rather的用法

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　rather的用法大全：

rather的用法1：rather是程度副詞,用來修飾原級或比較級形容詞和副詞、動詞、分詞或單數名詞,意思是“有些”“相當”“多少地”,常用於負面含意。rather可和too連用,作程度狀語,但此時不可以修飾比較級。

rather的用法2：rather用以減弱而不是加強其後所跟的詞或詞組的作用,如拒絕別人請求幫助時,顯得比較客氣,又如爲了謙虛,可用這詞使自己在引人注目的場面表現得樂而不狂。

rather的用法3：rather一般放在不定冠詞前面,名詞前有形容詞時,也可放在不定冠詞後面。

rather的用法4：rather than和的比較：前者表示“與其……倒不如……”，後者表示“更……比起……”，注意詞組中的than前面不可以加上rather。

　rather的用法例句：

1. Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.

如此無禮的言語讓我火冒三丈，我砰的一下把電話掛了。

2. The process is not a circle but rather a spiral.

這個過程不是一個圓周運動而是螺旋上升型的。

3. 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。

4. She was in rather a bad film about the Mau Mau.

她出演了一部關於茅茅運動(20世紀50年代肯尼亞基庫尤人反抗英國殖民者的民族主義運動)的爛片。

5. I had a busy day and was rather tired.

今天很忙，我累壞了。

6. 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而不是進攻戰。

7. She had married a charming but rather vague Englishman.

她嫁給了一個外表迷人實際卻很迷糊的英國人。

8. In its untreated state the carbon fibre material is rather like cloth.

原始的碳纖維材料很像布料。

9. Poor Jane was in rather a spin about the party.

可憐的簡對這次聚會真有些不知所措。

10. The police inferred that they found her behaviour rather suspicious.

警方暗示他們發現她行爲非常可疑。

11. I found her a rather austere, distant, somewhat cold person.

我發現她相當嚴厲，拒人於千里之外，近乎冷漠。

12. "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。

13. A rather neat option allows you to design your own fiendish puzzle.

只要乾淨利落地做一個選擇，你就能自己設計出難以解開的謎題。

14. The effect is soft and pretty rather than drop-dead sexy.

給人的印象是柔和俏麗而不是吸人眼球的性感。

15. It was extremely hot and I was feeling rather randy.

場面非常刺激撩人，我感到慾火難耐。