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| 1 | to a fairly large degree 相当；颇 |
| some rather nice chocolate biscuits 一些相当好吃的巧克力饼干 |
| He was rather a handsome boy. 他是一个相当英俊的男孩。 |
| I realize that I’ ve been rather stupid and selfish. 我意识到自己一直都相当愚蠢和自私。 |
| Matt left rather suddenly without any explanation. 马特走得很突然，没有留下任何解释。 |
| rather more/better/worse/bigger etc The problem is rather more complicated than we had expected. 这个问题比我们预想的要复杂得多。 |
| | 1a | a little too much or to a degree that is slightly too great 太… | | Don’ t you think she’ s rather young to be travelling abroad on her own? 难道你不认为她独自出国旅游年龄太小了吗？ | | It’ s a good essay, but rather long. 这是一篇好论文，就是太长。 | | rather too Toby had drunk rather too much. 托比酒喝得太多了。 | |
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| 2 | used for introducing a true statement after saying that another statement is not true 不是…而是… |
| The purpose of Paxton’ s book was not to make accusations. Rather, it was to provide information on which accusations might be based. 帕克斯顿写这本书的目的不是要控诉什么，而是提供一些可以用来进行控诉的证据。 |
| Our aim was not to punish the rich, but rather to bring justice to the poor. 我们的目的不是惩罚富人，而是为穷人伸张正义。 |
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| 3 | used for correcting what you have just said 更确切地说 |
| or rather He couldn’ t help us, or rather he didn’ t want to. 他不能帮助我们，或者更确切地说，他不想帮助我们。 |
| Who is Fred anyway, or rather who was he? 不管怎样，谁是弗雷德？说得更确切一点，他以前是什么人？ |
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| 4 | BRITISH informal old-fashioned used for showing that you are eager to agree to what someone has suggested 当然；的确 |
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| - | rather than
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| used for saying that one thing is preferred to another or happens instead of another |
| 而不是 |
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| Doug chose to quit rather than admit that he’ d made a mistake. 道格选择放弃而不是承认他犯了错 |
| Rather than criticizing your husband, why not find out if there’ s something wrong? 不要指责你的丈夫，为什么不查看一下是不是什么地方出了问题呢？ |
| We want the matter settled sooner rather than later. 我们想尽快解决问题，不想拖到以后再办。 |
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| - | would rather
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| used for saying that you would prefer to do something or you would prefer that something happened |
| 宁愿 |
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| I’ d rather you didn’ t mention this matter to anyone else. 我情愿你没有对任何人提及此事。 |
| He doesn’ t want to learn – he’ d rather stay at home and play video games. 他不想学习，宁愿呆在家里玩电子游戏。 |
| would rather...than They said they would rather die than abandon their homes. 他们说他们宁愿死也不愿弃别家园。 |
| would rather not (=would prefer not to do something) You don’ t need to come if you’ d rather not. 宁愿不 |
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