rather

英[ˈrɑːðə(r) , ˌrɑːˈðɜː(r)]美[ˈræðər]

adv.相当，有点儿，更确切地说，反而；

int. 当然！的确！；

英语六级真题

Within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, anything goes mode of child-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century.

When we ask teens to choose a hero, they usually select an older family member rather than a remote public figure.

Virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system—doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness—is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

The one in the House bill would have to negotiate rates with providers, rather than using Medicare rates, as many reformers wanted.

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.

Rather critical.

One main factor that has driven up medical expenses is that doctors are compensated for the amount of care rather than its effect.

One boy said, I'd rather be concentrating on artistic efforts than saving the world or something.

My own research at the Stanford Center on Adolescence uses in-depth interviews with small samples of youngsters rather than large-scale surveys.

The problem isn't the technology itself, but that the technology is being used to create more flexibility for the employer rather than the employee.

Rather than just dazzling with a high cool factor, there is a focus on the practical.

In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

Even utility companies, which have long viewed batteries and alternative forms of energy as a threat, are learning to embrace the technologies as enabling rather than disrupting.

Rather than merely asking about something they wanted to try, they tended to include both cause and effect in their question.

But the Food and Drug Administration has not approved Avastin for use in the eye, and using it rather than the alternative, Lucentis, might carry an additional, although slight, safety risk.

Indeed many organizations also useinstitutional or prestige advertising which is designed to build uptheir reputation rather than to sell particular products.

Instead of having a literal meaning, it docs something - conveying an attitude — just like the -ed ending conveys past tense rather than "meaning.

Rather than pay up or work out a settlement, Bowman decided to appeal—all the way to the Supreme Court.

Social learning theories contribute to our understanding of why we behave as we do, but much of the emphasis is on early socialization rather than on what occurs throughout life.

Democrats and Republicans can and will take sides on a number of issues, but a more crucial concern is that both are basing major policy decisions on guesstimates rather than looking at the vast wealth of raw data with a critical eye and an open mind

The result is a sort of high-quality, unusually rigorous coffee-table book, designed to be dipped into rather than read from beginning to end.

It focuses on theory rather than on practical skills.

It stresses competition rather than cooperation

It's rather remarkable for the fact that although it's extremely big, it's supported by just six rather slim legs.

I myself find them rather uncomfortable to sit in for very long, but people were used to more discomfort in the past.

Well, that's a good question, because the basic idea of chaos theory is that there aren't any "models" as such— there aren't guaranteed forms, but rather patterns of change in development

Rather than relying on how others classify you, consider how you identify yourself

I'd rather not make it something formal and structured.

When you reach your top height, do light activities rather than sleep too much

It seems people would rather give up something else than the big trip," he says.

It seems to me that creative writing is a process of revelation, really, rather than of creativity in the ordinary sense.

"By taking upon the role of adviser rather than decision maker, one does not suffer the consequences of decision fatigue," he says.

"Presumably it's because it's simple and easy to write a prescription and consider a patient case closed rather than investigate further," Polman says.

"Whole foods are always the best option rather than adding supplements," he says, noting the FDA does not regulate supplements as rigorously as foods or drugs.

Data reveals that economic inequality rather than family income might affect people's well-being.

For instance, years with a larger increase in online usage were followed by years with lower well-being, rather than the other way around.

Hacker's argument has met with opposition from other math educators who say what's needed is to help students develop a better relationship with math earlier, rather than teaching them less math altogether.

Harris says that American education is suffering from an epidemic of "fake math"—an emphasis on the rote memorization of formulas and steps, rather than an understanding of how math can influence the ways we see the world.

I explained to my student that I actually thought he was rather more confused than I was, and I argued back.

In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

Initially, rather than appointing a general contractor to run the project, the corporation decided to manage it themselves.

Is there anything you consider a burden rather than a privilege?

Last year, MATTEL also gave Barbie a flat foot rather than forcing her to be in heels all the time like the original Barbie is.

Londa Schiebinger, a professor of the history of science at Stanford University, called this passage rather astonishing.

Look, I'm terribly sorry to drop in this time on Friday, Paul, but it is rather important.

Provided you have not cheated by consulting an atlas, you will notice something rather surprising— the two lists will contain roughly the same number of states, but they will not be identical.

Rather than adding other metals, they developed a complex mechanical process involving repeated heating and very severe mechanical deformation, known as temp-forming.

Rather than just dazzling with a high cool factor, there is a focus on the practical.

Respondents' minds tended to wander more when they felt upset rather than happy.

Seek out your teammates purposefully rather than jumping on every new group project opportunity.

since the middle of the 20th century, though, things have turned the opposite way—these days, punishing hours at your desk, rather than days off, are seen as the mark of someone important.

So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals.

So they are likely to remain rich peopled playthings rather than practical transport solutions for the masses.

So we must aim to complement the rationality of the machine, rather than to compete with it.

Still, most people would probably rather feel a positive emotion than a negative one.

The millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable

The problem isn't the technology itself, but that the technology is being used to create more flexibility for the employer rather than the employee.

There are more than plenty in our city, and we felt they are all rather similar to each other.

This sounds like so much hot air, but the near $13 billion fortune this entrepreneur has amassed comes from practical achievements rather than hypothetical ones.

virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system— doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness — is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

When Tm doing something I'd rather not do, or when I'm someplace I'd rather not be, I use my phone to port myself elsewhere.

within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, "anything goes" mode of child-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century.

You weren't born with attitudes; rather they are all learned, and this happens in a number of ways.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

PREP-PHRASE

而非；胜于；而不是

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.

例句

ADV

而是；更确切地说；还不如说；相反

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.

例句

PHR-MODAL

宁愿/不愿；宁可/宁可不

If you say that you would rather do something or you'd rather do it, you mean that you would prefer to do it. If you say that you would rather not do something, you mean that you do not want to do it.

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ADV

有些;颇为;相当

You use rather to indicate that something is true to a fairly great extent, especially when you are talking about something unpleasant or undesirable.

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ADV

（放在动词前）更…，宁愿…

You use rather before verbs that introduce your thoughts and feelings, in order to express your opinion politely, especially when a different opinion has been expressed.

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CONVENTION

（表示同意或接受）当然，的确

People sometimes say rather to express agreement or acceptance.

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英汉词典释义

adv.

在一定程度上; 颇，相当

或多或少; 有几分; 相当

（与动词连用以减弱语气）有点儿，稍微

（纠正所说的话或提供更确切的信息）更确切地讲，更准确地说

（提出不同或相反的观点）相反，反而，而是

英英词典释义

Adverb

1. on the contrary;

2. to some (great or small) extent;

3. more readily or willingly;

4. to a degree (not used with a negative);