| 单词 | rather |
| 释义 | rather (once / 19 pages) 1adv 2adv 3adv Use rather to specify a preference for one thing over another. Wouldn't you rather go to the movies than stay home and clean the house? Rather can also be used to mean "on the contrary," or to introduce a contradiction. You didn't believe in ghosts — rather thinking there was a scientific explanation for any ghostly appearances — until you saw a ghost yourself. The adverb rather also means "to a certain degree." You might grudgingly admit that your mom's strange-sounding chocolate-avocado pudding was actually rather tasty. WORD FAMILYrather: rathers USAGE EXAMPLES“A measurement is just a number. But a visual image of what they look like, rather than their imagination, is much more motivating.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Friends with recent pneumonia experience confirmed this rather depressing outlook. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Rather, he said, its goal was to capture the challenge of talking to young children about difficult subjects. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) 1 adv more readily or willingly 2I'd rather be in Philadelphia Syn preferably, sooner 1adv 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 Syn kind of, kinda, sort of 2adv to a degree (not used with a negative) 3Syn quite adv on the contrary rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left he didn't call; rather, he wrote her a letter Syn instead |
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