- 词义辨析
rather, fairly
这两个词共同的意思是“相当”。它们的区别在于:
1.fairly主要用来修饰含有“好”的意思的形容词或副词,如good, well, attractive等; 而rather主要用来修饰含有“不好”的意思的形容词或副词,如bad, foolish, ugly等。例如:
The red shirt fits you fairly well.这件红色衬衣挺适合你穿。
2.如果被修饰的形容词或副词是中性的,如fair, cold, hot等,用fairly表示“赞同,赞赏”; 而用rather则表示“反对,不喜欢”。试比较:
今天天气相当冷。
It is fairly cold today.(表示满意)
It is rather cold today.(表示不满意)
3.不定冠词可以放在rather之前或之后,但只能放在fairly之前。例如:
He is rather a stupid man.他是个相当蠢的人。
It is a rather good film.这是部很好的电影。
She is a fairly clever girl.她是个很聪明的女孩。
4.rather可以用在alike, like, similar, different等词和形容词比较级前,意思是“有点”; 而fairly不能这样用。例如:
The two brothers are rather alike.这两兄弟长得有点像。
5.当rather用来修饰含有“好”的意思的形容词或副词时,意思接近very,在语气上比fairly强。
6.rather可以放在like, enjoy, love, respect等动词前,表示一种出乎意料的喜欢,或用来加强语气; 而fairly不能这样用。例如:
He rather liked walking in the rain.他竟喜欢走在雨中。
rather than, better than
rather than强调通过选择而喜欢某物或情愿采取某行动; better than强调比较,不强调主观愿望或选择。
- 速记技巧
词源词根法
来自rathe,早的,急切的,-er,比较级后缀。即更早的,更快的,引申副词词义相当,颇,相较。
- 知识拓展
重要短语
rather than而不是;宁可…也不愿
would rather宁愿,宁可
or rather更精确地说,倒不如说
rather too adv.稍微...一点
- 双语例句 更多例句
'Well, he did have a sort of family connection with it, didn't he.' — 'Oh yes. Rather.'
“那么,他的确和它有些家族渊源,是不是?”——“噢,是的,的确如此。”
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But there must be no talk of final victory; rather, the long, hard slog to a solution...
但是这还谈不上是最后的胜利;而是长期、艰难地寻找解决方法的过程。
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2,000万年前,爱达荷州并不像现在这样干旱。相反,那时的爱达荷州温暖潮湿,有大片的原始森林。
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It had made some rather bad mistakes which I thought should be corrected...
它犯了一些相当严重的错误,我觉得应该加以纠正。
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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没什么两样,但其草茎是实芯的而不是空芯的。
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The patient has responded to the treatment rather better than expected.
病人对治疗的反应比预想的好得多。
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- 相关词组
- be rather casual随随便便;
- die rather than submit宁死不屈;
- forbode disasters rather than blessings凶多吉少;
- had rather宁愿,宁可;
- a desirable ideal rather than an achievable reality理想而不是可实现的现实
- or rather<正>更确实地,更确切地说;
- the rather thatadv.何况;
- would rather to慭;
- rather than而不是;而不
- rather tooadv.稍微…一点;
- fancy rather相当喜欢
- would rather ... than宁愿比;宁愿…而不愿
- would rather do宁愿,宁可;
- rule by might rather than right以权谋私
- rather die than surrender宁死不屈;
- but rather<正>相反地;
- bode ill rather than well多凶少吉;凶多吉少;
- be rather baffling莫名其妙;
- would rather宁愿, 宁可;
- would rather than宁愿,与其…不如…;
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