以下是rather than主要三种用法: 1.跟情态动词would,should,will等连用构成固定搭配,有时rather than可以分开,意为“宁可”、“与其……倒不如”。例如: 1)He would rather beg in the streets than get money in such dishonest way.他宁愿在街上乞讨,也不愿以这种不正当手段赚钱。 2)I'd rather take the slowest train than go there by air.我宁愿坐最慢的火车也不乘飞机去那里。 2.作准并列连词,相等于and not,只能连接词性相同的词项。例如: 1)He was engaged in writing rather than reading the newspaper.他正忙着写东西,而不是在读报纸。 2)It ought to be you rather than me that sign the letter.是你而不是我应该在这封信上签字。 3)She telephoned rather than wrote.她没有写信而是打了电话。 4)He is to be pitied rather than to be disliked.他应该得到怜悯而不是厌恶。 5)I will do it myself rather than ask him to do it.我会亲自去做这件事而不是叫他做。 3.表示两种说法的正确程度,rather than之后紧跟不够精确的说法,意为“与其说……,不如说……”。例如: 1)He is an artist rather than a philosopher.与其说他是个哲学家,不如说他是个艺术家。 2)He lay rather than sat in his armchair.与其说他是坐在扶手椅上不如说是躺在里面。
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would
rather常省略为““d
rather”,表示优先选择的一种方式,意思是“宁愿;宁可;更;还是为好”,后接动词原形。其否定形式是would
rather
not
do
sth。would
rather没有人称和数的变化,所有的人称一律用would
rather。例如:
I”d
rather
stay
at
home
on
Sunday
星期天我宁愿呆在家里。
I”d
rather
not
go
there
today
今天我宁愿不去那里。
would
rather常用于以下几种句型:
1
肯定式(would
rather
do
sth)
I”d
rather
have
some
rice
我宁愿吃点米饭。
I”d
rather
go
there
on
foot
我宁可步行去那里。
2
否定式would
rather
not
do
sth
I”d
rather
not
see
her
again
我宁可不再见到她。
Mr
Li
would
rather
not
listen
to
rock
music
李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐。
3
疑问式
Would
you
rather
stay
here
or
go
home
你愿意呆在这里,还是回家?
Which
would
you
rather
have,
apples
or
bananas
你喜欢吃苹果还是香蕉?
4
如果在两者中进行取舍,表示“宁愿……而不愿”时,则可用would
rather…than…这一句型。例如:
I
would
rather
have
noodles
than
rice
我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭。
注意:
使用这一句型时要注意“平行结构”,即在than
的前后要用两个同类的词或词组,如两个名词、两个不定式、两个介词短语等。例如:
I
would
rather
go
to
work
by
bike
than
by
bus
我宁愿骑自行车也不愿乘公共汽车去上班。
I
would
rather
talk
with
his
mother
than
with
his
father
我宁愿和他妈说话而不愿和他爸说话。
He
would
rather
die
than
surrender
rather是我们学习英语的时候非常常见的一个词汇,这就要求我们要掌握并且去理解它的用法。接下来我在这里给大家带来rather的用法,我们一起来看看吧!
rather的用法
一、用作副词
1很,颇,在很大程度上
It’s rather difficult 它相当难。
I was rather angry at what he said 我对他说的话相当生气。
This carpet’s getting rather old now 这块地毯现在很旧了。
I’m afraid our team’s doing rather badly 我看我们队的表现不太好。
We were rather tired after our long walk 徒步走了这么远,我们都相当累了。
I feel rather well today 我今天觉得相当好。
The new law has affected rather a lot of people 新法律影响到了相当多的人。
2(用于比较级之前表强调)…得多,还要更
The weather was rather worse than I had expected 天气要比我预料的还坏。
This hotel is rather more expensive than that 这家旅馆的收费比那家贵得多。
3(用于too之前表强调)太:
He talks rather too much 他说得实在太多了。
I’ve been to rather too many parties recently 我最近参加的聚会实在太多了。
二、用于短语
1 or rather 更确切地说
She lives in London, or rather she lives in a suburb of London 她住在伦敦,更确切的说,是在伦敦近郊。
I explained to him how far things had got, or rather had not got 我向他说明形势发展到何种程度,或者更确切地说向他说明形势没有发展到何种程度。
2 rather than 而不是,(不是…)而是:He ran rather than walked 他不是在走而是在跑。
You are doing this for yourself rather than for me 你做这件事不是为我而是为你自己。
It was what he meant rather than what he said 这是他话里的意思,而不是他说的原话。
3 would rather(than)… 宁愿…(而不愿):I’d rather walk than take a bus 我宁愿走路而不愿乘公共汽车。
He would rather have the small one than (have) the large one 他宁愿要小的那个,而不愿要大的。
三、重要用法
1 修饰形容词时,通常与那些意义“消极”的形容词连用:
Frank is clever but rather lazy 弗兰克很聪明但颇为懒惰。
若与意义“积极”的形容词连用,则通常含有“惊人地”的意思:
I did rather well in that test—better than expected 这次考试我考得相当好——比我预料的还好。
2有时可用于修饰动词,尤其是那些表达思想或情感的动词:
I rather like him 我很喜欢他。
She rather enjoys doing nothing 她挺喜欢什么事都不干。
It rather surprised me 那事使我相当惊讶。
I rather think we’re going to lose 我倒是认为我们要输。
We were rather hoping you could stay to supper 我们倒是希望你留下来吃晚饭。
3与不定冠词连用时,通常要置于不定冠词之前:
He is rather a fool 他是个大笨蛋。
但若其后的名词带有形容词修饰语,则也可置于不定冠词之后:
That’s rather a silly question= That’s a rather silly question 那是个相当愚蠢的问题。
4would rather(宁愿)的用法说明:
(1)后接动词原形,其中的 would 不可用should代换,即使是第一人称也是如此(在美国英语中,有时也说had rather,但不常见);用于否定句时,not一般应放在rather之后,但在否定疑问句、反意疑问句以及简略答语中,可以在would之后加 not:
We’d rather not go 我们宁愿不去。
Wouldn’t you rather live here 你不愿住在这儿
(2)谈论过去的情况时,后接完成式动词,意为“本要”:
I’d rather have gone to the theatre last night 昨晚我本来要去看戏的。
We’d rather have told her the news 我们本来是要告诉她这个消息的。
(3)后接从句时,常用虚拟语气(用过去式表示现在或将来,用过去完成时表示过去):
I’d rather you went now (tomorrow) 我宁愿你现在(明天)去。
I’d rather he hadn’t done that 我希望他没有做过那事。
(4)表示“宁愿(做)…而不愿(做)…”时,用would rather…than…(than之后也接动词原形,不过若与rather后的动词相同,通常省去):
He would rather walk than take a bus 他愿走路而不愿坐公共汽车。
She would rather have the small one than the large one 她宁愿要小的那个,而不愿要大的。
(5)当rather用作程度副词时,可用来修饰like, enjoy, hope, appreciate等动词,所以若would rather与这些动词连用,它并不表示“宁愿”,而应把 rather 理解为“相当”:
I’d rather like the film 我相当喜欢这部**。
5 rather than用法说明:
(1)由于既可视为准并列连词也可视为介词,所以连接不定式时,后面一个不定式可带to或不带to(视为准并列连词时),也可用动名词(视为介词时):
I decided to stay at home rather than (to) go [going] to the cinema 我宁愿呆在家里也不愿去看**。
(2)若 rather than 位于句首,其后的不定式通常不带to(也可用动名词):
Rather than waste [wasting] your time doing it yourself, why don’t you call in a builder 你为什么宁愿浪费时间自己去干而不去请一个包工的呢
Rather than use [using] the last of my cash, I decided to write a cheque 我决定开张支票而不把现金用光。
(3)连接两个成分作主语时,其谓语动词的数通常与前面一个主语保持一致:
The teacher rather than the students is to blame 应受责备的是老师而不是学生。
rather的相关解释
adv 稍微,有点;相当,颇;宁愿;相反地
int 当然啦,怎么不;
rather的例句
1 Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone
如此无礼的言语让我火冒三丈,我砰的一下把电话挂了。
2 The process is not a circle but rather a spiral
这个过程不是一个圆周运动而是螺旋上升型的。
3 I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole setup of the university
渐渐地,我对大学的整个体制感到相当失望。
4 She was in rather a bad film about the Mau Mau
她出演了一部关于茅茅运动(20世纪50年代肯尼亚基库尤人反抗英国殖民者的民族主义运动)的烂片。
5 I had a busy day and was rather tired
今天很忙,我累坏了。
6 Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game
比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。
rather和fairly的区别:意思不同、用法不同、侧重点不同
一、意思不同
1rather意思: 相当;宁愿;有点儿
2fairly意思:公正地;相当地
二、用法不同
1rather用法:是程度副词,用来修饰原级或比较级形容词和副词、动词、分词或单数名词,意思是“有些”“相当”“多少地”,常用于负面含意。rather可和too连用,作程度状语,但此时不可以修饰比较级。放在不定冠词前面,名词前有形容词时,也可放在不定冠词后面。
例句:
Poultry is rather cheap now
现在的禽肉相当便宜。
2fairly用法:通常和表示“好”的形容词或副词连用,当与中性形容词或副词连用时表示“赞同,赞赏”。作“完全地,简直”解时多半用来修饰带有夸张色彩的动词或状语,所以此时fairly不能放在句末。
例句:
His general state of health is fairly satisfactory
他总的健康状况相当令人满意。
三、侧重点不同
1rather侧重点:用于否定结构。
2fairly侧重点:用于肯定结构而少用于否定结构。
rather
副词,颇,很。
The
weather
is
rather
cold
天挺冷的。
would
ratherthan
宁愿,均接动词原形或名词,当前后动词相同时,than
后动词可省略。
I
would
rather
the
small
coat
than
the
big
one
我宁愿这件小的外套也不要这件大的。
I
would
rather
stay
at
home
than
go
out
我宁愿待在家也不出去。
I
would
rather
watch
TV
program
than
the
news
我宁愿看电视节目也不看新闻。
rather
than
而不是,接动词
-ing、名词或介词短语。相当于
instead
of。
I
think
we
should
be
off
rather
than
(instead
of)
talking
here
我想我们该走了而不是还在这里说话。
I
want
the
eraser
rather
than
(instead
of)
the
pen
我想要橡皮擦而不是笔。
,有疑问可追问!
1、rather than 与would 连用时,构成“would rather…than…”句式,意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”,表示主观愿望,即在两者之中选择其一。例如:
Shed rather die than lose the children 她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们。
2、rather than 不与would连用时,表示客观事实,意为“是……而不是……;与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。现分述如下:
(1)连接两个名词或代词
He is an explorer rather than a sailor 与其说他是一个海员,不如说他是一个探险者。
You rather than I are going to go camping 是你而不是我要去要野营。
注意:rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时,谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。
(2)连接两个形容词
The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。
(3)连接两个介词(短语)或动名词
We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall 我们是在教室里开会,不是在大厅里。
She enjoys singing rather than dancing 她喜欢唱歌,而不喜欢跳舞。
(4)连接两个分句
We should help him rather than he should help us 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。
(5)连接两个不定式
I decided to write rather than (to) telephone 我决定写信而不打电话。
注意:rather than 后接不定式时,不定式可以带to,也可以不带to,如上句。但rather than位于句首时,则只能接不带to的不定式。如:Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad,he sold them at half price 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉,把它们以半价卖掉了。
(6)连接两个动词
He ran rather than walked 他是跑来的,而不是走来的。
注意:这里rather than后用了walked,而没有用walk,表示客观事实,而不是主观愿望。如果换成walk,则作“宁愿……而不愿 ……”解。
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