the goal of earth day is to arouse the people's

Question

the goal of earth day is to arouse the people's awareness for protecting our mother earth, rather than just _____ such a special day.
A.to fix B. fix
答案是to fix.为什么啊 fix rather than后面不是加动词原形的吗?

Answer 1

rather than 意思是而不是，是个并列连词，它和前面的to arouse构成并列的表语，对主语进行解释说明。

Answer 2

前面是is to arouse the people's awareness，要与to arouse保持一致。

Answer 3

A没错
just跟不定式，表目的

Answer 4

因为前面是is to arouse the people's awareness，应与to arouse保持一致。

Answer 5

四楼shenhuaijueji 的解释是非常正确的。

Answer 6

恩，这道题考察的就是一致问题，rather than 后面接的要与对应的to arouse
保持一致用不定式形式。