rather 核心词议:
adv. 宁可;宁愿;相当
conj. 而不是
rather 基本解释
adv. 稍微,有点;相当,颇;宁愿;相反地
int. 当然啦,怎么不
速记方法
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。
知识扩展
词语辨析
以下这些程度副词都有"相当,颇"的意思
fairly:语意最弱,多用于褒义,表示适度地、尚可的意思。不可与too或比较级连用。
pretty:单词用法与rather相似。常用于非正式文体。
quite含义比fairly稍强,与不定冠词连用时,一般放在不定冠词之前。
rather语气比quite强,褒意贬意无可使用。可与too和比较级连用。
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
rather 变化形式
易混淆的单词: Rather
中文词源:
rather 相当,颇,相较
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。
rather
精选例句
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,海外发展研究所Odi的数据显示,在过去20年里,只有12%的救灾资金用于提前降低风险,而不是事后的恢复和重建。[机器自动翻译,如有错误,感谢纠错]
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,有时前愤怒与持续的状况无关,而是触发事件发生前的一种暂时状态。[机器自动翻译,如有错误,感谢纠错]
1、 However, they fail to provide a genuine education with an emphasis on convenience rather than critical thinking.
然而,他们没有提供真正的教育,强调方便而不是批判性思维。
1、 The neighbor who puts pesticides on his lawn rather than deal with annoying bees.
邻居在草坪上喷洒杀虫剂,而不去对付恼人的蜜蜂。
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.
美国电话电报公司(AT&T)通常被认为是决定进行大规模再培训项目,而不是采取先解雇后雇佣策略的公司的黄金标准。
常见考点例句:
- His background does sound rather princely .
- 他的背景听起来确实相当华丽。
- Swedish journalists are also rather respectable .
- 瑞典记者们也相当可敬。
- Their quality is thus rather uneven .
- 因此其质量相当不平衡。
- Potential creditors find them rather comforting .
- 潜在的债权人看到他们应该相当欣慰。
- This quaintity depends on mechanical rather than electrical losses .
- 量取决于机械损耗,而不是电力损耗。