rather读：英 [ˈrɑːðə(r)]，美 [ˈræðər]。作副词时意为“宁可，宁愿，相当，准确地说，或多或少地”。作连词时意为“而不是”。作感叹词时意为“当然啦（回答问题时用）”。作名词时意为“人名，(英)拉瑟”。短语搭配：or rather更确切地说，毋宁说，更精确地说，准确的说。Rather critical一叶知秋。would rather宁愿。rather good相当不错。双语例句：1、I rather than you , should do the work.该做这个工作的是我，而不是你。2、I should thank you rather than you thank me.我应该感谢你，而不是你来感谢我。
rather的用法如下：rather的意思：adv.相当地;(常用于表示轻微的批评、失望或惊讶)相当，在某种程度上;(与动词连用以减弱语气)有点儿，稍微;(纠正所说的话或提供更确切的信息)更确切地讲，更准确地说;相反，反而，而是。int.表示同意某人的提议。rather的读音：英 [ˈrɑːðə(r)、rɑːˈðɜː(r)]、美 [ˈræðər]。英语单词rather的用法1：一、rather作副词，意为宁愿；宁可。作此意解的rather常和would/had连用，构成固定短语。would/had rather...than译为宁愿......而不愿，应该特别注意此短语的否定构成及其后接的动词形式。如:He would rather have the small one than the large one. 他宁愿要一个小的，而不要大的。I'd rather take the slowest train than go there by air. 我宁愿坐最慢的火车，也不乘飞机去那里。 二、rather作副词用时，意为更确切地。此用法的rather常用在or rather这一短语中，表示想要纠正已经说过的话，或欲使已说过的话更确切。如:地说，到今天凌晨。The building is like a palace, or rather a temple. 这幢建筑物像一座宫殿，或者更确切地说像一座寺庙。三、rather作副词用时，还可作相当；颇；有点儿解。如:You've done rather well.你做得相当好。The way he is living is rather strange to me. 他的生活方式我觉得很怪。rather, fairly, quite, pretty的区别:1. 从程度上说，fairly是最轻的一个；quite比fairly 语气稍强；rather 在程度上比quite更重一些；pretty 和rather 差不多，但大多数情况下用于非正式文体。如:They were getting along fairly well with each other. 他们相处还不错。He was quite polite, but he wasn't ready to help me. 他相当有礼貌，但他并不愿意帮助我。2. rather 和quite可放在不定冠词前，也可放在不定冠词之后，还可以和动词连用，而fairly 和pretty没有这些用法。如:That is quite/rather a surprising result. =That is a quite/rather surprising result. 那是一个相当惊人的结果。3. 只有rather可以修饰比较级,还可和too连用。如:This computer is rather more expensive than that one.这部电脑比那部昂贵一些。This book is rather too difficult for the beginners.这部书对初学者来说太难了。
1. “rather” 作为一个副词，有“相当地，多多少少地，有点”意思，其后面可放形容词或副词，比较级的形容词或副词，名词，还可以放动词：\x0d\x0aThis is a rather expensive lap top. 这台手提电脑有点贵。\x0d\x0aYou've done rather well. 你做得确实不错。\x0d\x0aMy brother is rather better today. 我哥哥今天好多了。\x0d\x0aIt's rather a pity that you missed this seminar. 你错过了这次讲座，真是遗憾。\x0d\x0aThe rain rather spoiled our holiday. 这场雨毁了我们的假期。\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a2．rather than 表示“更为情愿地，宁愿...?”，可以连用，也可以分开用：\x0d\x0aI’d be a freelance rather than a secretary. 我宁愿做个自由职业者，也不想当个秘书。\x0d\x0aShe would rather have the small one than the large one. 她宁可要这个小的，也不要那个大的。\x0d\x0aI would rather you come tomorrow than today. 我宁愿你明天过来，而不是今天。\x0d\x0aHe resigned rather than take part in such a dishonest transaction. 他宁可辞职，也不愿参与这场肮脏的交易。\x0d\x0aWe would rather stay at home than go to the gym. 我们宁愿呆在家里，也不想去健身。
