rather语法

1. rather的用法小结

用作程度副词：rather cold, rather nice用来表达选择和偏好：green rather than blue, coffee rather than tea, slowly rather than quickly

Rather 作程度副词：

1） 用来强调形容词或副词，意思与quite相似（当quite与形容词或副词连用时）。

而rather比quite更正式，常用它来表达意想不到的事:

They walked rather slowly.

2）Rather + adjective + noun

对于a/an，通常用rather a/an + adjective + noun，但也可以用a rather + adjective + noun。

对于其他限定词(some, those)，可以用：限定词+ rather + adjective + noun:

We had to wait rather a long time.

He helped her out of rather an uncomfortable situation.

I had some rather bad news today.

3）Rather a + noun

Rather a+名词：在书面表达中更为常见，尤其是写作:

It was rather a surprise to find them in the house before me.

4）Rather a lot

常用来指大量:

It cost me rather a lot of money.

也用来表示“经常”:

They went to the library rather a lot.

5）Rather + verb

用来强调动词，最常用的搭配动词是enjoy, hope, like:

He rather liked the idea of a well-paid job in Japan.

6）Rather: 比较

在写作中，常用rather + more / less +形容词或副词来与某事进行比较:

He was rather less interesting and a little older than she had remembered him.

7）Rather like：非常相似

用来指代相似之处，表示“非常类似于”:

They were small animals, rather like rats.

2. Rather than（选择和偏好）: 而不是

1）当比较两种选择或偏好时，用来表达更重视某一个选择或偏好。

常用于并行结构中，可以与两个形容词／副词／名词／动词原形或-ing形式。

He wanted to be an actor rather than a comedian.

2）Rather than通常用在两个被比较的事物之间，也可把它用在句子的开头。

当与动词连用时，要使用动词原形或动词分词形式（-ing）:

Rather than pay the taxi fare, he walked home. （用动词原形最为常见）

3. Would rather：宁愿，宁可

用would rather或' d rather来谈论宁愿选择一件事而不喜欢另一件事。有两个不同的结构：

4. Or rather：更精确地说，倒不如说，或者说

常用来纠正说法:

Thanks to his efforts, or rather the efforts of his employees, they made a decent profit.