| 单词 | rather |
| 释义 | rather /'ra: da(r)US: 'rae-; 'raed/ adv 1 more willingly; by preference or choice (usu 通常作 would/ had ~ …than; also with inversion 也可顚倒作： ~ than...would): 更为情愿地; 宁愿 I would ~ you came tomorrow than today. 我宁愿你明天来，木要今天来。 She would ~ have the small one than the large one. 她宁愿要小的一个而不要大的。 Wouldn't you ~ be liked than feared? 你不是宁愿受人爱戴，不愿让人惧怕吗？ He resigned ~ than take part in such a dishonest transaction. 他宁愿辞职也不愿参与这种欺诈的交易。 A: 'Will you join us in a game of cards?'—B: 'Thank you, but I'd ~ not.' 甲 : ' 你愿参加我们的牌戏吗？ '—— 乙: '谢谢，我不想参加。' 2 more truly, accurately or precisely: 更真实，正确或精密地： He arrived very late last night or ~ in the early hours this morning. 他昨晚深夜到达，或更精确地银，在今天凌晨到达。 3 (to be distinguished from fairly1', note that fairly is not used with comparatives, too, nn, and vv) (应与 fairly2 区分; 注意： fairly 不与比较级，too, 名词和动词连用) in a certain degree or measure; more (so) than not; somewhat; 相当地; 多多少小; 有一少; ( a) (with adj, preceding or following the indef art, following the 。〃)： (与形容词连用; 放在不定冠词之前或后，放在定宼词之后)： a ~ surprising result/ a surprising result; 一个相当惊人的结果; the ~ tall boy in the corner. 在墙角那个相当高的男孩子。 b (with comparatives): (与比较级的形容词或副词连用)： My brother is ~ better today. 我哥哥 (弟弟) 今天电得多了。 This hat is ~ more expensive than that. 这疏帕子比那一顶贵得多。 c (with too): (与 too 连用)： This book is ~ too difficult for the juniors and ~ too easy for the seniors. 这本书对低年级学生太难，对高年级学生又太容易。 d (with nnY ( 与名词连用)： It's ~ a pity, ~ regrettable. 令人相当惋惜。 She's ~ a dear, ~ lovable. 她足个明当订爱街人。 £100 is ~ .a lot to pay for a dress, isn't it? 一百镑买一件女装太贵了点，不足吗？ (e) (with vv and PP) ： (N 动词及过去分词连用)： I - think you may be mistaken. 我倒认为你可能错了。 The rain ~ spoiled our holiday. 我们的假日适逢下雨，颇为扫兴。 We were all ~ exhausted when we got to the top of the mountain. 我们到达山顶时，都相当疲倦了。 f (with adv) : (与副词连用)： You've done ~ we 〃/ ~ better than I had ex/ecied. 妳做得很好 (比我预期的要好得多) 。 4 (calloq; GB) /,ra: 03: (r); 'roSv/ (in answers) most certainly. (俗) (用于回答中) 确实如此.; 当然; 一定。 |
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