rather
英 ['rɑ?e?]
美['r?e?]
- 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。
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- She fell and hurt her leg rather badly.
- 她跌倒了，腿伤得相当重。
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- 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！
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- It was a rather difficult question.
- 这是个相当难的问题。
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- It was rather a difficult question.
- 这真是个难题。
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- He looks rather like his father.
- 他看上去很像他的父亲。
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- 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。
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- He was conscious that he was talking rather too much.
- 他意识到他说得实在太多了。
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- I rather suspect we're making a mistake.
- 我有点儿怀疑我们正在犯错误。
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- 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。
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- She worked as a secretary, or rather, a personal assistant.
- 她当了秘书；确切地讲，是私人助理。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- ‘I'm going climbing tomorrow. ’ ‘Rather you than me! ’
- “我明天去爬山。”“你去吧，我可不去！”
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- I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.
- 我想要冷饮，不要咖啡。
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- 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？
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- She'd rather die than give a speech.
- 她宁愿死也不愿意演讲。
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- ‘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。”
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- Would you rather walk or take the bus?
- 你愿意步行还是坐公共汽车？
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- The problem was psychological rather than physiological...
- 问题是心理方面的而不是生理方面的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- Which programme would you rather appear on?...
- 你更愿意在哪个节目中露面？
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- I grew up in rather unusual circumstances...
- 我在非同寻常的环境下长大。
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- 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。
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- I rather think he was telling the truth...
- 我倒觉得他讲的是真话。
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- I rather like the decorative effect.
- 我倒很喜欢装饰的效果。
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- '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。”
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