rather

常見例句

用作副詞 (adv.)

• This book is rather too easy for this boy.
  這本書對于這個孩子來說太簡單。
• I reckon that he is rather too old to marry again.
  我認為他的年齡太大,不太適于再結婚。
• I have a rather bad cold.
  我得了重感冒。
• He is driving rather fast.
  他車子開得相當快。
• This restaurant is rather more expensive than that.
  這家餐廳的收費比那家貴得多。
• I rather thought he'd stay here.
  我認為他應該留在這兒。
• I was rather surprised at her behaviour.
  我對她的行為感到十分驚奇。
• That's rather the impression I wanted to give.
  那正是我要給人們的印象。
• That's rather a nuisance.
  那簡直討厭極了。
• She's got a rather good voice.
  她的嗓子不錯。
• We've been having the rather cold weather.
  近日來天氣相當冷。

更多例句

• I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole setup of the university.
  漸漸地，我對大學的整個體制感到相當失望。
• I had a busy day and was rather tired.
  今天很忙，我累壞了。
• Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
  比賽形勢決定了他們要打防守戰(zhàn)而不是進攻戰(zhàn)。
• He speaks in concepts rather than specifics.
  他講話時盡用抽象概念,而不談具體.
• I think you're judging her rather harshly.
  我想你對她的評判過于苛刻.
• She's been behaving rather oddly.
  她一直表現(xiàn)得頗為古怪.
• Her racy stories can be rather shocking.
  她那些下流的故事講起來有時很讓人吃驚.
• Underneath his rather severe manner, he is really very kindhearted.
  他待人態(tài)度相當嚴厲, 但心地確實十分善良.
• His manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal.
  他的態(tài)度似乎很生硬冷淡.
• I'd rather go hungry than eat that.
  我寧愿挨餓也不吃那東西.
• I'm afraid your chances of success are rather remote.
  我擔心你成功的機會極小.
• There are only five minutes to go. You might just manage to get to the station, but you're cutting it rather fine.
  只有五分鐘了, 你可以趕到車站, 但時間確實太緊了.
• Those chunks of meat are rather large — could you chop them up a bIt'smaller?
  這些肉塊相當大,還能再切小一點 嗎 ?
• Games like chess are rather intellectual pursuits.
  棋類比賽是相當費腦力的娛樂.
• Her works have been rather uneven this year.
  她今年的作品相當參差不齊.
• Gary looked rather perplexed.
  加里看起來相當困惑.
• She looked rather strained and miserable.
  她看起來緊張而痛苦.
• It's quite pleasant today, though the wind is rather cool.
  盡管風有點涼,今天天氣還是很不錯的.
• Some of the member states wanted a tighter union rather than the loose confederation that developed.
  一些成員國想要一個緊密的聯(lián)盟而不是松散發(fā)展的聯(lián)合.
• He's just playing his hand rather heavily.
  他只不過做得過分一點.
• In summary, all government departments are administered rather differently.
  概括地說, 各政府部門的管理方式是很不相同的.
• I rather sneakily looked in her diary when she was out.
  我趁她不在時偷偷看了她的日記.
• The suitcase is rather heavy.
  這箱子怪沉的.
• Do not be rather unsophisticated in the complicated political struggle.
  在錯綜復雜的政治斗爭中不要太天真了!
• I was the only man among the guests and felt rather awkward.
  作為客人中的唯一男性,我有些窘迫.
• In less than four hours my enthusiasm had waned and I rather reproached myself for coming.
  不到兩個時辰,我早已意興索然,頗悔此行了.
• Their daughter hadn't written to them for a long time, and they were rather worried.
  女兒久未來信, 父母頗為懸念.
• I would rather you come tomorrow.
  我寧愿你明天來.
• I'd rather you came tomorrow than today.
  我寧愿你于明天來而不是今天來.
• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.
  我頗喜歡在鄉(xiāng)間獨自徜徉.
• That's rather too salt!
  [口](指旅館帳單上所列的費用)太貴了!
• I'd rather meet him here on my own home ground.
  我寧愿在我自己的地盤上見他。
• Kids would rather play than study.
  孩子們寧愿玩也不愿學習。
• I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.
  我寧愿把這些錢付給個人，也不愿它們因未作任何處置而自動地歸國家所有。
• When I'm going out in the evening I use the bike if I can rather than the car.
  我晚上要外出的時候，我寧愿騎自行車而不是開車。
• He would rather shoot himself than compromise his principles.
  他寧愿一槍打死自己也不愿違背自己的原則。
• I would rather Lionel took it on.
  我寧愿萊昂內爾負責這件事。
• If it's all the same to you, I'd rather work at home.
  如果對你來說沒什么差別，我寧愿在家中工作。
• I have no information one way or the other, but I would rather he do it than not do it.
  我沒有辦法得到情報，但是我寧愿他去做。
• I'd rather leave the business than work with such a nit.
  我寧愿離開公司，也不愿和這樣的笨蛋一起工作。
• She would rather perjure herself than admit to her sins.
  她寧愿在法庭上撒謊也不愿承認她的罪行。
• He would rather have a decent death which served some purpose than a meaningless death.
  他寧愿死得其所，也不想無謂地死去。
• I would rather go out tonight, if you don't mind.
  如果你不介意的話,我寧愿今晚出去.
• She would rather spend than save.
  她有錢寧愿花掉,也不肯積蓄.
• I'd rather go hungry than eat that.
  我寧愿挨餓也不吃那東西.
• I don't care for riding on a bike very much; I'd rather go on foot.
  我不太喜歡騎自行車, 寧愿步行.
• He would prefer to meet me downstairs rather than upstairs.
  他寧愿在樓下見我,而不愿在樓上.
• I would rather have the small one than the big one.
  我寧愿要小的,不要大的.
• We had rather the matter were not made public.
  我們寧愿這事不公開.
• I would rather loan a million dollars on character than on any other collateral in the world.
  我若借出100萬元,寧愿讓別人用人格,而不是別的抵押品作擔保.
• I'd accept a job abroad any day rather than stay in this country.
  不論怎樣,我寧愿去國外工作,也不愿待在這個國家里.
• I would rather travel by train than by plane.
  我寧愿乘火車也不愿乘飛機旅行.
• We prefer you to work voluntarily rather than by coercion.
  我們寧愿你工作出于自愿,而不是被迫.
• He was not one to retreat but rather one who would take up the gauntlet.
  他不是一個想退卻的人,倒是一個寧愿應戰(zhàn)的人.
• They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat.
  他們想要一座房子, 而我們寧愿住在一套房間里.
• You are all resolved rather to die than tofamish.
  你們都下了決心,寧愿死也不愿挨餓.
• I would rather you come tomorrow.
  我寧愿你明天來.
• I'd rather you came tomorrow than today.
  我寧愿你于明天來而不是今天來.
• I would rather stay at home.
  我寧愿待在家里.
• He resigned rather than take part in such a dishonest transaction.
  他寧愿辭職也不愿意參加這樣一種欺騙的交易.
• One boy said, “I’d rather be concentrating on artistic efforts than saving the world or something.”
  一個男生說：“我寧愿專注于在藝術上付出努力，也不想干什么拯救地球之類的事。”
• I did get a bit cheesed off with the movie's rather plodding pace.
  電影的節(jié)奏相當緩慢，確實讓我有點不耐煩。
• "Frankly I found it rather frightening." — "A little startling," Mark agreed.
  “坦白說我覺得這相當可怕。”——“是有點嚇人，”馬克表示同意。
• At first I thought he was rather ordinary looking, a little chubby, not my type.
  剛開始我認為他相貌很普通，有點胖乎乎的，并非我喜歡的類型。
• Tropical colours may look rather harsh in our dull northern light.
  熱帶色彩在我們北方暗淡的光線下可能顯得有點刺目。
• She expected him to ask for a scotch and was rather nonplussed when he asked her to mix him a martini and lemonade.
  她料想他會要一杯蘇格蘭威士忌，所以當他請她調一杯馬提尼酒加檸檬水時，她有點不知所措。
• He is kind and friendly despite his rather bluff manner.
  他為人厚道,待人親切,雖然態(tài)度有點粗魯.
• You look rather shabby in those clothes.
  你的衣著顯得有點寒酸.
• She feels rather hard done by.
  她覺得有點委屈.
• She has a rather masculine voice.
  她的聲音有點男性化.
• I'm afraid you rather caught me on the wrong foot, asking for it at such short notice.
  真抱歉,你這么急迫地向我要這個東西,我實在有點措手不及.
• I'm rather tired; will you take the wheel?
  我有點累, 你來替我駕駛好 嗎 ?
• I had never been spontaneously approached by a publisher and such condescension rather turned my head.
  還從沒有一個出版商主動來與我接洽,這種屈尊有點讓我受寵若驚.
• She is rather bashful.
  她有點害羞.
• It's rather embarrassing; I don't know how to bring it up.
  這事有點礙口, 不好說.
• The analogy is rather farfetched.
  這個比方有點驢唇不對馬嘴.
• I was rather saddened by what he had said and regretted my own carelessness.
  我聽了他的話心里有點難過,只怨自己太粗心大意了.
• This rather bloodcurdling recital , delivered with the usual Achesonian aplomb, startled the British.
  這種頗有點令人毛骨悚然的議論, 以艾奇遜式一貫的沉著自若的腔調發(fā)表出來, 使英國人為之駭然.
• His remarks were rather out of place.
  他的說話得有點不得體.
• Is this not rather strange?
  你們看,不是有點奇怪 嗎 ?
• It has good portion, but it tastes rather bland, and oily.
  它的菜有好的一面, 但另一方面它的口味比較淡, 和有點油.
• Rather, we meander, mainly due to a slight structural or functional imbalance of our legs.
  相反, 我們是曲折前行的, 這主要是因為我們的雙腿在結構或功能上有點不平衡.
• From time to time his sharp cough broke the rather frightening stillness.
  他偶爾發(fā)出一兩聲短促的咳嗽,打破這多少有點叫人害怕的靜寂.
• Rather stale smell that incense leaves next day . Like foul flowerwater.
  那種香水到了第二天就留下一股有點酸臭的氣味,就像是餿了的花露水似的.
• Their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily.
  他們富有的舅舅對他們有點小氣.
• My old aunt has become rather forgetful.
  我的老姑母已經有點健忘了.
• " I can't help feeling rather put out about it, Ma Chin, now can I?
  “ 總不免有點難過, 瑪金, 你說不是 么 ?
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