Shy, reserved and proud, I would have died rather than have breathed asyllable of my view.
1) 是would rather... than...还是would...rather than...? 就是rather地方到底是怎么样的？
2) 参见https://www.cpsenglish.com/question/39997，非常奇怪，我的提问句子为何前后都用了have done 时态呢？
根据 https://www.cpsenglish.com/question/39997，我提问的句子后面than havebreathed是不是应该改成breathed一般过去时呢？
3) 麻烦老师解说一下would rather... than...或would...ratherthan...前后句应该用何种时态？
4) breathe a syllable of my view 这的意思是？词典没找到。
谢谢老师！
Shy, reserved and proud, I would have died rather than have breathed a syllable of my view.
breathe a syllable of my view 说出我怎么看的只言片语。
breathe：吐出，呼出。
syllable：音符、字符。引申意：只言片语、一言半语
注意结构格式：
1. I would rather die than breathe...
（实质是在 than 后省略了 I would）
2. I would die rather than breathe...
（rather than 是并列连词，前后连接两个动词原形。情态动词 would 后自然用动词原形。假如没 would，则是如此并列：He wentto townrather than stayed at home. He rides to school rather than walks to school.）
3. I would have died rather than have breathed...
（结构同2，不同是，这是不定式的完成体，除去表示与过去不符的虚拟意义外，还可表示对过去状况的真实描述，本句便是。）
【翻译】由于羞怯，矜持，高傲，所以，我（当时）宁可死也不愿说出我的怎么看（的一言半语）。
