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🇬🇧/ˈrɑːðə(r)/ 🇺🇸/ˈræðər/📚 2474 172 5四级六级考研中考高考You use rather than when you are contrasting two things or situations. Rather than introduces the thing or situation that is not true or that you do not want. 而不是
adverb [方式副词]颇，相当；宁愿，最好（would rather）；而不是；更确切地说；（用以使表达的语气婉转）有几分，有点儿；恰恰相反，而是
You use rather when you are correcting something that you have just said, especially when you are describing a particular situation after saying what it is not.
(尤指修正上文时) 更确切地说
interjection [请求]<英，旧>当然，的确（表同意）
Sometimes the results may be rather startling.
有时结果可能相当惊人。
单词造句:
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- I rather think he was telling the truth. 我或多或少地相信他在说真话。
- The instructions were rather complicated. 这些说明相当复杂。
- The problem was psychological rather than physiological. 这是个心理而不是生理问题。
- She made students think for themselves, rather than telling them what to think. 她让学生们自己思考，而不是告诉他们思考什么。
- Twenty million years ago, Idaho was not the arid place it is now. Rather, it was warm and damp, populated by dense primordial forest. 2000万年前，爱达荷州不像现在这样干旱。确切地说，它那时温暖潮湿，生长着茂密的原始森林。
- If it's all the same to you, I'd rather work at home. 如果对你来说都一样，我宁愿在家工作。
- Kids would rather play than study. 孩子们宁愿玩而不愿学习。
- I grew up in rather unusual circumstances. 我在相当不寻常的环境中长大。