rather 核心詞議:
adv. 寧可;寧愿;相當(dāng)
conj. 而不是
rather 基本解釋
adv. 稍微,有點(diǎn);相當(dāng),頗;寧愿;相反地
int. 當(dāng)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(jí)后綴。即更早的,更快的,引申副詞詞義相當(dāng),頗,相較。
知識(shí)擴(kuò)展
詞語(yǔ)辨析
以下這些程度副詞都有"相當(dāng),頗"的意思
fairly:語(yǔ)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(jí)連用。
pretty:?jiǎn)卧~用法與rather相似。常用于非正式文體。
quite含義比f(wàn)airly稍強(qiáng),與不定冠詞連用時(shí),一般放在不定冠詞之前。
rather語(yǔ)氣比quite強(qiáng),褒意貶意無可使用。可與too和比較級(jí)連用。
重要短語(yǔ)
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(diǎn)
rather 變化形式
易混淆的單詞: Rather
中文詞源:
rather 相當(dāng),頗,相較
來自 rathe,早的,急切的,-er,比較級(jí)后綴。即更早的,更快的,引申副詞詞義相當(dāng),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(fā)展研究所Odi的數(shù)據(jù)顯示,在過去20年里,只有12%的救災(zāi)資金用于提前降低風(fēng)險(xiǎn),而不是事后的恢復(fù)和重建。[機(jī)器自動(dòng)翻譯,如有錯(cuò)誤,感謝糾錯(cuò)]
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(shí)前憤怒與持續(xù)的狀況無關(guān),而是觸發(fā)事件發(fā)生前的一種暫時(shí)狀態(tài)。[機(jī)器自動(dòng)翻譯,如有錯(cuò)誤,感謝糾錯(cuò)]
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(qiáng)調(diào)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(duì)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(guó)電話電報(bào)公司(AT&T)通常被認(rèn)為是決定進(jìn)行大規(guī)模再培訓(xùn)項(xiàng)目,而不是采取先解雇后雇傭策略的公司的黃金標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
常見考點(diǎn)例句:
- His background does sound rather princely .
- 他的背景聽起來確實(shí)相當(dāng)華麗。
- Swedish journalists are also rather respectable .
- 瑞典記者們也相當(dāng)可敬。
- Their quality is thus rather uneven .
- 因此其質(zhì)量相當(dāng)不平衡。
- Potential creditors find them rather comforting .
- 潛在的債權(quán)人看到他們應(yīng)該相當(dāng)欣慰。
- This quaintity depends on mechanical rather than electrical losses .
- 量取決于機(jī)械損耗,而不是電力損耗。