词汇 | rather |
释义 | rather KK:[`ræeɚ] DJ:[`rɑ:eә] adv. 1. 相当, 颇, 有点儿 I'm feeling rather sleepy. 我有点困倦。 2. (常与would或had连用)宁可, 宁愿; (与其…)倒不如; 而不是 He would rather play than work. 他宁可玩, 却不愿工作。 I'd rather you knew that now, than afterwards. 与其以後让你知道, 不如现在就让你知道。 I'll never be dependent on anyone again.I'd rather starve. 我再也不依靠任何人了。我宁愿饿死。 3. (常与or连用)更确切地说 He left late last night, or rather early this morning. 他昨夜很晚, 或者应该说是今天一大早才走。 4. 【英】(用於回答问题)确是如此; 当然 同义: adv.一定地, 相当地 sort of kind of pretty quite very moderately somewhat fairly relatively more or less adv.宁愿, 宁可 sooner more willingly preferably in preference to adv.精确地 more truly correctly speaking strictly speaking to be exact to be precise 同义参见: first |
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