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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

英英释意

1. on the contrary;: "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones"

2. to some (great or small) extent;: "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"

3. more readily or willingly;: "clean it well, preferably with warm water"; "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"; "I'd sooner die than give up"

4. to a degree (not used with a negative);: "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"

双语例句

1. Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.: 如此无礼的言语让我火冒三丈，我砰的一下把电话挂了。

2. The process is not a circle but rather a spiral.: 这个过程不是一个圆周运动而是螺旋上升型的。

3. I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole setup of the university.: 渐渐地，我对大学的整个体制感到相当失望。

4. She was in rather a bad film about the Mau Mau.: 她出演了一部关于茅茅运动（20世纪50年代肯尼亚基库尤人反抗英国殖民者的民族主义运动）的烂片。

5. I had a busy day and was rather tired.: 今天很忙，我累坏了。