请教：这句话是什么意思？

irish

I am not an investigator rather than a RA.

Xbfeng

I am not an investigator rather than a RA（Research Assistant）.
我不是一个调查员而是一个助研。

gochina

this sentence seems to be "I am an investigator rather than a RA."
rather than: instead of ...

irish

原帖由 Xbfeng 于 2009-4-22 11:54 发表
7 N$ x8 {2 A6 W. `I am not an investigator rather than a RA（Research Assistant）.
9 F  w  J& _3 k0 C- f( G我不是一个调查员而是一个助研。

这是我的本意，但好像表达错了

irish

原帖由 gochina 于 2009-4-22 22:01 发表
- \% u/ |; P! r9 Q* R' g& qthis sentence seems to be "I am an investigator rather than a RA."
: P- L. H. ]; [* {rather than: instead of ...

$ R. p" l& g4 F; _3 b: Q我知道这么说MAKE SENSE，但不是我的本意。一个地方发请帖请INVESTIGATOR去荷兰开会，老板想让我去，我是想回他EM说，在这个项目里我只是RA不是INVESTIGATOR。随手就写成I AM NOT AN INVESTIGATOR RATHER THAN A RA。发完了之后，想想好像不对了，我们老板估计又得噎一下了。

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irish

无论如何谢谢楼上2位的指教。

Xbfeng

原帖由 irish 于 2009-4-23 00:47 发表

6 B/ z* `' N8 X这是我的本意，但好像表达错了

4 u; _+ I% ]1 z0 NI am a research assistant rather than an investigator.

yuanyuan

原帖由 irish 于 2009-4-23 00:51 发表
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我知道这么说MAKE SENSE，但不是我的本意。一个地方发请帖请INVESTIGATOR去荷兰开会，老板想让我去，我是想回他EM说，在这个项目里我只是RA不是INVESTIGATOR。随手就写成I AM NOT AN INVESTIGATOR RATHER THAN A R ...

; J; \4 O& j' @! B$ b( M/ C' ^0 n7 iI am not an investigator, but a RA. Or, I am only a RA, not the investigator.

- h  _5 \; c/ w/ r8 B8 ]) n* x4 }If I were you, I would say: "Ooops, I thought I was only a RA. How about xxx (the name of the investigator)?".

hahaeion

use "but" instead of "rather than"