rather

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基本釋義

adv.
相當(dāng); 有點兒; 更確切地說; 反而
int.
當(dāng)然!的確!

實用例句

The instructions were rather complicated.

這些說明相當(dāng)復(fù)雜。

牛津詞典

She fell and hurt her leg rather badly.

她跌倒了,腿傷得相當(dāng)重。

牛津詞典

I didn't fail the exam; in fact I did rather well!

我沒有考不及格,事實上,我考得不錯!

牛津詞典

It was a rather difficult question.

這是個相當(dāng)難的問題。

牛津詞典

It was rather a difficult question.

這真是個難題。

牛津詞典

He looks rather like his father.

他看上去很像他的父親。

牛津詞典

The patient has responded to the treatment rather better than expected.

病人對治療的反應(yīng)比預(yù)想的好得多。

牛津詞典

He was conscious that he was talking rather too much.

他意識到他說得實在太多了。

牛津詞典

I rather suspect we're making a mistake.

我有點兒懷疑我們正在犯錯誤。

牛津詞典

We were rather hoping you'd be able to do it by Friday.

我們希望你最好能在星期五之前做這件事。

牛津詞典

She worked as a secretary, or rather, a personal assistant.

她當(dāng)了秘書;確切地講,是私人助理。

牛津詞典

In the end he had to walk─or rather run─to the office.

最后他不得不走著——應(yīng)該說是跑著——去辦公室。

牛津詞典

The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.

墻面不是白的,而是灰不溜秋的。

牛津詞典

‘I'm going climbing tomorrow. ’ ‘Rather you than me! ’

“我明天去爬山?!薄澳闳グ?,我可不去!”

牛津詞典

I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.

我想要冷飲,不要咖啡。

牛津詞典

Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own?

你干嗎非得自己干,而不請人幫忙?

牛津詞典

She'd rather die than give a speech.

她寧愿死也不愿意演講。

牛津詞典

‘Do you want to come with us? ’ ‘No, I'd rather not. ’

“你想跟我們一起來嗎?”“不,我不想去?!?/p>

牛津詞典

Would you rather walk or take the bus?

你愿意步行還是坐公共汽車?

牛津詞典

The problem was psychological rather than physiological...

問題是心理方面的而不是生理方面的。

Sedge is similar in appearance to grass but has a solid rather than a hollow stem...

莎草看上去和普通的草沒什么兩樣,但其草莖是實芯的而不是空芯的。

Twenty million years ago, Idaho was not the arid place it is now. Rather, it was warm and damp, populated by dense primordial forest...

2,000萬年前,愛達(dá)荷州并不像現(xiàn)在這樣干旱。相反,那時的愛達(dá)荷州溫暖潮濕,有大片的原始森林。

But there must be no talk of final victory; rather, the long, hard slog to a solution...

但是這還談不上是最后的勝利;而是長期、艱難地尋找解決方法的過程。

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。

Which programme would you rather appear on?...

你更愿意在哪個節(jié)目中露面?

I grew up in rather unusual circumstances...

我在非同尋常的環(huán)境下長大。

It had made some rather bad mistakes which I thought should be corrected...

它犯了一些相當(dāng)嚴(yán)重的錯誤,我覺得應(yīng)該加以糾正。

I rather think he was telling the truth...

我倒覺得他講的是真話。

I rather like the decorative effect.

我倒很喜歡裝飾的效果。

'Well, he did have a sort of family connection with it, didn't he.' — 'Oh yes. Rather.'

“那么,他的確和它有些家族淵源,是不是?”——“噢,是的,的確如此?!?/p>

真題例句

They are also spending more time working with each other rather than reporting upwards.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

The bulk of the research shows that there may be a pause, or a shifting of gears in the 40s or 50s, but this shift can be exciting, rather than terrifying.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organisations increasingly use team as a verb rather than a noun: they form teams for specific purposes and then quickly disband them.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

And the quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they'd rather cut down gradually before quitting.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

Rather than superpower conflict, countries unable to cope with food shortages now constitute the main threat to world security.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Tips benefit the boss rather that the employees.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Such children believe challenges are energizing rather than intimidating ; they offer opportunities to learn.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Rather, it is to recognize that in America's vast criminal justice system, second chances are crucial.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Building on a child's ability to feel joy, rather than pushing it aside, wouldn't be that hard.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rather than stringing together nonsense words, for example.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

This finding supported ConAgra’s decision to position the product against other high quality frozen dinners, rather than as a diet or health food.

出自-2015年12月聽力原文

But their beds were provided by private individuals, rather than a hotel chain

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

And there are environmental benefits, too: renting a car when you need it, rather than owning one, means fewer cars are required and fewer resources must be devoted to making them

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

Several hours after a meal, people's hunger levels were predicted not by how much they'd eaten but rather by how much food they'd seen in front of them in other words, how much they remembered eating

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

It wasn't that Kodak was blind to the future, said Rebecca Henderson, a professor at Harvard Business School, but rather that it failed to execute on a strategy to confront it.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

If you'd rather hide your actions, that's an indication that you're taking a risk and rationalizing it to yourself.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to conform to the "boy code" of hiding their emotions to be a "real man"

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

Singaporean head chef Tommy Teh Kum Chai offers daily specials on a blackboard, rather than sticking to a menu.

出自-2011年6月閱讀原文

To this end, we walk the dog, play golf, go fishing, sit in the garden, drink outside rather than inside the pub, have a picnic, live in the suburbs, go to the seaside, buy a weekend place in the country.

出自-2010年12月閱讀原文

These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and odd new perceptions about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bought, rather than things that can be found

出自-2010年12月閱讀原文

However, we spend money on drugs rather than on green places.

出自-2010年12月閱讀原文

The increasing emphasis for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years

出自-2010年12月閱讀原文

The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治療) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them.

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

Goldberg calls the problem a disorder rather than a true addiction

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

He finds it rather unbearable.

出自-2014年6月聽力原文

But I'd rather spend my college days funding out how children learn.

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

He would rather have a meal an hour later

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

He would rather get a less demanding job.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

Most of them were rather conservative.

出自-2010年6月聽力原文

"This finding supported ConAgra's decision to position the product against other high quality frozen dinners, rather than as a diet or health food.

2015年12月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rath

2015年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Chris Koch, who teaches "History of Broadcast Journalism" at Montgomery Community College in Rockville, Maryland, points out that reporting is about investigation rather than the memorization of minute details.

2017年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organisations increasingly use "team" as a verb rather than a noun: they form teams for specific purposes and then quickly disband them.

2017年6月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

Imagine a world where building the tallest skyscraper wasn't a race of height, but rather one to collect the most solar energy.

2018年6月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section A

In a recent art assignment, a middle school student depicted an overburdened child who was being scolded for earning an A, rather than an A+, on a math exam.

2018年6月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

In Beijing, one registration office had about 300 couples seeking to get married the day after the changes were announced, rather than the usual number of between 70 and 80.

2019年6月四級真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

In other words, it refers to anything that is acquired or learnt, rather than instinctive or natural.

2019年6月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

Increasingly, researchers have begun to look at the quality of relationships, rather than at the frequency of contact, between the elderly and their children.

2016年6月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

People aren't kidding when they say they love their dog or their dog loves them, but were rather ignorant about the nature of the relationships that form between dogs.

2019年12月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

Post wants to make clear that she's not talking about legal rights, but rather personal preferences.

2018年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Rather than offer evidence for categorizing brains as "male" or "female, " research shows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right in the middle.

2016年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

Rather, the point is to use the results of this study to open up meaningful dialogues on implicit gender bias, be it at a departmental level or an institutional level or even a discipline level.

2017年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Rather, they saw a large chocolate cake and they each were given a slice.

2017年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Rats are often associated with spreading disease rather than preventing it, but this long-tailed animal is highly sensitive.

2017年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

Rats are often?associated with spreading disease rather than?preventing it, but this long-tailed animal is highly?sensitive Inside a rat's nose are up to 1, 000 different types of olfactory receptors whereas humans only have 100 to 200 types.

2017年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

Researchers found it was a change in eating habits rather than breakfast itself that induced weight loss.

2019年12月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

She is not doing this to drive you crazy; rather, she is learning that her desires and yours can differ, and that sometimes those differences are important and sometimes they are not.

2015年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

So it may seem rather strange that I have returned to college to finish the degree I left undone some four decades ago.

2017年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

so, I'm really enjoying it and I can' t wait for my next session, although the lessons are rather expensive.

2019年6月四級真題(第一套)聽力 Section B

Such children believe challenges are energizing rather than intimidating; they offer opportunities to learn.

2016年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

The food-as-medicine movement has been around for decades, but it's making progress as physicians and medical institutions make food a formal part of treatment, rather than relying solely on medications.

2018年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

These emails are often informative rather than personalized correspondents requiring a response or action.

2018年12月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

This finding supported ConAgra's decision to position the product against other high quality frozen dinners, rather than as a diet or health food.

2015年12月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

Though Chasin says the focus of the work is on the activity of writing, rather than the text that ends up getting written, some of the work that comes out of the sessions has stuck with her.

2019年6月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

While some, like Maeda, emphasized the value of the degree rather than the education itself, others still see college as a way to gain new perspectives and life experiences.

2017年12月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

Within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, anything goes mode of child-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

When we ask teens to choose a hero, they usually select an older family member rather than a remote public figure.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system—doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness—is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

The one in the House bill would have to negotiate rates with providers, rather than using Medicare rates, as many reformers wanted.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Rather critical.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

One main factor that has driven up medical expenses is that doctors are compensated for the amount of care rather than its effect.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

One boy said, I'd rather be concentrating on artistic efforts than saving the world or something.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

My own research at the Stanford Center on Adolescence uses in-depth interviews with small samples of youngsters rather than large-scale surveys.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

The problem isn't the technology itself, but that the technology is being used to create more flexibility for the employer rather than the employee.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Rather than just dazzling with a high cool factor, there is a focus on the practical.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Even utility companies, which have long viewed batteries and alternative forms of energy as a threat, are learning to embrace the technologies as enabling rather than disrupting.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Rather than merely asking about something they wanted to try, they tended to include both cause and effect in their question.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

But the Food and Drug Administration has not approved Avastin for use in the eye, and using it rather than the alternative, Lucentis, might carry an additional, although slight, safety risk.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Indeed many organizations also useinstitutional or prestige advertising which is designed to build uptheir reputation rather than to sell particular products.

出自-2015年12月聽力原文

Instead of having a literal meaning, it docs something - conveying an attitude — just like the -ed ending conveys past tense rather than "meaning.

出自-2014年6月閱讀原文

Rather than pay up or work out a settlement, Bowman decided to appeal—all the way to the Supreme Court.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

Social learning theories contribute to our understanding of why we behave as we do, but much of the emphasis is on early socialization rather than on what occurs throughout life.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

Democrats and Republicans can and will take sides on a number of issues, but a more crucial concern is that both are basing major policy decisions on guesstimates rather than looking at the vast wealth of raw data with a critical eye and an open mind

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

The result is a sort of high-quality, unusually rigorous coffee-table book, designed to be dipped into rather than read from beginning to end.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

It focuses on theory rather than on practical skills.

出自-2011年6月閱讀原文

It stresses competition rather than cooperation

出自-2011年6月閱讀原文

It's rather remarkable for the fact that although it's extremely big, it's supported by just six rather slim legs.

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

I myself find them rather uncomfortable to sit in for very long, but people were used to more discomfort in the past.

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

Well, that's a good question, because the basic idea of chaos theory is that there aren't any "models" as such— there aren't guaranteed forms, but rather patterns of change in development

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

Rather than relying on how others classify you, consider how you identify yourself

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

I'd rather not make it something formal and structured.

出自-2012年12月聽力原文

When you reach your top height, do light activities rather than sleep too much

出自-2012年12月聽力原文

It seems people would rather give up something else than the big trip," he says.

出自-2011年6月聽力原文

It seems to me that creative writing is a process of revelation, really, rather than of creativity in the ordinary sense.

出自-2010年12月聽力原文

"By taking upon the role of adviser rather than decision maker, one does not suffer the consequences of decision fatigue," he says.

2018年6月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

"Presumably it's because it's simple and easy to write a prescription and consider a patient case closed rather than investigate further," Polman says.

2018年6月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

"Whole foods are always the best option rather than adding supplements," he says, noting the FDA does not regulate supplements as rigorously as foods or drugs.

2019年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

Data reveals that economic inequality rather than family income might affect people's well-being.

2019年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

For instance, years with a larger increase in online usage were followed by years with lower well-being, rather than the other way around.

2019年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Hacker's argument has met with opposition from other math educators who say what's needed is to help students develop a better relationship with math earlier, rather than teaching them less math altogether.

2018年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Harris says that American education is suffering from an epidemic of "fake math"—an emphasis on the rote memorization of formulas and steps, rather than an understanding of how math can influence the ways we see the world.

2018年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

I explained to my student that I actually thought he was rather more confused than I was, and I argued back.

2017年6月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

2016年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Initially, rather than appointing a general contractor to run the project, the corporation decided to manage it themselves.

2019年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

Is there anything you consider a burden rather than a privilege?

2019年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Last year, MATTEL also gave Barbie a flat foot rather than forcing her to be in heels all the time like the original Barbie is.

2017年12月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section B

Londa Schiebinger, a professor of the history of science at Stanford University, called this passage rather astonishing.

2018年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

Look, I'm terribly sorry to drop in this time on Friday, Paul, but it is rather important.

2015年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

Provided you have not cheated by consulting an atlas, you will notice something rather surprising— the two lists will contain roughly the same number of states, but they will not be identical.

2017年6月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

Rather than adding other metals, they developed a complex mechanical process involving repeated heating and very severe mechanical deformation, known as temp-forming.

2019年6月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section A

Rather than just dazzling with a high cool factor, there is a focus on the practical.

2016年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

Respondents' minds tended to wander more when they felt upset rather than happy.

2019年12月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section B

Seek out your teammates purposefully rather than jumping on every new group project opportunity.

2019年12月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

since the middle of the 20th century, though, things have turned the opposite way—these days, punishing hours at your desk, rather than days off, are seen as the mark of someone important.

2017年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals.

2019年6月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

So they are likely to remain rich peopled playthings rather than practical transport solutions for the masses.

2019年6月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

So we must aim to complement the rationality of the machine, rather than to compete with it.

2019年6月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

Still, most people would probably rather feel a positive emotion than a negative one.

2016年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

The millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable

2016年6月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

The problem isn't the technology itself, but that the technology is being used to create more flexibility for the employer rather than the employee.

2016年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

There are more than plenty in our city, and we felt they are all rather similar to each other.

2018年6月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

This sounds like so much hot air, but the near $13 billion fortune this entrepreneur has amassed comes from practical achievements rather than hypothetical ones.

2018年6月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section A

virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system— doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness — is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

2016年6月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

When Tm doing something I'd rather not do, or when I'm someplace I'd rather not be, I use my phone to port myself elsewhere.

2017年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, "anything goes" mode of child-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century.

2016年6月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

You weren't born with attitudes; rather they are all learned, and this happens in a number of ways.

2019年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

According to the Overseas Development Institute Odi, however, just 12% of disaster-relief funding in the past two decades has gone on reducing risks in advance, rather than recovery and rebuilding afterwards.

2016年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Also, sometimes pre-anger does not have to do with a lasting condition, but rather a temporary state before a triggering event has occurred.

2018年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

And if you have your lecture notes or the article in hand, you and the professor will be able to examine specific points that are confusing to you, rather than just talking in a general way about the contents.

2015年高考英語浙江卷 閱讀理解 主旨概括 原文

But rather I see it as an area of freedom.

2016年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Deliberate practice activities require effort, produce no immediate rewards, and are motivated by the goal of improving performance rather than the goal of enjoyment.

2015年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀表達(dá) 原文

Driverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather than vehicles you own, says ryan calo at stanford university, California.

2017年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Empowerment and delegation mean new forms of management control to ensure that the overall business plan is being followed, and that operations become more profitable under the new organization, rather than less.

2016年高考英語上海卷 完形填空 原文

For example, a sociologist may read news of crime as a social problem, rather than for its immediate reward.

2015年高考英語江蘇卷 任務(wù)型閱讀 原文

However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her.

2016年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

In another restaurant, all of the dishes and desserts it serves are 3D-printed, rather than farm to table.

2018年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

It could be anything―gardening, cooking, music, sports—but whatever it is, make sure it's a relief from daily stress rather than another thing to worry about.

2016年高考英語全國卷2 語法填空 原文

Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.

2014年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 七選五 選項

Most food webs, for instance, consist of many weak links rather than a few strong ones.

2019年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Project managers evaluate the performance of the team members in terms of what they produce for projects, rather than the amount of time they spend on them.

2016年高考英語上海卷 完形填空 原文

Rather, they remember how to find it.

2015年高考英語安徽卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Sixty-four percent of those survey participants who havens worked remotely would rather give up some bonus in order to get even one day a week working from home.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(10月) 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Still, I would rather be a bit more careful and live in a large city than to feel safe but dull.

2014年高考英語全國卷1 聽力 原文

The weight of e-goods is rather small.

2015年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 選項

To read a line graph, it's important to focus on the points of intersection rather than the line segments between the points.

2015年高考英語浙江卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

Usually, gossip spreads information about a topic-breakups, trouble at home, even dropping out-that a person would rather keep secret.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(6月) 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to judge everything so harshly.

2015年高考英語福建卷 完形填空 原文

We can achieve a lot when we learn to let our differences unite, rather than divide us.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(6月) 單項選擇 原文

When a dark-colored cake was served on a black plate rather than a white one, customers recognized it as sweeter and more tasty.

2018年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

When classical, rather than pop, music was playing, diners spent more.

2018年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

You are only one person, and you do not have time to waste on people who would rather cause drama or mess up with your purpose.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(6月) 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits.

出自-2009年考研閱讀原文

Databases used by some companies don't rely on data collected systematically but rather lump together information from different research projects.

出自-2009年考研閱讀原文

They found that the principal requirement for what is called “global cascades” -the widespread propagation of influence through networks -is the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people.

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

The Federal circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the court’s judges, rather than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluate is weather it should” reconsider” its state street Bank ruling.

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

In other words, it is up to the buyer, rather than the seller, to decide what to buy.

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.

出自-2011年考研閱讀原文

Rather than cloaking his exit in the usual vague excuses, he came right out and said he was leaving “to pursue my goal of running a company”.

出自-2011年考研閱讀原文

Today, the social sciences are largely focused on disciplinary problems and internal scholarly debates, rather than on topics with external impact.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

But the intention is not to neglect social science; rather, the complete opposite.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

Time, rather than intention, has given them legitimacy.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

There is pressure for change from within the profession, but opponents of change among the regulators insist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

Second, it is surely a good thing that the money and attention come to science rather than go elsewhere.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

Only if the jobless arrive at the jobcentre with a CV, register for online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit—and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

Rather, we ascribe meanings to test on the basis of interaction between what we might call textual and contextual material: between kinds of organization or patterning we perceive in a text’s formal structures and various kinds of background, social knowledge, belief and attitude that we bring to the text.

出自-2015年考研閱讀原文

It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy’s reputation with her rather ordinary granny style.

出自-2015年考研閱讀原文

Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms’ political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.

出自-2016年考研閱讀原文

Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step.

出自-2016年考研閱讀原文

Nor does it reveal how much companies are banking on the halo effect, rather than the other possible benefits, when they decide their do-gooding policies.

出自-2016年考研閱讀原文

Avoiding this rather than promoting it should unite the left and right of the political spectrum.

出自-2016年考研閱讀原文

And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.

出自-2016年考研閱讀原文

Rather than just focusing on GDP, over 40 different sets of criteria from health, education and civil society engagement have been measured to get a more rounded assessment of how countries are performing.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

Rather officials must avoid double standards, or different types of access for average people and the wealthy.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

But policymakers who refocus efforts on improving well-being rather than simply worrying about GDP figures could avoid the forecasted doom and may even see progress.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

"When I come home from a hard day's work, I often feel tired," Danaher says, adding,"In a world in which I don't have to work, I might feel rather different" - perhaps different enough to throw himself into a hobby or a passion project with the intensity

2017年考研真題(英語二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

But as companies continue their attempts at personalised medicine, the courts will remain rather busy.

2012年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Children aren't born knowing how to say "I'm sorry"; rather, they learn over time that such statements appease parents and friends—and their own consciences.

2019年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Critics make three main arguments against gene patents: a gene is a product of nature, so it may not be patented; gene patents suppress innovation rather than reward it; and patents'monopolies restrict access to genetic tests such as Myriad's.

2012年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

financial regulations in Britain have imposed a rather unusual rule on the bosses of big banks.

2019年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

firms seem to invest more in places where most people are relatively happy, rather than in places with happiness inequality.

2016年考研真題(英語二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Gap year experiences can lessen the blow when it comes to adjusting to college and being thrown into a brand new environment, making it easier to focus on academics and activities rather than acclimation blunders.

2017年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

He quotes a giant of classical economies, Alfred Marshall, in describing this financial impatience as acting like "children who pick the plums out of their pudding to eat them at once" rather than putting them aside to be eaten last.

2019年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, rather than electing representatives to govern for them.

2010年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

In other words, we need to look at the ways in which machines can augment human labor rather than replace it.

2014年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

In The Prince, he championed cunning, ruthlessness, and boldness, rather than virtue, mercy and justice, as the skills of successful leaders.

2012年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Indeed, while you might assume that an exhibition of Land Art would consist only of records of works rather than the works themselves, Long's photograph of his work is the work.

2014年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy's reputation with her rather ordinary granny style.

2015年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

It's£16.95 there—or £12.99 for a large pizza from Domino's: I know which I'd rather eat.

2013年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Lansley has alarmed health campaigners by suggesting he wants industry rather than government to take the lead.

2011年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

mies' sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaces he designed were small and efficient, rather than big and often empty.

2011年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Only if the jobless arrive at the job centre with a CV, register for online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit—and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly.

2014年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense

2011年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Rather than have people simply rate their beauty compared with others, he asked them to identify an original photograph of themselves from a lineup including versions that had been altered to appear more and less attractive.

2014年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Rather than portraying landscape, land artists used the physical substance of the land itself as their medium.

2014年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Rather than pulling students back, a gap year pushes them ahead by preparing them for independence, new responsibilities and environmental changes—all things that first-year students often struggle with the most.

2017年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Rather than?obsessing?over the scale, turn your focus to how you look, feel how your clothes fit and your overall energy level.

2019年考研真題(英語二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

So then the problem is not really about technology, but rather, "how do we innovate our institutions and our work practices?"

2014年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

That might seem rather an obscure point, but it sets the tone for an exhibition that contains a lot of black-and-white photographs and relatively few natural objects.

2014年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

The Federal Circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the courts judges, rather than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluate is whether it should "reconsider" its State Street Bank ruling.

2010年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

The jury is also said to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy.

2010年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

The lesson is not that you should make your personal life an open book, but rather, when given the option to offer up details about yourself or painstakingly conceal them, you should just be honest.

2020年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

The Romantics commemorated the leading painters and authors of their day, stressing the uniqueness of the artist's personal experience rather than public glory.

2012年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms' political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.

2016年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

They found that the principal requirement for what is called global cascades 一 the widespread propagation of influence through networks 一 is the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people.

2010年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

This has created "a paradox" in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has "continued to reproduce and widen, rather than close" an achievement gap based on social class, according to th

2015年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Those forced to exercise their smiling muscles reacted more enthusiastically to funny cartons than did those whose mouths were contracted in a frown, suggesting that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around.

2011年考研真題(英語一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

time, rather than intention, has given them legitimacy.

2014年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Today's farm laborers, while still predominantly born in Mexico, are more likely to be settled rather than migrating and more likely to be married than single.

2019年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

While the conversation around our environment and our responsibility toward it remains centered on shopping hags and straws, we're ignoring the balance of power that implies that as "consumers" we must shop sustainably, rather than as "citizens" hole our

2019年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Yet rather than empowering teachers to find what works best for their students, the policy imposes a flat, across-the-board rule.

2012年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Adverb
  • 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"

  • 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"

  • 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"

  • 4. to a degree (not used with a negative);

    "quite tasty"

    "quite soon"

    "quite ill"

    "quite rich"

同義詞辨析

fairly, pretty, quite, rather

這些程度副詞都有"相當(dāng),頗"之意。

  • fairly: 語意最弱,多用于褒義,表示適度地、尚可的意思。不可與too或比較級連用。
  • pretty: 用法與rather相似。常用于非正式文體。
  • quite含義比fairly稍強(qiáng),與不定冠詞連用時,一般放在不定冠詞之前。
  • rather語氣比quite強(qiáng),褒意貶意無可使用??膳ctoo和比較級連用。

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其他釋義

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