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adv. 宁可，宁愿；相当
int. 当然啦（回答问题时用）
n. (Rather)人名；(英)拉瑟
adv.
稍微，有点；相当，颇；宁愿；相反地
int.
当然啦，怎么不；
双语释义
adv.(副词)在一定程度上,颇 to a certain extent; fairly
或多或少 to a moderate extent; quite
英英释义
rather[ 'rɑ:ðə, 'ræ- ]
adv.
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"
同义词：instead
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"
同义词：kind ofkindasort of
more readily or willingly
"I'd rather be in Philadelphia"
同义词：preferablysooner
to a degree (not used with a negative)
同义词：quite
词组短语
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
同近义词辨析
quite, rather, pretty, fairly这组词都有“相当，颇”的意思，其区别是：
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。
pretty用法与rather相似。常用于非正式文体。
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。
quite, ratherquite 完全地,相当于completely, quite impossible
rather修饰比较级
双语例句
用作副词(adv.)
Poultry is rather cheap now.
现在的禽肉相当便宜。
I would rather stay at home.
我宁可呆在家里。
I would rather fail than cheat in the examination.
我宁愿考不及格，也不愿意考试作弊。
These shoes are rather too big.
这双鞋有点太大了。
权威例句
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Mediation in experimental and nonexperimental studies: new procedures and recommendations.
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]
1. ,” but rather “Open Report…”
，而应该说“打开报告…”。
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2. ; not “Auto-arrange,” but rather “Auto-arrange icons.”
我们不应该说“自动排列”，而应该说“自动排列图标”。
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3. User interfaces should be based on user mental models rather than implementation models.
用户界面应该基于用户的心理模型，而不能基于实现模型。
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4. This is indicative of their origin in software engineering rather than interaction design.
这明显地指示了用例来源于软件工程，而不是交互设计。
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5. The ubiquitous mouse input device is not metaphoric of anything, but rather is learned idiomatically.
无所不在的鼠标输入设备没有任何隐喻；相反，是习惯用法的学习。
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6. Most people would rather be successful than knowledgeable.
相比之下，大多数人更喜欢成功，而不是知识渊博。
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7. All these actions support the automobile rather than getting to the destination.
所有这些动作都是为了支持汽车，而不是为了支持我们前往目的地。
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8. Stereotypes represent designer or researcher biases and assumptions, rather than factual data.
它代表设计师或者研究者的偏见和假设，而不是实际的数据。
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9. We have, however, a rather long way to go.
我们仍然还有好多路要走。
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10. Often they are experts hired by stakeholders, rather than stakeholders themselves.
他们通常是利益关系人聘请的专家，本身却不是利益关系人。
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