rather

adv 重难点
英音 ['rɑːðə(r)]
美音 ['ræðər]
词频 5口语 3书面 3

英文释义

  • 相当;颇 (quite:)
    • She fell and hurt her leg rather badly.

      她跌倒了,腿伤得相当严重。

  • 相反地;反而:
    • It’s not cold. Rather, it’s very hot.

      天气不冷,反倒是很热。

    • Online voting sometimes does not depend on the strong points of the competitors, but rather on how many social networking resources they have.

      在线投票有时不是靠选手的实力,而是靠有多少社交网络资源。

固定搭配

(or) rather

更确切地说:
  • He worked till late last night, or rather, early this morning.

    他昨晚一直工作到深夜,更确切地说,是到今天凌晨。

rather than

而不:
  • It is better to express your anger, rather than bottle it up.

    将怒气发泄出来更好,而不要憋在心里。

  • When classical, rather than pop, music was playing, diners spent more.

    当播放古典音乐而不是流行音乐时,用餐者们消费了更多。

would rather ... (than)

宁愿 / 宁可… (而不):
  • — Will you join us in the game?

    和我们一起玩游戏吧?

  • — Thank you, but I’d rather not.

    谢谢,不过我不想玩。

  • She would rather die than give in.

    她宁死不屈。

  • It’s getting late. I’d rather (that) you left now.

    天很晚了,你现在该走了。