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英语单词rather的用法

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英语单词rather的用法

  rather,英语单词,副词、连词、感叹词、名词,作副词时意为“宁可,宁愿;相当;准确地说;或多或少地”,作连词时意为“而不是”,作感叹词时意为“当然啦(回答问题时用)”,作名词时意为“人名;(英)拉瑟”。以下是小编为大家带来的英语单词rather的用法,希望大家喜欢。

英语单词rather的用法

  英语单词rather的用法 1

  一、rather作副词,意为宁愿;宁可。

  作此意解的rather常和would/had连用,构成固定短语。would/had rather...than译为宁愿......而不愿,应该特别注意此短语的否定构成及其后接的动词形式。如:

  He would rather have the small one than the large one. 他宁愿要一个小的,而不要大的。

  I'd rather take the slowest train than go there by air. 我宁愿坐最慢的火车,也不乘飞机去那里。

  I would rather not tell you the secret right now. 我现在不愿把那个秘密告诉你。

  would/had rather后接从句时,从句中的谓语动词用虚拟语气。如:

  I would/had rather you posted the letter right away. 我倒希望你把这封信立即发出。

  I would/had rather that she had stayed at home. 她那时要是留在家里就好了。

  二、rather作副词用时,意为更确切地。

  此用法的rather常用在or rather这一短语中,表示想要纠正已经说过的话,或欲使已说过的话更确切。如:

  He worked till late last night, or rather, early in the morning. 他一直工作到深夜,或者更确切地说,到今天凌晨。

  The building is like a palace, or rather a temple. 这幢建筑物像一座宫殿,或者更确切地说像一座寺庙。

  三、rather作副词用时,还可作相当;颇;有点儿解。如:

  You've done rather well.你做得相当好。

  The way he is living is rather strange to me. 他的生活方式我觉得很怪。

  rather, fairly, quite, pretty的`区别:

  1. 从程度上说,fairly是最轻的一个;quite比fairly 语气稍强;rather 在程度上比quite更重一些;pretty 和rather 差不多,但大多数情况下用于非正式文体。如:

  They were getting along fairly well with each other. 他们相处还不错。

  He was quite polite, but he wasn't ready to help me. 他相当有礼貌,但他并不愿意帮助我。

  There's something rather strange about the way he talks to you. 他跟你说话的样子真有点怪。

  Twenty-five is pretty old to take up ballet dancing.二十五岁才学跳芭蕾,年纪就太大了。

  2. rather 和quite可放在不定冠词前,也可放在不定冠词之后,还可以和动词连用,而fairly 和pretty没有这些用法。如:

  That is quite/rather a surprising result. =That is a quite/rather surprising result. 那是一个相当惊人的结果。

  I rather/quite like to go for a walk after supper. 我颇喜欢在晚饭后出去散步。

  3. 只有rather可以修饰比较级,还可和too连用。如:

  This computer is rather more expensive than that one.这部电脑比那部昂贵一些。

  This book is rather too difficult for the beginners.这部书对初学者来说太难了。

  四、rather than 的用法。

  rather 不仅是一个表示程度的副词,还能用来表示选择,意为而非;(与其......)倒不如。rather than 经常用在平行结构里,即连接两个对等成分。

  I'd prefer to go in August rather than July. 我愿八月去,不愿七月去。

  I'd call her hair chestnut rather than brown. 我宁愿说她的头发是栗色,而不是棕色。

  We ought to invest in new machines rather than buildings. 我们应该在新的机器上而不是在房屋上投资。

  I decided to write rather than telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。

  Rather than get money in such a dishonest way, he would beg in the streets. 他宁愿在街上乞讨,也不愿以这种不正当的手段挣钱。

  I always prefer starting early, rather than leaving everything to the last minute. 我总是愿意早开始而不愿意把所有事情都留到最后。

  英语单词rather的用法 2

  用法一: would rather表示"宁愿"

  would rather do

  would rather not do

  would rather… than… 宁愿……而不愿。

  还有would sooner, had rather, had sooner都表示"宁愿"、"宁可"的意思。

  If I have a choice, I had sooner not continue my studies at this school.

  I would rather stay here than go home. = I would stay here rather than go home.

  用法二:would rather后句子用虚拟语气

  would rather后接句子时,句子谓语习惯上要用虚拟语气,具体用法为:

  1.一般过去时表示现在或将来的愿望

  I'd rather you went tomorrow (now). 我宁愿你明天(现在)去。

  I'd rather you came next Saturday. 我宁愿你下星期六来。

  I'd rather you were happy. 我愿你快乐。

  I'd rather she sat next to me. 我宁愿她挨着我坐。

  I'd rather Jack left on an earlier train. 我宁愿杰克乘前一班火车走。

  You always go without me and l'd rather you didn't. 你总是不带我去,我可不愿意你这样。

  “Shall I open the window? ” “I'd rather you didn't. ”“我要不要把窗子打开? ” “我看不要打开好。”

  2. 用过去完成时表过去的愿望

  I'd rather you hadn't said it. 我真希望你没有这样说过。

  I'd rather you hadn't done that. 我宁愿你没这样做。

  l'd rather you had been / hadn't been present。我 (宁) 愿你当时在场 / 不在场。

  l'd rather he had told / hadn't told me about it 我 (宁) 愿他告诉了 / 未告诉我这件事。

  Katie went by car and I'd rather she hadn't. 凯蒂是坐汽车去的',我宁愿地不坐汽车去

  典型例题

  ----Shall we go skating or stay at home?

  ----Which ___ do?

  A. do you rather B. would you rather C. will you rather D. should you rather

  答案B。本题考查情态动词rather的用法,would rather +do sth 意为"宁愿",本题为疑问句,would 提前,所以选B。

  英语单词rather的用法 3

  rather是个副词,主要有三层含义:

  1. 表示“相当,在某种程度上”,通常用来修饰形容词或副词,语气程度比quite更为强烈。如果rather放在形容词或副词前面,那么通常表示的是这层含义,例如:Their work makes a rather startling assertion: the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated.(他们的研究得出了一个非常令人惊奇的结论——我们通常称为天分的特征被估了。)

  2. 表示“相反,反而,而是”,是一种转折关系,用于提出相反或不同的观点。这层含义也比较好判断,rather会通常至于句首,后跟逗号与整句话隔开,例如:Rather, it involves setting specific goals, obtaining immediate feedback and concentrating as much on technique as on outcome.(相反,它包括确定明确的目标、获得即时的反馈以及像关注结果一样关注技巧。)

  3. 表示“有点儿,稍微”,与动词连用,用于减弱语气,所以如果rather放在动词前面,表示的就是这层含义,例如:I rather suspect we are making a mistake.(我有点儿怀疑我们正在犯错误。)

  rather除了有这三层含义以外还会与其他词连用,构成固定搭配:

  1. rather than这个短语在考研英语中出现的频率非常,作用等同于并列连词,表示“而不是”的.意思,例如:As a result, I now believe the digital divide will narrow rather than widen in the years ahead.(因此,我认为在未来的数年中,信息差异将缩小而不会变大。)

  2. but rather出现频率仅此于rather than, 表示的意思是“反而,而是,而在于”,所以若rather前面有but,就理解为这一层含义,例如:Their methods do not attempt to estimate the actual biomass (the amount of living biological matter) of fish species in particular parts of the ocean, but rather changes in that biomass over time.(他们的方法不是为了试图估算特定区域的海洋中实际动物总数(活着生物的总数),而是研究随着时间推移海洋生物数量的变化。

  3. or rather表示“更确切地讲,更准确地说”,作用也是等同于并列连词,例如:Sleep -- or rather dream -- on it and you’ll feel better in the morning.(安心睡觉,更确切地说是做梦,这样第二天早上你会感觉好很多。)

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