| 词汇 | rather |
| 释义 | rather adverb uk /ˈrɑː.ðər/ us /ˈræð.ɚ/ ratheradverb (SMALL AMOUNT)B1 quite; to a slight degree: 相当；有点儿，稍微 It's rather cold today, isn't it?今天相当冷，是不是？ That's rather a difficult book - here's an easier one for you.那本书有点儿难——这本对你来说容易些。 The train was rather too crowded for a comfortable journey.这趟列车上相当拥挤，旅途不太舒服。 She answered the phone rather sleepily.她睡意朦胧地接电话。 I rather doubt I'll be able to come to your party.我说不太准能不能去参加你的聚会。 It is a rather grey, colourless city, with few interesting sights or historical monuments. His books tend to be rather densely written. The company's prospects for the future are rather dim.该公司未来的发展前景不容乐观。 She found the formality of the occasion rather daunting.她觉得这个场合庄重得令人生畏。 To people who don't know him he probably appears (to be) rather unfriendly.在不了解他的人看来，他可能很不友好。 Some and quite (a) sort ofidiom a piece/slice/share of the pieidiom bit certain degree faintly fairly ha'porth halfway little mildly pie pretty quite remotely several to a/some degreeidiom touch trifle vaguely ratheradverb (MORE EXACTLY)B2 more accurately; more exactly: 更确切些；更准确地说 She'll fly to California on Thursday, or rather, she will if she has to.她将于周四飞去加州，更确切地说，如果她不得不去的话。 He's my sister's friend really, rather than mine.确切地说，他是我妹妹的朋友，而不是我的。 used to express an opposite opinion: 恰恰相反；而是 The ending of the war is not a cause for celebration, but rather for regret that it ever happened.战争的结束并没有什么好庆祝的，恰恰相反，人们倒是应该为战争的爆发而感到痛惜。 No, I'm not tired. Rather the opposite in fact.不，不累。恰恰相反，我感觉精力还很充沛。 I'll be home before 6, or rather, I will unless I get asked to stay late again. She's not shy. Rather the opposite. She was in a good mood, or rather she was until she heard the bad news. They go on holiday to France every year, or rather, they have done for the last ten years. He's selling his flat, or rather, he will sell it if he can find a buyer. Also, extra, and in addition added additional additionally again along else et al. et cetera etc. excess hand premium prepend rate regardless same secondly side suchlike touch ratheradverb (PREFERENCE)rather than B1 instead of; used especially when you prefer one thing to another: 宁愿，更喜欢;而不是 I think I'd like to stay at home this evening rather than go out.我觉得我今晚更想呆在家里，而不是出去玩儿。 would rather B1(also'd rather) used to show that you prefer to have or do one thing more than another: I'd rather have a beer. GrammarRather We use rather as a degree adverb (rather cold, rather nice). We also use it to express alternatives and preferences (green rather than blue, coffee rather than tea, slowly rather than quickly). … Rather as a degree adverb We use rather to give emphasis to an adjective or adverb. It has a similar meaning to quite when quite is used with gradable words. It is more formal than quite. We often use it to express something unexpected or surprising: … Ratherthan: alternatives and preferences We use rather than to give more importance to one thing when two alternatives or preferences are being compared: … Or rather We use or rather to correct ourselves: … Idiomrather you than me rather adverb, predeterminer uk /ˈrɑː.ðər/ us /ˈræð.ɚ/ very; to a large degree: 非常;很 Actually, I did rather well in my exams.实际上我各科考试发挥得很好。 I've got rather a lot of work to do at the moment.现在我有很多工作要做。 He boobed rather badly by getting her name wrong.他犯了个十分愚蠢的错误，居然把她的名字搞错了。 I think my husband is the most handsome man in the world, but I realize my judgment is rather subjective.我觉得我丈夫是世界上最帅的男人，当然我也意识到我的判断很主观。 I've had a sort-out in the bedroom - it's looking rather better.我把卧室整理了一下——看上去好多了。 I heard something rather worrying at work this morning. Jane has rather a sharp tongue, I'm afraid. Linguistics: very & extreme abjectly absolutely abundantly abundantly clear beyond biblical downright extraordinarily extremely imagine infinitely particularly richly stupefyingly super super-duper super-spectacular superabundantly totally violently GrammarRather We use rather as a degree adverb (rather cold, rather nice). We also use it to express alternatives and preferences (green rather than blue, coffee rather than tea, slowly rather than quickly). … Rather as a degree adverb We use rather to give emphasis to an adjective or adverb. It has a similar meaning to quite when quite is used with gradable words. It is more formal than quite. We often use it to express something unexpected or surprising: … Ratherthan: alternatives and preferences We use rather than to give more importance to one thing when two alternatives or preferences are being compared: … Or rather We use or rather to correct ourselves: … rather exclamation UKold-fashioneduk /ˌrɑːˈðɜːr/ us /ˌræðˈɝː/ certainly; yes: 当然;的确 "Do you want to come out for dinner with us this evening?" "Rather!"“你今天晚上想跟我们一块出去吃饭吗？”“当然！” Yes, no & not a sure thingidiom affirmation affirmatively ain't betcha bit didn't does a bear/do bears shit in the woods?idiom far hardly nah not thatidiom opposed self-negating slight sure wasn't weren't yes you betidiom GrammarRather We use rather as a degree adverb (rather cold, rather nice). We also use it to express alternatives and preferences (green rather than blue, coffee rather than tea, slowly rather than quickly). … Rather as a degree adverb We use rather to give emphasis to an adjective or adverb. It has a similar meaning to quite when quite is used with gradable words. It is more formal than quite. We often use it to express something unexpected or surprising: … Ratherthan: alternatives and preferences We use rather than to give more importance to one thing when two alternatives or preferences are being compared: … Or rather We use or rather to correct ourselves: … rather | American Dictionaryrather adverb[ not gradable ] us/ˈræð·ər, ˈrɑ·ðər/ ratheradverb[not gradable] (PREFERABLY)in preference to, or as a preference: She wants us to meet her here rather than go to her apartment. I’d rather wear the black shoes. She’s saying things that many would rather not hear. ratheradverb[not gradable] (MORE EXACTLY)more accurately; more exactly: These were not common criminals, but rather enemies of the state. rather adjective, adverb[ not gradable ] us/ˈræð·ər, ˈrɑ·ðər/ ratheradjective, adverb[not gradable] (TO SOME DEGREE)to a noticeable degree; somewhat: It all seems rather unimportant. Examples of ratherrather The intentions of policy thus need to be seen against the plans rather than the outcomes. How do you know that said popinjays aren't sitting on the background rather than the stripe (the ordinary)? Analysis of single channel records indicate that the effect is to favor transition to a substate rather than to physically alter the conductance pathway. Their connection was purely mechanical, rather than teleological. We can differentiate these categories as purely lexical, rather than syntactic. In this sense they corresponded with purely phonological rather than morphosyntactic attributes of the input. Actual choices are relevant not to the idea of the right but rather to its direction of exercise with respect to the protected domain. The findings underline the importance of using specific rather than general tasks to assess phonology, phonological sensitivity, and phonological representations. Past studies have focused on the effects of density on spoken language processing, rather than the effects of density on the structure of lexical representations. Clearly, the public health official is not replacing the physician; rather, ethicists now realize a need to be in dialogue with both. It is, rather, a matter of what it is that parties can choose and what they can influence. This test did not reject the hypothesis of orthogonality so the estimation was done through a random effects model rather than a fixed effects model. Ground-penetrating radar is also treated rather briefly, with no description of field techniques. Therefore, growth rates may increase over time simply because the initial and descendant cells are recovering from treatment rather than evolving. The collective results suggest that neural populations, rather than the individual cell, determine the spatial proper ties of its receptive field. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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