rather
美[ˈræðər] int.当然啦，怎么不
网络相当；宁可；不如说；宁愿
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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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5 . I had a busy day and was rather tired.
今天很忙，我累坏了。
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1.on the contrary;
rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left
2.to some (great or small) extent;
it was rather cold
3.more readily or willingly;
clean it well, preferably with warm water
4.to a degree (not used with a negative);
quite tasty