rather than get his friend into trouble. 他宁愿说谎也不愿连累朋友。
15)Shall we go for a walk rather than watch television? 咱们不看电视，出去散步，好不好？
16)He ran rather than walked.他跑步而不是步行。
rather than后接动词原形表示主观抉择，接一个动词的过去式则表示客观差异。 9、接从句
17)It was what he meant rather than what he said. 那是指他话中的意思，而不是他所说的话。
18)It was what he had caten rather than what he had drunk that made him ill.使他得病的不是他喝的东西，而是他吃的东西。
二、rather than用作介词
R.Quirk编著的《英语语法大全》p.1387明确指出：和as well as及in stead of一样，rather than后面跟一个和母句中的动词形式并不匹配的ing分词分句时，它是介词，而不是准并列连词： 19）Their actions precipitated the war rather than averting it. 他们的行为促使战争爆发而不是避免战争。
20）Rather than a new car,he bought a colour television. 他买了一台彩电，而不是一辆新车。
21）Let's finish the job today,rather than leaving it till tomorrow. 让咱们今天干完工作，而不是留到明天。
三、rather than用作从属连词，引导一种优选分句。
R.Quirk在《英语语法大全》p.1540指出：优先分句主要用从属连词rather than和sooner than引导，用不带to的不定式作该分句的谓语动词：
22）Rather than go there by air,I'd take the slowest train. 我宁愿乘最慢的火车，也不愿乘飞机去那儿。
1) rather than此处是介词短语，意思是\与其\、\不是\，相当于instead of。如： I think you, rather than Mary, is to be punished. 我认为该受惩罚的是你，而不是玛丽。
Rather than fish, well have fried eggs and meat for lunch. 今天午餐吃煎蛋和肉，而没有鱼。
The colour seems green rather than blue. 这颜色看上去是绿的，而不是蓝的。
I always prefer starting early, rather than leaving everything to the last minute. 任何事情我总是喜欢早点做，不要到最后。
Ill have a cold drink rather than coffee. 我要喝冷饮，不想喝咖啡。
2)rather than可以和would连用，如would rather?than?或would?rather than?这时要注意\平?quot;问题，即其前后必须用相同的语法单位。如：
Id rather have the red one than(have)the green one.
我宁愿要红的，不愿要绿的。
Id take the slowest train rather than go there by air. 我宁可乘坐最慢的火车也不愿坐飞机去那儿。
He would rather walk than drive. 他宁愿步行不愿开车。
Id prefer to go in August rather than in July. 我愿八月去，不愿七月去。 Id call her hair chestnut rather than brown. 我宁愿说她的头发是栗色，而不是棕色。
【注意】Id rather +动词原形，通常意为\我宁愿??\，相当于\?\，具有选择意义，即\宁愿做??不愿做\。但是，当后接动词like, enjoy, appreciate时，rather是一个程度副词，象quite和fairly一样无选择意义，所以Id rather like不是\我宁愿喜欢\，而是\我相当（很）喜欢\。试比较下列句子： ①\\
\我很想来杯咖啡。\噢，是吗？我宁愿喝杯啤酒。\②We would rather appreciate your help. 我们非常感谢你的帮助。 ③Which would you rather have, tea or coffee? 你更愿意喝什么，茶还是咖啡？ ④He would rather enjoy seeing a film on Sundays. 他很喜欢在星期天看场电影。 other than 1.FORMAL different from or except (书面语,不同,除了)
[例]The work cannot be done by anyone other than yourself. 作业必须自己做
2. in a negative sentence, used to mean 'except': (否定句中做 除了 讲)
[例]There's nothing on TV tonight, other than rubbish. 今晚的电视,除了垃圾什么都没有
1.Everyone here can go there other than you. 除了你之外，这儿的每一个人都可以去那儿。 2.Everyone here can go there rather than me. 这儿的每一个人都可以代替我去那儿。
3.Everyone here can go there rather than me other than you. 除了你之外，这儿的每一个人都可以代替我去那儿。 4.I can go there rather than you. 我要去那儿，而不是你。
to do 和to be done做定语区别
2009-05-14 10:13肯定和否定 | 分类：文学 | 浏览3026次
to be done能作定语吗 如果能做他们区别是什么 提问者采纳
检举| 2009-05-14 10:37
都可以，不过其句子主语是不同性质的。
使用to do来表示被动是因为：用这个不定式结构作宾补.这个不定式表示将要