稍微,有点;相当,颇;宁愿;相反地
当然啦,怎么不;
"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
"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
"I'd rather be in Philadelphia"
同义词:preferablysooner
同义词:quite
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
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 完全地,相当于completely, quite impossible
rather修饰比较级