rather是什么意思_rather怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

on the contrary;"rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"
"he didn"t call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"
"used English terms instead of Latin ones"

to some (great or small) extent;"it was rather cold"
"the party was rather nice"
"the knife is rather dull"
"I rather regret that I cannot attend"
"He"s rather good at playing the cello"
"he is kind of shy"

more readily or willingly;"clean it well, preferably with warm water"
"I"d rather be in Philadelphia"
"I"d sooner die than give up"

to a degree (not used with a negative);"quite tasty"
"quite soon"
"quite ill"
"quite rich"

中英词源

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: rather: [OE] Rather originated as the comparative form of the now obsolete adjective rathe ‘quick’, and so to begin with meant ‘more quickly’, hence ‘earlier, sooner’. Its most frequent modern meaning, ‘more willingly’, emerged as recently as the 16th century. Rathe itself went back to a prehistoric Germanic *khrathaz, which may have been derived from the same base as produced English rash ‘impetuous’.
=> rash
rather (adv.): Old English hraþor "more quickly, earlier, sooner," also "more readily," comparative of hraþe, hræþe "quickly, hastily, promptly, readily, immediately," which is related to hræð "quick, nimble, prompt, ready," from Proto-Germanic *khratha- (cognates: Old Norse hraðr, Old High German hrad), from PIE *kret- "to shake." The base form rathe was obsolete by 18c. except in poetry (Tennyson); superlative rathest fell from use by 17c. Meaning "more willingly" is recorded from c. 1300; sense of "more truly" is attested from late 14c.
The rather lambes bene starved with cold
[Spenser, "The Shepheardes Calender" (Februarie), 1579]

词态变化

权威造句

1. Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.: 如此无礼的言语让我火冒三丈，我砰的一下把电话挂了。

2. The process is not a circle but rather a spiral.: 这个过程不是一个圆周运动而是螺旋上升型的。

3. I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole setup of the university.: 渐渐地，我对大学的整个体制感到相当失望。

4. She was in rather a bad film about the Mau Mau.: 她出演了一部关于茅茅运动（20世纪50年代肯尼亚基库尤人反抗英国殖民者的民族主义运动）的烂片。

5. I had a busy day and was rather tired.: 今天很忙，我累坏了。

近反义词

rather than 宁可 ... 也不愿...

had rather 宁可(宁愿)

rather too 稍嫌

but rather 而宁可说是, 反而...

would rather 宁可

sooner rather than later 尽早

would rather do 宁愿 ...

the rather that 何况

or rather 确切地说, 说得更准...

pudding rather than praise 与其恭维不如实惠...

by the string rather than the bow 直接了当地

I"d rather be right than be president. 我宁可不当总统,也要...

the rather because 正因为 ... 所...

would rather have someone"s room than someone"s company 希望某人走开,不愿见...

rather…than otherwise 不是别的

would rather not 宁可不(不愿)...

rather rough sea 中浪

rather too easy for 尺码大了号

rather…than not 不是别的

相似短语

but rather conj.而宁可说是,而是

the rather that adv.何况

or rather 更确切地说,说得更确切点

the rather that ... 尤其是因为…;尤其,特别;况且,何况

rather than 1. 而不是2.（要）…而不…，与其…倒不如…

had rather 宁愿,宁肯…

rather thick 太过分, 过度

rather too adv.稍微...一点

rather good 颇佳

rather cold 挺冷

单词分析

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