英语词汇“but rather”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Without than, in contrast to a preceding (sometimes implied) assertion. Used to indicate an alternative course of action, state of affairs, etc. Also the rather (rare), but rather.

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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > in preference to something else

ratherc1300

heldera1400

tittera1400

ererc1425

soon1457

rathest1556

would rather1557

first1580

preferablya1645

choosingly1651

preferable1683

ruther1809

c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 1967 Raþir ich wolle þe slean mid mine spere.

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 134 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 110 (MED) Heo seide heo wolde raþer tuyrne aȝen In-to hire owene londe.

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 2324 (MED) I nam no þef To breke mi treuþe oȝain mi lord; Raþer ich wald hing bi a cord.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iv. 5 But resoun rede me þer-to, rather [c1400 A text erst; v.rr. leuere, first] wil I deye.

c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 5 He said..‘Ye muste beleve on Mahounde or elles ye muste dye;’ And thei answeryd their wold not, bot rather to dye.

a1500 (a1470) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 125 Ye..wol not applie you..unto the said mariage..but rather induce yo^r said doghter to the contrarye.

1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. viii. xiv. 361 There died Monsieur de Montpensier himselfe, some say of poyson, others of an ague, which I rather beleeue.

1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §liiii I had rather to see a plot lesse faire, and more yeilding.

1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent iv. i. 47 I cou'd ev'n wish, we rather had been wreckt.

1792 J. Belknap Foresters xv. 197 Some persons are of the mind that it is not best to seek these beasts in their dens, but rather to guard the fields and take care of the poultry at home.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci i. i. 7 Which now delights me little. I the rather Look on such pangs as terror ill conceals.

1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 122 I do not now commiserate the parents of the dead who stand here; I would rather comfort them.

1912 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 320 The process has..not been checked. It is the rather to be feared that it has gone forward with a quickened pace.

1989 L. Kennedy On my Way to Club iii. 66 He had a habit of digging things out of me I would rather have left unsaid.

单词	but rather
释义	> as lemmas but rather c. Without than, in contrast to a preceding (sometimes implied) assertion. Used to indicate an alternative course of action, state of affairs, etc. Also the rather (rare), but rather. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > in preference to something else ratherc1300 heldera1400 tittera1400 ererc1425 soon1457 rathest1556 would rather1557 first1580 preferablya1645 choosingly1651 preferable1683 ruther1809 c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 1967 Raþir ich wolle þe slean mid mine spere. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 134 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 110 (MED) Heo seide heo wolde raþer tuyrne aȝen In-to hire owene londe. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 2324 (MED) I nam no þef To breke mi treuþe oȝain mi lord; Raþer ich wald hing bi a cord. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iv. 5 But resoun rede me þer-to, rather [c1400 A text erst; v.rr. leuere, first] wil I deye. c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 5 He said..‘Ye muste beleve on Mahounde or elles ye muste dye;’ And thei answeryd their wold not, bot rather to dye. a1500 (a1470) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 125 Ye..wol not applie you..unto the said mariage..but rather induce yo^r said doghter to the contrarye. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. viii. xiv. 361 There died Monsieur de Montpensier himselfe, some say of poyson, others of an ague, which I rather beleeue. 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §liiii I had rather to see a plot lesse faire, and more yeilding. 1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent iv. i. 47 I cou'd ev'n wish, we rather had been wreckt. 1792 J. Belknap Foresters xv. 197 Some persons are of the mind that it is not best to seek these beasts in their dens, but rather to guard the fields and take care of the poultry at home. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci i. i. 7 Which now delights me little. I the rather Look on such pangs as terror ill conceals. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 122 I do not now commiserate the parents of the dead who stand here; I would rather comfort them. 1912 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 320 The process has..not been checked. It is the rather to be feared that it has gone forward with a quickened pace. 1989 L. Kennedy On my Way to Club iii. 66 He had a habit of digging things out of me I would rather have left unsaid. extracted from ratheradv. < as lemmas
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