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rather

英 ['rɑːðə] 美['ræðɚ]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

adv. 宁可，宁愿；相当
int. 当然啦（回答问题时用）
n. (Rather)人名；(英)拉瑟

实用场景例句

The instructions were rather complicated.: 这些说明相当复杂。

She fell and hurt her leg rather badly.: 她跌倒了，腿伤得相当重。

I didn't fail the exam; in fact I did rather well!: 我没有考不及格，事实上，我考得不错！

It was a rather difficult question.: 这是个相当难的问题。

It was rather a difficult question.: 这真是个难题。

He looks rather like his father.: 他看上去很像他的父亲。

The patient has responded to the treatment rather better than expected.: 病人对治疗的反应比预想的好得多。

He was conscious that he was talking rather too much.: 他意识到他说得实在太多了。

I rather suspect we're making a mistake.: 我有点儿怀疑我们正在犯错误。

We were rather hoping you'd be able to do it by Friday.: 我们希望你最好能在星期五之前做这件事。

She worked as a secretary, or rather, a personal assistant.: 她当了秘书；确切地讲，是私人助理。

In the end he had to walk─or rather run─to the office.: 最后他不得不走着——应该说是跑着——去办公室。

The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.: 墙面不是白的，而是灰不溜秋的。

‘I'm going climbing tomorrow. ’ ‘Rather you than me! ’: “我明天去爬山。”“你去吧，我可不去！”

I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.: 我想要冷饮，不要咖啡。

Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own?: 你干吗非得自己干，而不请人帮忙？

She'd rather die than give a speech.: 她宁愿死也不愿意演讲。

‘Do you want to come with us? ’ ‘No, I'd rather not. ’: “你想跟我们一起来吗？”“不，我不想去。”

Would you rather walk or take the bus?: 你愿意步行还是坐公共汽车？

The problem was psychological rather than physiological...: 问题是心理方面的而不是生理方面的。

Sedge is similar in appearance to grass but has a solid rather than a hollow stem...: 莎草看上去和普通的草没什么两样，但其草茎是实芯的而不是空芯的。

Twenty million years ago, Idaho was not the arid place it is now. Rather, it was warm and damp, populated by dense primordial forest...: 2,000万年前，爱达荷州并不像现在这样干旱。相反，那时的爱达荷州温暖潮湿，有大片的原始森林。

But there must be no talk of final victory; rather, the long, hard slog to a solution...: 但是这还谈不上是最后的胜利；而是长期、艰难地寻找解决方法的过程。

If it's all the same to you, I'd rather work at home...: 如果对你来说没什么差别，我宁愿在家中工作。

Which programme would you rather appear on?...: 你更愿意在哪个节目中露面？

I grew up in rather unusual circumstances...: 我在非同寻常的环境下长大。

It had made some rather bad mistakes which I thought should be corrected...: 它犯了一些相当严重的错误，我觉得应该加以纠正。

I rather think he was telling the truth...: 我倒觉得他讲的是真话。

I rather like the decorative effect.: 我倒很喜欢装饰的效果。

'Well, he did have a sort of family connection with it, didn't he.' — 'Oh yes. Rather.': “那么，他的确和它有些家族渊源，是不是？”——“噢，是的，的确如此。”

同义词辨析

fairly, pretty, quite, rather

这些程度副词都有"相当，颇"之意。

fairly：语意最弱，多用于褒义，表示适度地、尚可的意思。不可与too或比较级连用。

pretty：用法与rather相似。常用于非正式文体。

quite含义比fairly稍强，与不定冠词连用时，一般放在不定冠词之前。

rather语气比quite强，褒意贬意无可使用。可与too和比较级连用。