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rather的用法
rather可用作副词，有很，在很大程度上等含义；也可用于比较级之前，表示还要更...；也可用于too之前，表示强调的含义。
rather的释义
adv. (常用于表示轻微的批评、失望或惊讶) 相当，在某种程度上; (与动词连用以减弱语气) 有点儿，稍微; (纠正所说的话或提供更确切的信息) 更确切地讲，更准确地说
int. 当然啦，怎么不
rather的用法
1.用作副词：很，颇，在很大程度上
It’s rather difficult. 它相当难。
I was rather angry at what he said. 我对他说的话相当生气。
This carpet’s getting rather old now. 这块地毯现在很旧了。
2.(用于比较级之前表强调)…得多，还要更
The weather was rather worse than I had expected. 天气要比我预料的还坏。
The problem was psychological rather than physiological.
问题是心理方面的而不是生理方面的。
3.(用于too之前表强调)太：
He talks rather too much. 他说得实在太多了。
I’ve been to rather too many parties recently. 我最近参加的聚会实在太多了。
rather什么意思
rather英美adv.宁可，宁愿；相当int.当然啦（回答问题时用）n.(Rather)人名；(英)拉瑟更多释义》》Rather宁愿,相当,不如说orrather更确切地说,更精确地说,毋宁说Rathercritical一叶知秋
rather的意思，和短语
rather英 adv. 稍微，有点；相当，颇；宁愿；相反地 int. 当然啦，怎么不 相当； 不如说； 恰恰相反； 宁愿 短语介词而非；胜于；而不是 You use rather than when you are contrasting two things or situations. Rather than introduces the thing or situation that is not true or that you do not want. 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。The dark star in Nova Muscae 1991 is a black hole rather than a neutron star... 在1991年苍蝇座中的暗星其实是一个黑洞而非中子星。When I’m going out in the evening I use the bike if I can rather than the car. 我晚上要外出的时候，我宁愿骑自行车而不是开车。Rather is also a conjunction. Rather than break her appointment and disappoint me, Katie again took the car... 凯蒂又一次把车开来了，而没有爽约让我失望。She made students think for themselves, rather than telling them what to think... 她让学生们独立思考，而不是一味地告诉他们该思考些什么。I suggest that rather than the show season starting in June, it should be brought forward to April or May... 我提议它应该提前到4月或5月，而不等要到6月份开始的展示会。Most of these will be fleeing cold and hunger, rather than fighting... 这些人中的大部分会因饥寒交迫而逃亡，而不是因为战争。She prefers to stay in detention rather than be released and go into exile. 她更愿意呆在拘留所而不是被释放然后开始流亡生活。2. 副词而是；更确切地说；还不如说；相反 You use rather when you are correcting something that you have just said, especially when you are describing a particular situation after saying what it is not. 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。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。He explained what the Crux is, or rather, what it was. 他解释了什么是南十字座，或者更确切地说，过去南十字座是什么。3. 情态动词短语宁愿/不愿；宁可/宁可不 If you say that you would rather do something or you’d rather do it, you mean that you would prefer to do it. If you say that you would rather not do something, you mean that you do not want to do it. 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？Kids would rather play than study... 孩子们宁愿玩也不愿学习。I have no information one way or the other, but I would rather he do it than not do it... 我没有办法得到情报，但是我宁愿他去做。I would rather Lionel took it on... 我宁愿莱昂内尔负责这件事。Sorry. I’d rather not talk about it... 抱歉，我不愿意谈论这个。Would you like that? Don’t hesitate to say no if you’d rather not. 你喜欢那个吗？如果你不喜欢就直说。4. 副词有些;颇为;相当 You use rather to indicate that something is true to a fairly great extent, especially when you are talking about something unpleasant or undesirable. 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。He had had an excellent dinner at a rather good local hotel... 他已在当地一个相当不错的饭店里享用了一顿可口的晚餐。The first speaker began to talk, very fast and rather loudly... 第一个发言者开始讲话了，语速很快，声音相当大。We got along rather well... 我们相处得相当融洽。I’m afraid it’s rather a long story... 恐怕这说来话长。The reality is rather more complex... 事实要更加复杂。As you can see, he did rather better for himself than I did. 你可以看出，他自己做的比我做的还要好。...a figure rather too good to be true... 好得有点不真实的人物The fruit is rather like a sweet chestnut... 这种果实颇似甜栗子。Robbie was there with his family, keeping rather in the background. 罗比和他的家人一起在那里，深居简出。5. 副词（放在动词前）更…，宁愿… You use rather before verbs that introduce your thoughts and feelings, in order to express your opinion politely, especially when a different opinion has been expressed. 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。6. 惯用语（表示同意或接受）当然，的确 People sometimes say rather to express agreement or acceptance. 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。”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。I would rather go out tonight, if you don’t mind. 如果你不介意的话，我宁愿今晚出去。 2. He is kind and friendly despite his rather bluff manner. 他为人厚道，待人亲切，虽然态度有点粗鲁。 3. It’s rather funny that he should wear a strange pair of shoes. 他穿一双这样古怪的鞋子很好笑。 4. He’s been having rather a thin time since his wife left him. 自从他妻子离开他之后，他日子一直过得不太好。 5. Edison won his spurs as an inventor while rather young. 爱迪生很年轻的时候就获得了发明家的声誉。 6. This restaurant is rather more expensive than that one. 这家餐厅的收费比那家贵得多。 7. His efforts involved thought experiments and analogies, rather than detailed experimentation. 他所进行的是思维实验及类推，而不是细致的实验。 8. I am rather sceptical about their professed sympathy for the poor. 他们声称同情穷人，我对此相当怀疑。 9. The sandwiches came with a rather limp salad garnish. 三明治配着蔫软的色拉饰菜。 10. She has a rather twee manner that I find irritating. 她娇里娇气，我觉得很讨厌。 11. He preferred to die rather than surrender to the enemy. 他宁死也不愿向敌人投降。 12. The sun has faded the curtains so the colours are rather patchy. 窗帘被阳光晒得褪了色，显得斑斑驳驳。 13. Our findings relate to physically rather than the visually handicapped pupils. 我们的研究结果是关于肢体残疾的学生，而不是视力有障碍的学生。 14. This type of china is rather hard to categorise,it’s very unusual. 这种瓷器非常特殊，很难归类。 15. They think his mother’s illness is acute rather than chronic. 他们认为他母亲的病是急性的，不是慢性的。 16. I had rather an odd experience the other day. 几天我有过非常奇怪的经历。 17. Underneath his rather severe manner, he is really very kindhearted. 他待人态度相当严厉，但心地确实十分善良。 18. They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it. 他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。 19. I’m in a rather tricky position;can you help me out? 我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？ 20. I’m afraid your chances of success are rather remote. 我担心你成功的机会极小。
关于rather的用法及解释
rather是我们学习英语的时候非常常见的一个词汇，这就要求我们要掌握并且去理解它的用法。接下来我在这里给大家带来rather的用法，我们一起来看看吧!
rather的用法
一、用作副词
1.很，颇，在很大程度上
It’s rather difficult. 它相当难。
I was rather angry at what he said. 我对他说的话相当生气。
This carpet’s getting rather old now. 这块地毯现在很旧了。
I’m afraid our team’s doing rather badly. 我看我们队的表现不太好。
We were rather tired after our long walk. 徒步走了这么远，我们都相当累了。
I feel rather well today. 我今天觉得相当好。
The new law has affected rather a lot of people. 新法律影响到了相当多的人。
2.(用于比较级之前表强调)…得多，还要更
The weather was rather worse than I had expected. 天气要比我预料的还坏。
This hotel is rather more expensive than that. 这家旅馆的收费比那家贵得多。
3.(用于too之前表强调)太：
He talks rather too much. 他说得实在太多了。
I’ve been to rather too many parties recently. 我最近参加的聚会实在太多了。
二、用于短语
1. or rather 更确切地说
She lives in London, or rather she lives in a suburb of London. 她住在伦敦，更确切的说，是在伦敦近郊。
I explained to him how far things had got, or rather had not got. 我向他说明形势发展到何种程度，或者更确切地说向他说明形势没有发展到何种程度。
2. rather than 而不是，(不是…)而是：He ran rather than walked. 他不是在走而是在跑。
You are doing this for yourself rather than for me. 你做这件事不是为我而是为你自己。
It was what he meant rather than what he said. 这是他话里的意思，而不是他说的原话。
3. would rather...(than)… 宁愿…(而不愿)：I’d rather walk than take a bus. 我宁愿走路而不愿乘公共汽车。
He would rather have the small one than (have) the large one. 他宁愿要小的那个，而不愿要大的。
三、重要用法
1. 修饰形容词时，通常与那些意义“消极”的形容词连用：
Frank is clever but rather lazy. 弗兰克很聪明但颇为懒惰。
若与意义“积极”的形容词连用，则通常含有“惊人地”的意思：
I did rather well in that test—better than expected. 这次考试我考得相当好——比我预料的还好。
2.有时可用于修饰动词，尤其是那些表达思想或情感的动词：
I rather like him. 我很喜欢他。
She rather enjoys doing nothing. 她挺喜欢什么事都不干。
It rather surprised me. 那事使我相当惊讶。
I rather think we’re going to lose. 我倒是认为我们要输。
We were rather hoping you could stay to supper. 我们倒是希望你留下来吃晚饭。
3.与不定冠词连用时，通常要置于不定冠词之前：
He is rather a fool. 他是个大笨蛋。
但若其后的名词带有形容词修饰语，则也可置于不定冠词之后：
That’s rather a silly question.= That’s a rather silly question. 那是个相当愚蠢的问题。
4.would rather(宁愿)的用法说明：
(1)后接动词原形，其中的 would 不可用should代换，即使是第一人称也是如此(在美国英语中，有时也说had rather，但不常见);用于否定句时，not一般应放在rather之后，但在否定疑问句、反意疑问句以及简略答语中，可以在would之后加 not：
We’d rather not go. 我们宁愿不去。
Wouldn’t you rather live here? 你不愿住在这儿?
(2)谈论过去的情况时，后接完成式动词，意为“本要”：
I’d rather have gone to the theatre last night. 昨晚我本来要去看戏的。
We’d rather have told her the news. 我们本来是要告诉她这个消息的。
(3)后接从句时，常用虚拟语气(用过去式表示现在或将来，用过去完成时表示过去)：
I’d rather you went now (tomorrow). 我宁愿你现在(明天)去。
I’d rather he hadn’t done that. 我希望他没有做过那事。
(4)表示“宁愿(做)…而不愿(做)…”时，用would rather…than…(than之后也接动词原形，不过若与rather后的动词相同，通常省去)：
He would rather walk than take a bus. 他愿走路而不愿坐公共汽车。
She would rather have the small one than the large one. 她宁愿要小的那个，而不愿要大的。
(5)当rather用作程度副词时，可用来修饰like, enjoy, hope, appreciate等动词，所以若would rather与这些动词连用，它并不表示“宁愿”，而应把 rather 理解为“相当”：
I’d rather like the film. 我相当喜欢这部电影。
5. rather than用法说明：
(1)由于既可视为准并列连词也可视为介词，所以连接不定式时，后面一个不定式可带to或不带to(视为准并列连词时)，也可用动名词(视为介词时)：
I decided to stay at home rather than (to) go to the cinema. 我宁愿呆在家里也不愿去看电影。
(2)若 rather than 位于句首，其后的不定式通常不带to(也可用动名词)：
Rather than waste your time doing it yourself, why don’t you call in a builder? 你为什么宁愿浪费时间自己去干而不去请一个包工的呢?
Rather than use the last of my cash, I decided to write a cheque. 我决定开张支票而不把现金用光。
(3)连接两个成分作主语时，其谓语动词的数通常与前面一个主语保持一致：
The teacher rather than the students is to blame. 应受责备的是老师而不是学生。
rather的相关解释
adv. 稍微，有点;相当，颇;宁愿;相反地
int. 当然啦，怎么不;
rather的例句
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。
6. Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。
rather是什么意思
Rather的意思是：作副词时意为“宁可，宁愿；相当；准确地说；或多或少的”，作连词时意为“而不是”，作感叹词时意为“当然啦”，作名词时意为“人名；(英)拉瑟”
rather，英语单词，副词、连词、感叹词、名词。
短语搭配：
or rather更确切地说 ; 毋宁说 ; 更精确地说 ; 准确的说
Rather critical一叶知秋
would rather宁愿
rather good相当不错
rather strange怪异的 ; 反常的 ; 古怪的
rather cool形容有点儿凉
Rather Ironic而具有讽刺意味 ; 相当反讽
rather showery骤雨颇多
rather sulky有点儿情绪
双语例句：
I rather than you , should do the work .
该做这个工作的是我，而不是你。
I should thank you rather than you thank me!
我应该感谢你，而不是你来感谢我！
We should help him rather than he should help us.
是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。
习语：
rather you, him, etc. than me
(informal) （表明不想做别人要去做的事） used for saying that you would not like to do sth that another person is going to do
‘I’m going climbing tomorrow.’ ‘Rather you than me!’
“我明天去爬山。”“你去吧，我可不去！”
rather than
而不是 instead of sb/sth
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？
would rather… (than)
(usually reduced to ’d rather 通常缩写为 ’d rather) 宁愿；更喜欢 would prefer to
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？
‘Do you mind if I smoke?’ ‘Well, I’d rather you didn’t.’
“你介意我抽烟吗？”“嗯，最好别抽。”
rather用法总结
rather用法总结介绍如下：
rather的意思：adv.相当地;(常用于表示轻微的批评、失望或惊讶)相当，在某种程度上;(与动词连用以减弱语气)有点儿，稍微;(纠正所说的话或提供更确切的信息)更确切地讲，更准确地说;相反，反而，而是。
int.表示同意某人的提议。
rather的读音：英 。
英语单词rather的用法1：
一、rather作副词，意为宁愿；宁可。
作此意解的rather常和would/had连用，构成固定短语。would/had rather...than译为宁愿......而不愿，应该特别注意此短语的否定构成及其后接的动词形式。如:
He would rather have the small one than the large one. 他宁愿要一个小的，而不要大的。
I’d rather take the slowest train than go there by air. 我宁愿坐最慢的火车，也不乘飞机去那里。
二、rather作副词用时，意为更确切地。
此用法的rather常用在or rather这一短语中，表示想要纠正已经说过的话，或欲使已说过的话更确切。如:地说，到今天凌晨。
The building is like a palace, or rather a temple. 这幢建筑物像一座宫殿，或者更确切地说像一座寺庙。
三、rather作副词用时，还可作相当；颇；有点儿解。如:
You’ve done rather well.你做得相当好。
The way he is living is rather strange to me. 他的生活方式我觉得很怪。
rather, fairly, quite, pretty的区别:
1. 从程度上说，fairly是最轻的一个；quite比fairly 语气稍强；rather 在程度上比quite更重一
些；pretty 和rather 差不多，但大多数情况下用于非正式文体。如:
They were getting along fairly well with each other. 他们相处还不错。
He was quite polite, but he wasn’t ready to help me. 他相当有礼貌，但他并不愿意帮助我。
2. rather 和quite可放在不定冠词前，也可放在不定冠词之后，还可以和动词连用，而fairly 和
pretty没有这些用法。如:
That is quite/rather a surprising result. =That is a quite/rather surprising result. 那是一个相当惊人的结果。
3. 只有rather可以修饰比较级,还可和too连用。如:
This computer is rather more expensive than that one.这部电脑比那部昂贵一些。
This book is rather too difficult for the beginners.这部书对初学者来说太难了。