rather 核心詞議:
adv. 寧可;寧愿;相當
conj. 而不是
rather 基本解釋
adv. 稍微,有點;相當,頗;寧愿;相反地
int. 當然啦,怎么不
速記方法
速記技巧
詞源詞根法
來自rathe,早的,急切的,-er,比較級后綴。即更早的,更快的,引申副詞詞義相當,頗,相較。
知識擴展
詞語辨析
以下這些程度副詞都有"相當,頗"的意思
fairly:語意最弱,多用于褒義,表示適度地、尚可的意思。不可與too或比較級連用。
pretty:單詞用法與rather相似。常用于非正式文體。
quite含義比fairly稍強,與不定冠詞連用時,一般放在不定冠詞之前。
rather語氣比quite強,褒意貶意無可使用。可與too和比較級連用。
重要短語
rather than而不是;寧可…也不愿
would rather寧愿,寧可
or rather更精確地說,倒不如說
rather too adv.稍微...一點
rather 變化形式
易混淆的單詞: Rather
中文詞源:
rather 相當,頗,相較
來自 rathe,早的,急切的,-er,比較級后綴。即更早的,更快的,引申副詞詞義相當,頗,相 較。
rather
精選例句
1、 According to the Overseas Development Institute Odi, however, just 12% of disaster-relief funding in the past two decades has gone on reducing risks in advance, rather than recovery and rebuilding afterwards.
然而,海外發展研究所Odi的數據顯示,在過去20年里,只有12%的救災資金用于提前降低風險,而不是事后的恢復和重建。[機器自動翻譯,如有錯誤,感謝糾錯]
2、 Also, sometimes pre-anger does not have to do with a lasting condition, but rather a temporary state before a triggering event has occurred.
此外,有時前憤怒與持續的狀況無關,而是觸發事件發生前的一種暫時狀態。[機器自動翻譯,如有錯誤,感謝糾錯]
1、 However, they fail to provide a genuine education with an emphasis on convenience rather than critical thinking.
然而,他們沒有提供真正的教育,強調方便而不是批判性思維。
1、 The neighbor who puts pesticides on his lawn rather than deal with annoying bees.
鄰居在草坪上噴灑殺蟲劑,而不去對付惱人的蜜蜂。
1、 AT&T is often given as the gold standard of a company who decided to do a massive reskilling program rather than go with a fire-and-hire strategy.
美國電話電報公司(AT&T)通常被認為是決定進行大規模再培訓項目,而不是采取先解雇后雇傭策略的公司的黃金標準。
常見考點例句:
- His background does sound rather princely .
- 他的背景聽起來確實相當華麗。
- Swedish journalists are also rather respectable .
- 瑞典記者們也相當可敬。
- Their quality is thus rather uneven .
- 因此其質量相當不平衡。
- Potential creditors find them rather comforting .
- 潛在的債權人看到他們應該相當欣慰。
- This quaintity depends on mechanical rather than electrical losses .
- 量取決于機械損耗,而不是電力損耗。