rather
英 ['rɑ?e?]
美['r?e?]
- adv. 寧可，寧愿；相當
- int. 當然啦（回答問題時用）
- n. (Rather)人名；(英)拉瑟
實用場景例句
- The instructions were rather complicated.
- 這些說明相當復雜。
牛津詞典
- She fell and hurt her leg rather badly.
- 她跌倒了，腿傷得相當重。
牛津詞典
- I didn't fail the exam; in fact I did rather well!
- 我沒有考不及格，事實上，我考得不錯！
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- It was a rather difficult question.
- 這是個相當難的問題。
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- It was rather a difficult question.
- 這真是個難題。
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- He looks rather like his father.
- 他看上去很像他的父親。
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- The patient has responded to the treatment rather better than expected.
- 病人對治療的反應比預想的好得多。
牛津詞典
- He was conscious that he was talking rather too much.
- 他意識到他說得實在太多了。
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- I rather suspect we're making a mistake.
- 我有點兒懷疑我們正在犯錯誤。
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- We were rather hoping you'd be able to do it by Friday.
- 我們希望你最好能在星期五之前做這件事。
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- She worked as a secretary, or rather, a personal assistant.
- 她當了秘書；確切地講，是私人助理。
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- In the end he had to walk─or rather run─to the office.
- 最后他不得不走著——應該說是跑著——去辦公室。
牛津詞典
- The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.
- 墻面不是白的，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.
- 我想要冷飲，不要咖啡。
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- Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own?
- 你干嗎非得自己干，而不請人幫忙？
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- She'd rather die than give a speech.
- 她寧愿死也不愿意演講。
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- ‘Do you want to come with us? ’ ‘No, I'd rather not. ’
- “你想跟我們一起來嗎？”“不，我不想去。”
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- Would you rather walk or take the bus?
- 你愿意步行還是坐公共汽車？
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- The problem was psychological rather than physiological...
- 問題是心理方面的而不是生理方面的。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- 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沒什么兩樣，但其草莖是實芯的而不是空芯的。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Twenty million years ago, Idaho was not the arid place it is now. Rather, it was warm and damp, populated by dense primordial forest...
- 2,000萬年前，愛達荷州并不像現在這樣干旱。相反，那時的愛達荷州溫暖潮濕，有大片的原始森林。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- But there must be no talk of final victory; rather, the long, hard slog to a solution...
- 但是這還談不上是最后的勝利；而是長期、艱難地尋找解決方法的過程。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- If it's all the same to you, I'd rather work at home...
- 如果對你來說沒什么差別，我寧愿在家中工作。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Which programme would you rather appear on?...
- 你更愿意在哪個節目中露面？
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I grew up in rather unusual circumstances...
- 我在非同尋常的環境下長大。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- It had made some rather bad mistakes which I thought should be corrected...
- 它犯了一些相當嚴重的錯誤，我覺得應該加以糾正。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I rather think he was telling the truth...
- 我倒覺得他講的是真話。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I rather like the decorative effect.
- 我倒很喜歡裝飾的效果。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- 'Well, he did have a sort of family connection with it, didn't he.' — 'Oh yes. Rather.'
- “那么，他的確和它有些家族淵源，是不是？”——“噢，是的，的確如此。”
柯林斯高階英語詞典