rather
英 ['rɑːðə]
美['ræðɚ]
	    - 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。
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Which programme would you rather appear on?...
 - 你更愿意在哪个节目中露面?
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I grew up in rather unusual circumstances...
 - 我在非同寻常的环境下长大。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- '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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