rather 音标拼音: [r'æðɚ] [r'ʌðɚ]
ad . 相当,颇,有点;宁愿,倒不如;更确切地说,相反地
相当,颇,有点;宁愿,倒不如;更确切地说,相反地
rather adv 1 :
on the contrary ; "
rather than disappoint the children ,
he did two quick tricks before he left "; "
he didn '
t call ;
rather (
or instead ),
he wrote her a letter "; "
used English terms instead of Latin ones " [
synonym : {
rather },
{
instead }]
2 :
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 "; "
he is kind of shy " [
synonym : {
rather }, {
kind of },
{
kinda }, {
sort of }]
3 :
more readily or willingly ; "
clean it well ,
preferably with warm water "; "
I '
d rather be in Philadelphia "; "
I '
d sooner die than give up " [
synonym : {
preferably }, {
sooner }, {
rather }]
4 :
to a degree (
not used with a negative ); "
quite tasty "; "
quite soon "; "
quite ill "; "
quite rich " [
synonym : {
quite }, {
rather }]
Rather \
Rath "
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a . [
Compar .
of {
Rath },
a .]
Prior ;
earlier ;
former . [
Obs .]
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Now no man dwelleth at the rather town . --
Sir J .
Mandeville .
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Rather \
Rath "
er \ (
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a ^][
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277 ),
adv . [
AS .
hra [
eth ]
or ,
compar .
of hra [
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e ,
hr [
ae ][
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e ,
quickly ,
immediately .
See {
Rath },
a .]
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1 .
Earlier ;
sooner ;
before . [
Obs .]
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Thou shalt ,
quod he ,
be rather false than I .
--
Chaucer .
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A good mean to come the rather to grace . --
Foxe .
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2 .
More readily or willingly ;
preferably .
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My soul chooseth . . .
death rather than my life .
--
Job vii .
15 .
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3 .
On the other hand ;
to the contrary of what was said or suggested ;
instead .
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Was nothing bettered ,
but rather grew worse . --
Mark v .
26 .
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4 .
Of two alternatives conceived of ,
this by preference to ,
or as more likely than ,
the other ;
somewhat .
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He sought throughout the world ,
but sought in vain ,
And nowhere finding ,
rather feared her slain .
--
Dryden .
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5 .
More properly ;
more correctly speaking .
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This is an art Which does mend nature ,
change it rather ,
but The art itself is nature . --
Shak .
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6 .
In some degree ;
somewhat ;
as ,
the day is rather warm ;
the house is rather damp .
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{
The rather },
the more so ;
especially ;
for better reason ;
for particular cause .
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You are come to me in happy time ,
The rather for I have some sport in hand . --
Shak .
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{
Had rather },
or {
Would rather },
prefer to ;
prefers to ;
as ,
he had rather ,
or would rather go than stay . "
I had rather speak five words with my understanding than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue ." --
1 Cor .
xiv .
19 .
See {
Had rather },
under {
Had }.
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173 Moby Thesaurus words for "
rather ":
OK ,
Roger ,
a bit ,
a little ,
a rebours ,
absolutely ,
acceptably ,
adequately ,
after all ,
again ,
against the grain ,
albeit ,
all right ,
all the same ,
alright ,
alrighty ,
alternately ,
alternatively ,
although ,
amen ,
arsy -
varsy ,
as an alternative ,
as you say ,
assuredly ,
at all events ,
at any rate ,
aye ,
before ,
but ,
by all means ,
by choice ,
by contraries ,
by election ,
by proxy ,
by vote ,
certainly ,
choose ,
choose rather ,
contra ,
contrarily ,
contrariously ,
contrariwise ,
conversely ,
da ,
decently ,
even ,
even so ,
exactly ,
extremely ,
fairishly ,
fairly ,
fairly well ,
faute de mieux ,
favor ,
fine ,
first ,
for all that ,
good ,
good enough ,
have a bias ,
have preference ,
have rather ,
hear ,
honor before ,
howbeit ,
however ,
in a measure ,
in a way ,
in any case ,
in any event ,
in flat opposition ,
in its place ,
in its stead ,
in loco parentis ,
in preference ,
in some measure ,
indeed ,
indeedy ,
instead ,
inversely ,
it is that ,
ja ,
just so ,
just the opposite ,
just the same ,
kind of ,
lean towards ,
like better ,
mais oui ,
moderately ,
more ,
more or less ,
most assuredly ,
naturally ,
naturellement ,
nay rather ,
nevertheless ,
nonetheless ,
notwithstanding ,
of course ,
okay ,
on the contrary ,
oppositely ,
otherwise ,
oui ,
passably ,
per contra ,
please ,
positively ,
precisely ,
prefer ,
prefer to ,
preferably ,
presentably ,
pretty ,
pretty well ,
quite ,
quite the contrary ,
rather than ,
really ,
respectably ,
right ,
right as rain ,
right you are ,
righto ,
satisfactorily ,
scarcely ,
see fit ,
set before ,
slightly ,
so -
so ,
somewhat ,
sooner ,
sooner than ,
sort of ,
still ,
sure ,
sure thing ,
surely ,
that is so ,
think best ,
think fit ,
think proper ,
though ,
to a degree ,
to be sure ,
to some extent ,
to the contrary ,
tolerably ,
topsy -
turvy ,
tout au contraire ,
truly ,
unexceptionably ,
upside down ,
very ,
very well ,
vice versa ,
well and good ,
well enough ,
when ,
why yes ,
yea ,
yeah ,
yep ,
yes ,
yes indeed ,
yes indeedy ,
yes sir ,
yes sirree ,
yet ,
you are right ,
you said it ,
you speak truly
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