rather

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #649 ★★★★★

adv. 宁可, 稍微, 相当

发音

UK /ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)/
/ˌɹɑːˈðɜː(ɹ)/
US /ˈɹæðɚ/
其它 /ˈɹʌðə(ɹ)/
其它 /ˈɹɛðəɹ/
其它 /ˈɹɑːðə(ɹ)/
AU /ˈɹɐː.ðə/
NZ /ˈɹɐː.ðə/
IN /ˈrɑd̪ʱə(r)/
/ˈrad̪ʱə(r)/

词形变化

rathers 复数 rathers rathered rathering rathers 三单 rathering 现在分词 rathered 过去式 rathered 过去分词

别名

raither rayther

教材释义与例句

名词

(Rather)人名；(英)拉瑟

副词

宁可，宁愿；相当

You use rather to indicate that something is true to a fairly great extent, especially when you are talking about something unpleasant or undesirable

感叹词

当然啦（回答问题时用）

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A choice or a preference.

    过时 非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To prefer; to prefer to.

    方言

    You'd rather us be dead.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Prior; earlier; former.

    废旧

    Now no man dwelleth at the rather town of Damietta.

adv. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than)

    比较

    与其

    宁愿

    I'd rather not have spent all the money, but it really was an emergency.

    I would like this one rather than the other one.

    I s'pose we'd better clean the kitchen, but we had much rather not do anything right now.

    Tomorrow's impossible. We'd rather you came next weekend.

    They'd rather've spent the money on a holiday.

  2. 2.

    Used to introduce a contradiction; on the contrary.

    反而

    反倒

    It wasn't supposed to be popular; rather, it was supposed to get the job done.

    She didn't go along, but rather went home instead.

  3. 3.

    Introducing a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.)

    1898, J. A. Hamilton, "Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith", in Sidney Lee (Ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, Volume LIV: Stanhope–Stovin, The MacMillan Company, page 60, His ‘Iliad’ is spirited and polished, and, though often rather a paraphrase than a translation, is always more truly poetic than most of the best translations.

    I didn't want to leave. Or rather I did, just not alone.

  4. 4.

    Somewhat, quite; to an unexpected degree.

    相当

    It's been rather/quite a good meal overall, but this melon is rather too tasteless.

    We had some rather worse news today.

    We’ll be seeing rather a lot of you over the next few days.

    I'd rather like a cup of tea. - Oh, would you? I'd rather have a mug of beer.

  5. 5.

    More quickly.

    废旧
interj.
  1. 1.

    An enthusiastic affirmation.

    过时

    Would you like some? –Rather!

词汇关系

副词

同义词 7

quite instead kinda sooner preferably kind of sort of

相关短语

rather than 与其...不如... sooner rather than later I would rather die

词源

From Middle English rather, from Old English hraþor, comparative of hraþe (“soon, early, fast”). More at rathe. Cognate with Dutch radder (“faster”), comparative of Dutch rad (“fast; quick”), German Low German radd, ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”), German gerade (“even; straight; direct”). By surface analysis, rathe + -er.

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