had rather
释义
宁愿，宁可；
双语例句
用作介词(prep.)
I prefer to be called a fool rather than fight.
我宁可被叫作傻瓜也不要打架。
He resigned rather than stifle his conscience.
他宁可辞职也不违背自己的良知。
权威例句
Thief had rather eclectic taste"HAD RATHER GO"AND LIKE, OR SEEMINGLY LIKE, IDIOMS
SHAKSPEARIANA: "I HAD RATHER LIE IN THE WOOLLEN"
"Then some had rather it were she than I": sexing the textual body
"I Had Rather Had Eleven Die Nobly for their Country": A Study of Coriolanus
Review of Murphy, Kim, I Had Rather Die: Rape in the Civil War
"Ordinary North-Carolinese,""I Had Rather Stay than to Go with You"
"I had rather to adopt a child than get it": Mythical Lost Children in Caryl Phillips's The 'Nature of Blood'
"I had rather he should be a blockhead than an atheist":the undermining of clerical guidance in the eighteenth-century novel
Black Giles, the poacher : with some account of a family who had rather live by their wits than their work : in two parts.
1. The quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they'd rather cut down gradually before quitting.
鉴于在研究开始之前，大部分人说他们宁愿逐渐减少吸烟量直到戒烟，因此这个戒烟率是特别可信的。
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2. "I want some grub, I do," he said, in that rather common way he had of speaking.
“我要吃点东西，真的。”他用他惯有的相当平常的口气说。
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3. He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.
他有种相当可怕的，阴郁的举止。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4. He said, rather hurtfully, that he had better things to do than come and see me.
他相当刻薄地说，来看我还不如去干别的事。
《牛津词典》
5. Rather than put him in the hospital, she had been caring for him at home.
她没有把他送进医院，而是一直在家里照料他。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
6. She had started to devote her energies to teaching rather than performing.
她已经开始将精力投入到教学而不是表演中。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
7. Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always dreaded speaking in public.
他不善言辞又比较腼腆，总害怕在公众场合讲话。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
8. In the end he had to walk—or rather run—to the office.
最后他不得不走着—应该说是跑着—去办公室。
《牛津词典》
9. Mary had been rather tired of the old ones.
玛丽对那些旧的已经相当厌倦了。
youdao
10. She had to run about after him, though it was rather undignified.
她不得不跟在他后面跑，虽然这样有失尊严。
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11. Forests are spreading in almost all Western countries, with the fastest growth in places that historically had rather few trees.
几乎所有西方国家的森林都在扩大，过去树木相当少的地方增长最快。
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12. Strong man though he was, there is no doubt that he had behaved rather foolishly over the medicine.
虽然他是个坚强的人，但毫无疑问，他在服药方面表现不佳。
youdao
13. And the quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they'd rather cut down gradually before quitting.
鉴于在研究开始之前，大部分人说他们更愿逐渐减少吸烟量直到戒烟，因此这个戒烟率是特别可信的。
youdao
14. I wish I had pleasured myself rather than serving that wicked God.
我希望我能取悦自己，而不是侍奉那个邪恶的上帝。
youdao
15. The rock was slippery as a ball, and they had to crawl rather than climb.
岩石滑得像个球，他们无法爬行，只能匍匐前进。
youdao
16. Pinocchio had eaten the three pears, or rather devoured them.
皮诺乔把三个梨都吃了，更确切地说，把它们全吃光了。
youdao
17. Sometimes, people went to sleep in them for a hundred years, which she had thought must be rather stupid.
有时候，人们会在里面昏睡百年，她觉得真是不可理喻。
youdao
18. He swam quartering upstream, but still was swept downward rather faster than he had expected.
他向上游游去，但还是被水冲了下去，流速比他预料的要快得多。
youdao
19. It was really rather irritating to children who had never seen a mermaid.
对于从未见过美人鱼的孩子们来说，这实在是令人非常恼火。
youdao
20. There was once a gentleman—I had rather he had been a lady.
曾经有个先生——我倒希望他是个女士。
youdao
21. If she were not so sallow and had a nicer expression, her features are rather good.
如果她脸色不这么灰黄，表情好一点，那她的五官会很好看。
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22. I rather wonder at the bird, for though he had been nice to her, he had also sometimes tormented her.
我对这只鸟很吃惊，虽然他对她很好，但有时也折磨她。
youdao
23. I had rather die than place you in such great danger as you must meet within your journey.
我宁死，也不愿让你在旅途中冒这样大的危险。
youdao
24. "Mrs. Craven was a very lovely young lady," he had gone on rather hesitatingly.
“克雷文夫人是个非常可爱的年轻女士。”他吞吞吐吐地说。
youdao
25. I was rather saddened by what he had said and regretted my own carelessness.
我听了他的话心里有点难过，只怨自己太粗心大意了。
《新英汉大辞典》
26. In less than four hours my enthusiasm had waned and I rather reproached myself for coming.
不到两个时辰，我早已意兴索然，颇悔此行了。
《新英汉大辞典》
27. Hollywood, with whom Mr Holzer had rather tense relations, promptly made a sequel, "Amityville II: the Possession".
跟荷尔泽先生关系相当密切的好莱坞立即拍了续集《鬼哭神嚎ii：入魔》。
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28. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
宁可在我神殿中看门，不愿住在恶人的帐棚里。
youdao
29. I had rather cut God out of my life, and I didn't have the nerve at the time to ask Him to make my daughter well -i only asked Him to help me understand, to let me come in and reach Him.
一度把上帝从生命中忽略了，所以那时我并没有勇气祈求他让我的女儿康复，而是请他让我理解他，让我能够更接近他。
youdao
30. Any place would do, of about three or four hundred a year; but however, do not speak to Mr. Darcy about it, if you had rather not.
随便什么差使都行，只要每年有三四百镑的收入。不过，要是你不愿意跟达西讲，那就不必提起。
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