rather

[ˈrɑːðə(r) , ˌrɑːˈðɜː(r)]

基础释义

纠错

adv.
相当;有点儿;更确切地说;反而;
int.
当然！的确！;

更新时间：2024-06-30 22:30:46

词义辨析

rather, fairly
这两个词共同的意思是“相当”。它们的区别在于:
1.fairly主要用来修饰含有“好”的意思的形容词或副词,如good, well, attractive等; 而rather主要用来修饰含有“不好”的意思的形容词或副词,如bad, foolish, ugly等。例如:
The red shirt fits you fairly well.这件红色衬衣挺适合你穿。
2.如果被修饰的形容词或副词是中性的,如fair, cold, hot等,用fairly表示“赞同,赞赏”; 而用rather则表示“反对,不喜欢”。试比较:
今天天气相当冷。
It is fairly cold today.(表示满意)
It is rather cold today.(表示不满意)
3.不定冠词可以放在rather之前或之后,但只能放在fairly之前。例如:
He is rather a stupid man.他是个相当蠢的人。
It is a rather good film.这是部很好的电影。
She is a fairly clever girl.她是个很聪明的女孩。
4.rather可以用在alike, like, similar, different等词和形容词比较级前,意思是“有点”; 而fairly不能这样用。例如:
The two brothers are rather alike.这两兄弟长得有点像。
5.当rather用来修饰含有“好”的意思的形容词或副词时,意思接近very,在语气上比fairly强。
6.rather可以放在like, enjoy, love, respect等动词前,表示一种出乎意料的喜欢,或用来加强语气; 而fairly不能这样用。例如:
He rather liked walking in the rain.他竟喜欢走在雨中。
rather than, better than
rather than强调通过选择而喜欢某物或情愿采取某行动; better than强调比较,不强调主观愿望或选择。

速记技巧

词源词根法

来自rathe，早的，急切的，-er，比较级后缀。即更早的，更快的，引申副词词义相当，颇，相较。

近/反义词

近义词

知识拓展

重要短语

rather than而不是；宁可…也不愿

would rather宁愿，宁可

or rather更精确地说，倒不如说

rather too adv.稍微...一点

双语例句

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1、

‘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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2、

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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3、

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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4、

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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5、

‘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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6、

Would you rather walk or take the bus?

你愿意步行还是坐公共汽车？
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7、

I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.

我想要一杯冷饮料而不是咖啡.
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8、

I grew up in rather unusual circumstances...

我在非同寻常的环境下长大。
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9、

I rather think he was telling the truth...

我倒觉得他讲的是真话。
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10、

It was a rather difficult question.

这是个相当难的问题。
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11、

Which programme would you rather appear on?...

你更愿意在哪个节目中露面？
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12、

The instructions were rather complicated.

这些说明相当复杂。
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13、

It was rather a difficult question.

这真是个难题。
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14、

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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15、

I rather like the decorative effect.

我倒很喜欢装饰的效果。
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16、

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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17、

He looks rather like his father.

他看上去很像他的父亲。
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18、

She'd rather die than give a speech.

她宁愿死也不愿意演讲。
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19、

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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20、

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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21、

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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22、

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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23、

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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24、

'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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25、

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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26、

The problem was psychological rather than physiological...

问题是心理方面的而不是生理方面的。
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27、

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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28、

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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29、

She fell and hurt her leg rather badly.

她跌倒了，腿伤得相当重。
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30、

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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