rather的用法
rather的用法
rather有相當;寧愿;有點兒等意思,那么你知道rather的用法嗎?下面跟著學習啦小編一起來學習一下,希望對大家的學習有所幫助!
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”,常用于負面含意。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后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,又如為了謙虛,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,也可放在不定冠詞后面。
rather的用法4:rather than和more...than的比較:前者表示“與其……倒不如……”,后者表示“更……比起……”,注意詞組more...than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.
她出演了一部關于茅茅運動(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(zhàn)而不是進攻戰(zhàn)。
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(fā)現她行為非??梢伞?/p>
11. I found her a rather austere, distant, somewhat cold person.
我發(fā)現她相當嚴厲,拒人于千里之外,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.
只要干凈利落地做一個選擇,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,我感到欲火難耐。