rather的用法

1.would rather表示"宁愿" 　would rather do　would rather not do　would rather… than…　 宁愿……而不愿。例:----Shall we go skating or stay at home?----Which ___ do?　　　　　 A. do you rather　　B. would you rather　 C. will you rather　 D. should you rather答案B。本题考查would rather的用法，would rather +do sth 意为"宁愿"，本题为疑问句，would 提前，所以选B。2.would rather 后接虚拟语气的用法在would rather后面所跟的从句中，也可用虚拟语气，表示愿望，意为“宁愿”、“但愿”。其形式为：1 ) " would rather +主语+动词过去式"表示现在或将来的情况。例:I would rather you went next Sunday．我愿你下星期天去。 2 ) " would rather +主语+动词过去完成式"表示过去的情况。例：I"d rather you had not given up the job then. 要是你当时不放弃那个工作就好了。3.还有would sooner, had rather, had sooner都表示"宁愿"、"宁可"的意思。　If I have a choice, I had sooner not continue my studies at this school.　I would rather stay here than go home. = I would stay here rather than go home.

1.would rather表示"宁愿" 　would rather do　would rather not do　would rather… than…　 宁愿……而不愿。例:----Shall we go skating or stay at home?----Which ___ do?　　　　　 A. do you rather　　B. would you rather　 C. will you rather　 D. should you rather答案B。本题考查would rather的用法，would rather +do sth 意为"宁愿"，本题为疑问句，would 提前，所以选B。2.would rather 后接虚拟语气的用法在would rather后面所跟的从句中，也可用虚拟语气，表示愿望，意为“宁愿”、“但愿”。其形式为：1 ) " would rather +主语+动词过去式"表示现在或将来的情况。例:I would rather you went next Sunday．我愿你下星期天去。 2 ) " would rather +主语+动词过去完成式"表示过去的情况。例：I"d rather you had not given up the job then. 要是你当时不放弃那个工作就好了。3.还有would sooner, had rather, had sooner都表示"宁愿"、"宁可"的意思。　If I have a choice, I had sooner not continue my studies at this school.　I would rather stay here than go home. = I would stay here rather than go home.

　　下面是我整理的一些关于would rather的用法， 希望呢个更好地认识would rather这个词组，提高英语水平。 　　一、would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”，后接动词原形,常省略为u2019d rather，表示优先选择的一种方式。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。 “would rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式，美国英语中多用had rather。would (had)在此决无“过去”之意，它是一个情态助动词，且无词性、时态变化。 　　【例句】 　　Mr Li would rather not listen to rock music. 李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐。 　　If youu2019d rather be alone, weu2019ll all leave here. 如果你宁愿独自呆着，那我们都离开这儿。 　　Heu2019d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作。 　　You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening. 今晚你最好呆在家中读点书。 　　二、如果在两者中进行取舍，表示“宁愿u2026u2026而不愿u2026u2026，与其u2026u2026宁可u2026u2026”的意思时，则可用would ratheru2026thanu2026或wouldu2026rather thanu2026的句型。 　　【例句】 　　I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. 我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。 　　The children would walk there rather than take a bus. 孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不愿乘公共汽车。 　　请注意 ： 　　1) would ratheru2026thanu2026/wouldu2026rather thanu2026也可以颠倒为：rather thanu2026wouldu2026。Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式，若选用的动词相同，那么than 后的动词可以省略。 例 I would rather have noodles than rice. 我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭。 He would rather drink wine than beer. 他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒。 Rather than work in such bad condition, he would give up. 与其在这样差的条件下工作，他宁愿放弃。 　　2)使用would ratheru2026thanu2026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 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。 　　三、在疑问句式中，would rather 与would ratheru2026thanu2026中的would要放在主语之前。 　　【例句】 　　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? 　　Would you rather read a novel than read a poem?你宁愿看小说而不愿朗读诗歌吗? 　　四、would rather+从句，是一个常用的虚拟语气句型 Would rather+从句,谓语一般用过去时来表示现在或将来。其意为“宁愿u2026u2026,还是u2026u2026 好些”“一个人宁愿另一个人做某事”。引导从句的that常省略。在谈到过去的动作时，谓语则用过去完成时。 　　【例句】 　　John wants to see me today. I would rather he came to tomorrow than today. 约翰今天想去看我。我宁愿他明天来看我而不是今天。(句中came不是表示过去而是表示将来) 　　Weu2019d rather he paid us the money tomorrow. 我们宁愿他明天付给我们那笔钱。 　　Donu2019t come tomorrow. Iu2019d rather you came next weekend. 明天别来。我希望你下周末来。 　　请注意： 　　1) 如果谈到过去的动作，也就是表示过去已经发生的事情在选择上不恰当。此时，主句一般为I had rather ,其(that)从句则用过去完成时。 　　【例句】 　　Would rather you had not done that. 我真希望你没有做那件事。 　　2)如果只涉及主语本人而不涉及另一个人，则would rather之后不接that从句而接have done结构。 　　【例句】 　　I would rather have gone to the theatre than stayed home night. 我真希望昨天晚上去看了戏而不是呆在家里。 　　He would rather be poor than have got money by dishonest methods. 他宁可穷也不愿意用不诚实的手段获取金钱。 　　Henry would rather that his girlfriend worked in the same department as he does.亨利希望他的女朋友和他在一个部门工作。 　　五、would rather/sooner和prefer/would prefer的区别 would rather和would sooner之间一般没有区别，但经常接触到的是would rather。 　　【例句】 　　Tom would rather/sooner read than talk. 汤姆宁可读书而不愿谈天。 　　Tom prefers reading to talking.汤姆喜欢读书而不喜欢谈天。 　　请注意： 　　1)would rather后跟不带to的不定式+than+不带 to的不定式，而prefer后跟动名词+to+动名词。有时prefer后面也可跟名词，而在would rather之后要求只带动词原形。 　　【例句】 　　He prefers wine to beer.= He would rather drink wine than beer. 他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒。 　　I prefer tennis to golf.= Iu2019d rather play tennis than golf. 我喜欢打 网球 而不喜欢打 高尔夫球 。 　　2)某些 prefer+名词的情况不能用 would rather完全确切地表达出来： 　　【例句】 　　He prefers dogs to cats.(他喜欢狗而不喜欢猫。)和 He would rather have dogs than cats.(他宁可养狗而不愿养猫。)很明显，这两句的意思并不完全相同。 　　3) would rather+不带to的不定式有时可代替 would prefer+带 to的不定式。 　　【例句】 　　Iu2019d rather fly than go by sea.=Iu2019d prefer to fly. 我宁愿乘飞机也不愿乘船。 这两个结构后面带名词时情况也一样： 　　—Would you like some gin? 　　—Iu2019d prefer a coffee.=Iu2019d rather have coffee than gin. 　　—您想喝点杜松子酒吗? 　　—我想喝点咖啡。/我想喝点咖啡，不想喝杜松子酒。 　　4)would rather/sooner和would prefer后面都可跟完成式，但后者带to。 　　【例句】 　　We went by sea but Iu2019d rather have gone by air=Iu2019d prefer to have gone by air. 我们是乘船去的，可我本想乘飞机去。(我愿意乘飞机去，可我的愿望未能实现。)这和 would like+不定式的完成式有点相似，would like+带to 的不定式的完成式也表示未能实现的愿望。

1.would rather表示"宁愿" 　would rather do　would rather not do　would rather… than…　 宁愿……而不愿。例:----Shall we go skating or stay at home?----Which ___ do?　　　　　 A. do you rather　　B. would you rather　 C. will you rather　 D. should you rather答案B。本题考查would rather的用法，would rather +do sth 意为"宁愿"，本题为疑问句，would 提前，所以选B。2.would rather 后接虚拟语气的用法在would rather后面所跟的从句中，也可用虚拟语气，表示愿望，意为“宁愿”、“但愿”。其形式为：1 ) " would rather +主语+动词过去式"表示现在或将来的情况。例:I would rather you went next Sunday．我愿你下星期天去。 2 ) " would rather +主语+动词过去完成式"表示过去的情况。例：I"d rather you had not given up the job then. 要是你当时不放弃那个工作就好了。3.还有would sooner, had rather, had sooner都表示"宁愿"、"宁可"的意思。　If I have a choice, I had sooner not continue my studies at this school.　I would rather stay here than go home. = I would stay here rather than go home.

would rather主要用来表示“宁愿；宁可”，它有两种用法：不带从句和带从句。（一）当不带从句时1、此时，would rather直接后接动词原形，如：正确：We"d rather go on Monday.错误：We"d rather to go … or We"d rather going …2、其否定形式为直接在would rather后接not，如：I"d rather not fly. I hate planes.3、当我们要表达过去发生的事情时，我们会采用would rather have done的用法，此时的用法其实是虚拟语气，往往表达与事实相反或不符的情况。如：She would rather have spent the money on a holiday. (钱没有花在度假上)（二）当后接从句时当后接不同主语的从句时，从句中的谓语动词要采用虚拟语气的用法。如果是对现在或将来情况的描述，从句的谓语动词采用一般过去时的形式；如果是对过去情况的描述，从句的谓语动词采用过去完成时的形式。如：现在或将来：I would rather they did something about it instead of just talking about it.现在或将来：Would you rather I wasn"t honest with you?过去：I"d rather you hadn"t rung me at work.（三）would much rather当我们要强调时，会采用would much rather的用法。在口语中，我们会重读much以示强调。如：I"d much rather make a phone call than send an email.She"d much rather they didn"t know about what had happened.

would rather主要用来表示“宁愿；宁可”，它有两种用法：不带从句和带从句。（一）当不带从句时1、此时，would rather直接后接动词原形，如：正确：We"d rather go on Monday.错误：We"d rather to go … or We"d rather going …2、其否定形式为直接在would rather后接not，如：I"d rather not fly. I hate planes.3、当我们要表达过去发生的事情时，我们会采用would rather have done的用法，此时的用法其实是虚拟语气，往往表达与事实相反或不符的情况。如：She would rather have spent the money on a holiday. (钱没有花在度假上)（二）当后接从句时当后接不同主语的从句时，从句中的谓语动词要采用虚拟语气的用法。如果是对现在或将来情况的描述，从句的谓语动词采用一般过去时的形式；如果是对过去情况的描述，从句的谓语动词采用过去完成时的形式。如：现在或将来：I would rather they did something about it instead of just talking about it.现在或将来：Would you rather I wasn"t honest with you?过去：I"d rather you hadn"t rung me at work.（三）would much rather当我们要强调时，会采用would much rather的用法。在口语中，我们会重读much以示强调。如：I"d much rather make a phone call than send an email.She"d much rather they didn"t know about what had happened.

would rather主要用来表示“宁愿；宁可”，它有两种用法：不带从句和带从句。（一）当不带从句时1、此时，would rather直接后接动词原形，如：正确：We"d rather go on Monday.错误：We"d rather to go … or We"d rather going …2、其否定形式为直接在would rather后接not，如：I"d rather not fly. I hate planes.3、当我们要表达过去发生的事情时，我们会采用would rather have done的用法，此时的用法其实是虚拟语气，往往表达与事实相反或不符的情况。如：She would rather have spent the money on a holiday. (钱没有花在度假上)（二）当后接从句时当后接不同主语的从句时，从句中的谓语动词要采用虚拟语气的用法。如果是对现在或将来情况的描述，从句的谓语动词采用一般过去时的形式；如果是对过去情况的描述，从句的谓语动词采用过去完成时的形式。如：现在或将来：I would rather they did something about it instead of just talking about it.现在或将来：Would you rather I wasn"t honest with you?过去：I"d rather you hadn"t rung me at work.（三）would much rather当我们要强调时，会采用would much rather的用法。在口语中，我们会重读much以示强调。如：I"d much rather make a phone call than send an email.She"d much rather they didn"t know about what had happened.

I would prefer to stay at home rather than go out.= I would rather stay at home than go out.

would rather的用法：一、would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”，后接动词原形,常省略为"d rather，表示优先选择的一种方式 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。 “would rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式，美国英语中多用had rather。would (had)在此决无“过去”之意，它是一个情态助动词，且无词性、时态变化。 例 Mr Li would rather not listen to rock music. 李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐。 If you"d rather be alone, we"ll all leave here. 如果你宁愿独自呆着，那我们都离开这儿。 He"d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作。 You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening. 今晚你最好呆在家中读点书。 二、如果在两者中进行取舍，表示“宁愿……而不愿……，与其……宁可……”的意思时，则可用would rather…than…或would…rather than…的句型 例 I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. 我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。 The children would walk there rather than take a bus. 孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不愿乘公共汽车。 请注意 1） would rather…than…/would…rather than…也可以颠倒为：rather than…would…。Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式，若选用的动词相同，那么than 后的动词可以省略。 例 I would rather have noodles than rice. 我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭。 He would rather drink wine than beer． 他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒。 Rather than work in such bad condition, he would give up. 与其在这样差的条件下工作，他宁愿放弃。 2)使用would rather…than…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 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。 三、在疑问句式中，would rather 与would rather…than…中的would要放在主语之前 例 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？ Would you rather read a novel than read a poem?你宁愿看小说而不愿朗读诗歌吗？ 四、would rather+从句，是一个常用的虚拟语气句型 Would rather+从句,谓语一般用过去时来表示现在或将来。其意为“宁愿……,还是…… 好些”“一个人宁愿另一个人做某事”。引导从句的that常省略。在谈到过去的动作时，谓语则用过去完成时。 例 John wants to see me today. I would rather he came to tomorrow than today. 约翰今天想去看我。我宁愿他明天来看我而不是今天。(句中came不是表示过去而是表示将来) We"d rather he paid us the money tomorrow. 我们宁愿他明天付给我们那笔钱。 Don"t come tomorrow. I"d rather you came next weekend. 明天别来。我希望你下周末来。 请注意 1） 如果谈到过去的动作，也就是表示过去已经发生的事情在选择上不恰当。此时，主句一般为I had rather ,其（that）从句则用过去完成时。 例 Would rather you had not done that. 我真希望你没有做那件事。 2）如果只涉及主语本人而不涉及另一个人，则would rather之后不接that从句而接have done结构。 例 I would rather have gone to the theatre than stayed home night. 我真希望昨天晚上去看了戏而不是呆在家里。 He would rather be poor than have got money by dishonest methods． 他宁可穷也不愿意用不诚实的手段获取金钱。 Henry would rather that his girlfriend worked in the same department as he does．亨利希望他的女朋友和他在一个部门工作。 五、would rather/sooner和prefer/would prefer的区别 would rather和would sooner之间一般没有区别，但经常接触到的是would rather。 例Tom would rather/sooner read than talk． 汤姆宁可读书而不愿谈天。 Tom prefers reading to talking．汤姆喜欢读书而不喜欢谈天。 请注意 1）would rather后跟不带to的不定式+than+不带 to的不定式，而prefer后跟动名词+to+动名词。有时prefer后面也可跟名词，而在would rather之后要求只带动词原形。 例 He prefers wine to beer．= He would rather drink wine than beer． 他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒。 I prefer tennis to golf．= I"d rather play tennis than golf． 我喜欢打网球而不喜欢打高尔夫球。 2）某些 prefer+名词的情况不能用 would rather完全确切地表达出来：He prefers dogs to cats．（他喜欢狗而不喜欢猫。）和 He would rather have dogs than cats．（他宁可养狗而不愿养猫。）很明显，这两句的意思并不完全相同。 3） would rather+不带to的不定式有时可代替 would prefer+带 to的不定式。 例 I"d rather fly than go by sea．=I"d prefer to fly． 我宁愿乘飞机也不愿乘船。 这两个结构后面带名词时情况也一样： 例—Would you like some gin？ —I"d prefer a coffee．=I"d rather have coffee than gin． —您想喝点杜松子酒吗？ —我想喝点咖啡。/我想喝点咖啡，不想喝杜松子酒。 4）would rather/sooner和would prefer后面都可跟完成式，但后者带to。 例 We went by sea but I"d rather have gone by air=I"d prefer to have gone by air． 我们是乘船去的，可我本想乘飞机去。（我愿意乘飞机去，可我的愿望未能实现。）这和 would like+不定式的完成式有点相似，would like+带to 的不定式的完成式也表示未能实现的愿望。

woud rather do后面加动词原形，宁愿做.....

此句中rather用作程度副词,意为"稍微;有点;颇;相当" (那更痛了）rather可以修饰形容词、副词的原级、比较级等;可以与介词短语连用.如: She was rather hurt by his unkind words. 下面一些是网上COPY的，你想看就看~了解用的~一、 用作副词,意为"宁可,宁愿" 1. rather than意为"而不是;与其……不如", 后接名词、代词、形容词、动词原形等.如: These shoes are comfortable rather than pretty. Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad， he sold them at half price. It is he rather than I who is to blame. 2. would rather do...than do...=would do...rather than do...宁愿做……而不愿做…….如: I would go there by bus rather than take the train. 3. prefer to do...rather than do... 宁愿做……而不愿做…….如: We prefer to receive money rather than the usual gifts. 二、 用作感叹词,意为"当然" - Would you like a swim？ - Rather. 三、 习惯用语及搭配 1. or rather更确切， 更恰当； 更接近.如: He went home very late last night， or rather， in the early hours this morning. 2. would rather意为"宁愿", 后接动词原形,其否定形式是would rather not do.如: Which would you rather have， tea or coffee？ American young people would rather get advice from strangers. 3. I would rather that...这是虚拟语气形式,若从句表示与现在或将来的情况相反,用一般过去时;与过去的事实相反,用过去完成时.如: I would rather you came tomorrow. I"d rather you hadn"t told her the news yesterday. 高考真题回放: 1. - Shall we go skating or stay at home？ .- Which _____ do yourself？ （MET"92） A. do you rather B. would you rather C. will you rather D. should you rather 2. Rather than ______ on a crowded bus， he always prefers a bicycle. （NMET"94） A. ride； ride B. riding； ride C. ride； to ride D. to ride； riding 简析: 1. B 考查would rather do sth. 这一句型的用法. 2. C 这是prefer to do...rather than do...这一常用句型的变式,用法一致

would rather主要用来表示“宁愿；宁可”，它有两种用法：不带从句和带从句。（一）当不带从句时1、此时，would rather直接后接动词原形，如：正确：We"d rather go on Monday.错误：We"d rather to go … or We"d rather going …2、其否定形式为直接在would rather后接not，如：I"d rather not fly. I hate planes.3、当我们要表达过去发生的事情时，我们会采用would rather have done的用法，此时的用法其实是虚拟语气，往往表达与事实相反或不符的情况。如：She would rather have spent the money on a holiday. (钱没有花在度假上)（二）当后接从句时当后接不同主语的从句时，从句中的谓语动词要采用虚拟语气的用法。如果是对现在或将来情况的描述，从句的谓语动词采用一般过去时的形式；如果是对过去情况的描述，从句的谓语动词采用过去完成时的形式。如：现在或将来：I would rather they did something about it instead of just talking about it.现在或将来：Would you rather I wasn"t honest with you?过去：I"d rather you hadn"t rung me at work.（三）would much rather当我们要强调时，会采用would much rather的用法。在口语中，我们会重读much以示强调。如：I"d much rather make a phone call than send an email.She"d much rather they didn"t know about what had happened.

would rather主要用来表示“宁愿；宁可”，它有两种用法：不带从句和带从句。（一）当不带从句时1、此时，would rather直接后接动词原形，如：正确：We"d rather go on Monday.错误：We"d rather to go … or We"d rather going …2、其否定形式为直接在would rather后接not，如：I"d rather not fly. I hate planes.3、当我们要表达过去发生的事情时，我们会采用would rather have done的用法，此时的用法其实是虚拟语气，往往表达与事实相反或不符的情况。如：She would rather have spent the money on a holiday. (钱没有花在度假上)（二）当后接从句时当后接不同主语的从句时，从句中的谓语动词要采用虚拟语气的用法。如果是对现在或将来情况的描述，从句的谓语动词采用一般过去时的形式；如果是对过去情况的描述，从句的谓语动词采用过去完成时的形式。如：现在或将来：I would rather they did something about it instead of just talking about it.现在或将来：Would you rather I wasn"t honest with you?过去：I"d rather you hadn"t rung me at work.（三）would much rather当我们要强调时，会采用would much rather的用法。在口语中，我们会重读much以示强调。如：I"d much rather make a phone call than send an email.She"d much rather they didn"t know about what had happened.

would rather的用法：would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”,后接动词原形,常省略为"d rather,表示优先选择的一种方式，其否定形式是would rather not do sth.would rather没有人称和数的变化。 用法 1.在两者中取舍,表“宁愿……而不愿……/与其……宁可……”时，则可用would rather…than…或would…rather than…句型。 2.也可以颠倒为：rather than…would… 3.Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式，若选同一动词,那么than后的动词可以省略。 4.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n、两个不定式、两个介短等。 5.在疑问句式中，短语中的would要放在主语之前。 would rather+从句，常用的虚拟语气句型,谓语一般用过去时来表示现在或将来。 其意为“宁愿……,还是……好些”“一个人宁愿另一个人做某事”。u2028 引导从句的that常省略。在谈到过去的动作时，谓语则用过去完成时。此时，主句一般为I had rather,其（that）从句则用过去完成时。

prefer to do sth rather than do sth

2.rather放在不定冠词a（n）前后均可.如: Miss Smart has got a rather（=rather a） good voice. rather- 相当

prefer用法详解归纳 1.prefer+名词 　　——Would you like meat or fish? 　　——I"d prefer meat,please. 　　2.prefer+动名词 　　Do you prefer cooling for yourself or eating in a restaurant?自己做饭还是喜欢下馆子? 　　—Do you like swimming?你喜欢游泳吗? 　　—Yes, but I prefer sailing.喜欢,但我更喜欢驾驶帆船. 　　3.prefer+不定式 　　Do you prefer to cook for yourself, or to eat in a restaurant? 　　I prefer to spend the weekend at home.我喜欢在家里度周末. 　　I would prefer to stay at home tonight. 　　She prefers to be alone. 　　4.Prefer sb. to do sth. 　　Their father prefers them to be home early.他们的父亲宁愿他们早点回家. 　　I thought you would prefer me not to knock. 　　5.prefer A to B 　　在本句型中,A与B是平行结构,可以是名词,也可以都是动名词.例如： 　　I prefer dogs to cats.在狗与猫之间我更喜欢狗. 　　Most people prefer trains to buses. 　　大多数人愿意坐火车而不愿坐汽车. 　　I prefer writing a term paper to taking an examination. 　　我宁愿写一篇学期论文也不愿参加考试. 　　I prefer staying at home to going out. 　　我觉得在家里比出去好. 　　Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop-music to doing it in a quiet room.成千上万的孩子如今一边听流行音乐一边做作业,也不愿在安安静静的房间里做. 　　She has always preferred marking her own clothes rather than buying them in the shops.她向来喜欢自己做衣服,而不到商店里去买衣服. 　　6.Prefer+不定式+rather than+不定式 　　1)本句型中,第一个不定式前面要加to,第二个不定式前面以不加to居多.例如： He prefer to die rather than become traitor.他宁死也不做叛徒. 　　Older people often fear change. They know what they can do best. They prefer to repeat their successes rather than risk failure.年纪大的人常常怕变化.他们知道什么最拿手,宁愿把自己成功的经验再如法炮制也不愿冒失败的危险. 　　She preferred to sew rather than to knit.她喜欢缝纫而不喜欢编织. 　　2)rather than也可以置于句首： 　　Rather than buy a car of his own, he prefers to rent one. 　　3)than后也可用动名词： 　　I prefer to stay at home rather than go/going to see a film.我觉得与其去看电影倒不如待在家里. 　　I would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than drive/driving all the way to your mother"s.我觉得与其开车跑那么远的路到你母亲那里度周末,倒不如在家里过更好些. 　　4)prefer…rather than中的rather也可以移到第一个不定式之前(prefer rather…than),这种用法多见于书面语.例如：He preferred rather to take the whole blame himself than to allow it to fall on the innocent. 他宁可自己承担全部责任而不愿让无辜的人受到连累. 　　5)prefer to do A rather than do B意义相同,试比较：Joe prefers skating to skiing. 　　Joe prefer to skate rather than ski. 　　Bill preferred playing soccer to swimming. 　　Bill preferred to play soccer rather than swim. 　　He preferred rating a car to having one of his own. 　　He prefers to rent a car rather than to have one of his own.他宁愿租车也不愿买车. 　　6)用prefer…rather than代替prefer…to连接名词的形式偶尔也可见到.如：Mr. Brunner prefers chemistry rather than physics. 　　有人认为两者的区别是：prefer…to表示一般的倾向,prefer…rather than则表示在某种具体场合的选择.如：What shall we have to drink,port or sherry?我们喝什么呢,葡萄酒还是雪利酒? 　　I should prefer port rather than sherry.我宁愿喝葡萄酒而不喝雪利酒. 　　7)prefer+that从句 　　Would you prefer that I come on Monday instead of on Tuesday?你宁愿让我星期一来而不是星期二来吗? 　　I prefer that someone else should do this.我觉得还是让别人来做这件事比较好. rather的用法讲解 rather than表示“与其……倒不如……”,后者表示“更……比起……”, He depends on you rather than on me. 他依赖你胜过依赖我. 在rather加形容词再加名词的结构中,冠词a置于rather前后都可以,如a rather big dog和rather a big dog（一只相当大的狗）两种表达都可以； had rather属于习惯用语,表示“宁愿,宁可”,主语短语中必须用had,不可以改成have,且一般其后面接不含to的不定式. I had rather stay with John than with Charles. 比起查尔斯我宁可和约翰呆一起. had/would rather后一般接不含that所引导的从句,且从句用虚拟语气.had/would rather后还可接than,再加不含to的不定式,还要注意would rather后只可接动词原形. I would/had rather you paid me now. 我宁愿你现在付钱给我. I would rather stay here than go on holiday. 我宁愿呆在这里,也不愿意去度假. prefer to...rather than...表示“比起……更喜欢……做某事”,注意结构中than后直接加动词原形,而不是不定式to do. I prefer to work rather than remian idle. 比起无所事事,我更喜欢工作. rather一般修饰动词（尤其时感观动词）和名词,表示的程度更强烈一点,意为“比预期的还要多一些”. “Rather good. I was surprised.” rather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. rather用以减弱而不是加强其后所跟的词或词组的作用,如拒绝别人请求帮助时,显得比较客气,又如为了谦虚,可用这词使自己在引人注目的场面表现得乐而不狂. rather一般放在不定冠词前面,名词前有形容词时,也可放在不定冠词后面.

2.rather放在不定冠词a（n）前后均可.如: Miss Smart has got a rather（=rather a） good voice. rather- 相当

一、rather作副词,意为"宁愿;宁可"。作此意解的rather常和would / had连用,构成固定短语。would / had rather…than译为"宁愿……而不愿" ,应该特别注意此短语的否定构成及其后接的动词形式。　　　二、rather作副词用时,意为"更确切地"。 此用法的rather常用在or rather这一短语中,表示想要纠正已经说过的话,或欲使已说过的话更确切。　　三、rather作副词用时, 还可作"相当;颇;有点儿"解。　　You"ve done rather well.你做得相当好。 　　　　2. rather 和quite可放在不定冠词前,也可放在不定冠词之后,还可以和动词连用,而fairly 和pretty没有这些用法。　　I rather / quite like to go for a walk after supper. 我颇喜欢在晚饭后出去散步。 　　3. 只有rather可以修饰比较级,还可和too连用。如: 　　This computer is rather more expensive than that one.这部电脑比那部昂贵一些。 四、rather than 的用法。 　　rather 不仅是一个表示程度的副词,还能用来表示选择,意为"而非;(与其……)倒不如"。rather than 经常用在"平行结构"里,即连接两个对等成分。 　　I"d prefer to go in August rather than July. 我愿八月去,不愿七月去。

rather ad. 1.相当,颇,有点儿 I"m feeling rather sleepy. 我有点困倦. 2.(常与would或had连用)宁可,宁愿;(与其...)倒不如;而不是 He would rather play than work. 他宁可玩,却不愿工作. I"d rather you knew that now,than afterwards. 与其以后让你知道,不如现在就让你知道. I"ll never be dependent on anyone again.I"d rather starve. 我再也不依靠任何人了.我宁愿饿死. 3.(常与or连用)更确切地说 He left late last night,or rather early this morning. 他昨夜很晚,或者应该说是今天一大早才走. 4.【英】(用于回答问题)确是如此;当然 课文中出现的一句话: They knew,or rather thought that their father was on the same train.他们知道,或者说他们认为他们的父亲是在同一列车上的. 这里or rather是固定短语,意为"或者说;更确切地说".那么rather还有哪些用法呢? 一、 用作程度副词,意为"稍微;有点;颇;相当" 1.rather可以修饰形容词、副词的原级、比较级等;可以与介词短语连用.如: She was rather hurt by his unkind words. She"s rather better today. She looks rather like her father. These materials are rather too difficult for the seniors. 2.rather放在不定冠词a（n）前后均可.如: Miss Smart has got a rather（=rather a） good voice. 二、 用作副词,意为"宁可,宁愿" 1.rather than意为"而不是;与其……不如",后接名词、代词、形容词、动词原形等.如: These shoes are comfortable rather than pretty. Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad,he sold them at half price. It is he rather than I who is to blame. 2.would rather do...than do...=would do...rather than do...宁愿做……而不愿做…….如: I would go there by bus rather than take the train. 3.prefer to do...rather than do...宁愿做……而不愿做…….如: We prefer to receive money rather than the usual gifts. 三、 用作感叹词,意为"当然" - Would you like a swim? - Rather. 四、 习惯用语及搭配 1.or rather更确切,更恰当； 更接近.如: He went home very late last night,or rather,in the early hours this morning. 2.would rather意为"宁愿",后接动词原形,其否定形式是would rather not do.如: Which would you rather have,tea or coffee? American young people would rather get advice from strangers. 3.I would rather that...这是虚拟语气形式,若从句表示与现在或将来的情况相反,用一般过去时;与过去的事实相反,用过去完成时.如: I would rather you came tomorrow. I"d rather you hadn"t told her the news yesterday.

1. “rather” 作为一个副词，有“相当地，多多少少地，有点”意思，其后面可放形容词或副词，比较级的形容词或副词，名词，还可以放动词：This is a rather expensive lap top. 这台手提电脑有点贵。You"ve done rather well. 你做得确实不错。My brother is rather better today. 我哥哥今天好多了。It"s rather a pity that you missed this seminar. 你错过了这次讲座，真是遗憾。The rain rather spoiled our holiday. 这场雨毁了我们的假期。2．rather than　表示“更为情愿地，宁愿...…”，可以连用，也可以分开用：I"d be a freelance rather than a secretary. 我宁愿做个自由职业者，也不想当个秘书。She would rather have the small one than the large one. 她宁可要这个小的，也不要那个大的。I would rather you come tomorrow than today.　我宁愿你明天过来，而不是今天。He resigned rather than take part in such a dishonest transaction.　他宁可辞职，也不愿参与这场肮脏的交易。We would rather stay at home than go to the gym. 我们宁愿呆在家里，也不想去健身。

rather ad. 1. 相当,颇,有点儿 I"m feeling rather sleepy. 我有点困倦。 2. (常与would或had连用)宁可,宁愿;(与其...)倒不如;而不是 He would rather play than work. 他宁可玩,却不愿工作。 I"d rather you knew that now, than afterwards. 与其以后让你知道,不如现在就让你知道。 I"ll never be dependent on anyone again. I"d rather starve. 我再也不依靠任何人了。我宁愿饿死。 3. (常与or连用)更确切地说 He left late last night, or rather early this morning. 他昨夜很晚,或者应该说是今天一大早才走。 4. 【英】(用于回答问题)确是如此;当然 课文中出现的一句话: They knew， or rather thought that their father was on the same train. 他们知道,或者说他们认为他们的父亲是在同一列车上的. 这里or rather是固定短语,意为"或者说;更确切地说".那么rather还有哪些用法呢? 一、 用作程度副词,意为"稍微;有点;颇;相当" 1. rather可以修饰形容词、副词的原级、比较级等;可以与介词短语连用.如: She was rather hurt by his unkind words. She"s rather better today. She looks rather like her father. These materials are rather too difficult for the seniors. 2. rather放在不定冠词a（n）前后均可.如: Miss Smart has got a rather（=rather a） good voice. 二、 用作副词,意为"宁可,宁愿" 1. rather than意为"而不是;与其……不如", 后接名词、代词、形容词、动词原形等.如: These shoes are comfortable rather than pretty. Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad， he sold them at half price. It is he rather than I who is to blame. 2. would rather do...than do...=would do...rather than do...宁愿做……而不愿做…….如: I would go there by bus rather than take the train. 3. prefer to do...rather than do... 宁愿做……而不愿做…….如: We prefer to receive money rather than the usual gifts. 三、 用作感叹词,意为"当然" - Would you like a swim？ - Rather. 四、 习惯用语及搭配 1. or rather更确切， 更恰当； 更接近.如: He went home very late last night， or rather， in the early hours this morning. 2. would rather意为"宁愿", 后接动词原形,其否定形式是would rather not do.如: Which would you rather have， tea or coffee？ American young people would rather get advice from strangers. 3. I would rather that...这是虚拟语气形式,若从句表示与现在或将来的情况相反,用一般过去时;与过去的事实相反,用过去完成时.如: I would rather you came tomorrow. I"d rather you hadn"t told her the news yesterday.

1. “rather” 作为一个副词，有“相当地，多多少少地，有点”意思，其后面可放形容词或副词，比较级的形容词或副词，名词，还可以放动词：x0dx0aThis is a rather expensive lap top. 这台手提电脑有点贵。x0dx0aYou"ve done rather well. 你做得确实不错。x0dx0aMy brother is rather better today. 我哥哥今天好多了。x0dx0aIt"s rather a pity that you missed this seminar. 你错过了这次讲座，真是遗憾。x0dx0aThe rain rather spoiled our holiday. 这场雨毁了我们的假期。x0dx0ax0dx0a2．rather than　表示“更为情愿地，宁愿...?”，可以连用，也可以分开用：x0dx0aI"d be a freelance rather than a secretary. 我宁愿做个自由职业者，也不想当个秘书。x0dx0aShe would rather have the small one than the large one. 她宁可要这个小的，也不要那个大的。x0dx0aI would rather you come tomorrow than today.　我宁愿你明天过来，而不是今天。x0dx0aHe resigned rather than take part in such a dishonest transaction.　他宁可辞职，也不愿参与这场肮脏的交易。x0dx0aWe would rather stay at home than go to the gym. 我们宁愿呆在家里，也不想去健身。

　　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 　　Itu2019s 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 carpetu2019s getting rather old now. 这块地毯现在很旧了。 　　Iu2019m afraid our teamu2019s 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)u2026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。 　　Iu2019ve 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u2026)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)u2026 宁愿u2026(而不愿)：Iu2019d 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 weu2019re 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： 　　Thatu2019s rather a silly question.= Thatu2019s a rather silly question. 那是个相当愚蠢的问题。 　　4.would 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： 　　Weu2019d rather not go. 我们宁愿不去。 　　Wouldnu2019t 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”： 　　Iu2019d rather have gone to the theatre last night. 昨晚我本来要去看戏的。 　　Weu2019d 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)： 　　Iu2019d rather you went now (tomorrow). 我宁愿你现在(明天)去。 　　Iu2019d rather he hadnu2019t done that. 我希望他没有做过那事。 　　(4)表示“宁愿(做)u2026而不愿(做)u2026”时，用would ratheru2026thanu2026(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”： 　　Iu2019d rather like the film. 我相当喜欢这部电影。 　　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电影。 　　(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 donu2019t 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有相当;宁愿;有点儿等意思，那么你知道rather的用法吗?下面跟着我一起来学习一下，希望对大家的学习有所帮助! 　 　rather的用法大全： 　　rather的用法1：rather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。 　　rather的用法2：rather用以减弱而不是加强其后所跟的词或词组的作用,如拒绝别人请求帮助时,显得比较客气,又如为了谦虚,可用这词使自己在引人注目的场面表现得乐而不狂。 　　rather的用法3：rather一般放在不定冠词前面,名词前有形容词时,也可放在不定冠词后面。 　　rather的用法4：rather than和more...than的比较：前者表示“与其u2026u2026倒不如u2026u2026”，后者表示“更u2026u2026比起u2026u2026”，注意词组more...than中的than前面不可以加上rather。 　 　rather的用法例句： 　　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。 　　7. She had married a charming but rather vague Englishman. 　　她嫁给了一个外表迷人实际却很迷糊的英国人。 　　8. In its untreated state the carbon fibre material is rather like cloth. 　　原始的碳纤维材料很像布料。 　　9. Poor Jane was in rather a spin about the party. 　　可怜的简对这次聚会真有些不知所措。 　　10. The police inferred that they found her behaviour rather suspicious. 　　警方暗示他们发现她行为非常可疑。 　　11. I found her a rather austere, distant, somewhat cold person. 　　我发现她相当严厉，拒人于千里之外，近乎冷漠。 　　12. "Frankly I found it rather frightening." — "A little startling," Mark agreed. 　　“坦白说我觉得这相当可怕。”——“是有点吓人，”马克表示同意。 　　13. A rather neat option allows you to design your own fiendish puzzle. 　　只要干净利落地做一个选择，你就能自己设计出难以解开的谜题。 　　14. The effect is soft and pretty rather than drop-dead sexy. 　　给人的印象是柔和俏丽而不是吸人眼球的性感。 　　15. It was extremely hot and I was feeling rather randy. 　　场面非常刺激撩人，我感到欲火难耐。

前者是代替的意思，一般单独用于句末，倾向于做后一种事；后者有比较之意，一般接than :rather do sth. than do sth. 倾向于做前者的事。

would rather的用法总结如下：wouldrather的用法: wouldrather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”后接动词原形,常省略为"d rather,表示优先选择的一种方式，其否定形式是wouldnot do sth.would rather没有人称和数的变化。用法：在两者中取舍,表“宁愿·.....而不愿·...../与其·.....宁可......”时，则可用wouldrather···than·或would··rather than...句型。也可以颠倒为: rather than··would···Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式，若选同一动词,那么than后的动词可以省略。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n、两个不定式、两个介短等。在疑问句式中，短语中的would要放在主语之前。would rather+从句，常用的虚拟语气句型,谓语一般用过去时来表示现在或将来。其意为“宁愿·....., 还是·.....好些”“一个人宁愿另一个人做某事”。引导从句的that常省略。在谈到过去的动作时，谓语则用过去完成时。此时，主句一般为I had rather,其 (that) 从句则用过去完成时。

would rather用法总结一、 “would rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式）。would 在此决无“过去”之意，且无词性、时态的变化。该句式常用来表示选择的意愿，意为“宁可„„；宁愿„„；最好„„”。例如： He"d rather work in the countryside. 他宁可到农村去工作。 If you"d rather be alone, we"ll all leave here. 如果你宁愿独自呆着，那我们都离开这儿。 You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening. 今晚你最好呆在家里看点书。 二、 would rather与than连用，可构成另一个惯用句式，即：“would rather...than....”意为“宁可（愿）„„（而）不要（愿）„„；与其„„不如„„”。用以表达主语的意愿，强调经过选择后做其中一件事，而不愿做另一件事。例如： I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. 我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。 三、 在使用“would rather...than...”句型时，应注意以下几点： 1. than 后边也应接动词原形，但如该句型前后连接的两个动词相同，则than之后的那个动词可省去。例如： I"d rather know that now than afterwards. 我宁可现在就知道这件事，而不是以后。 2. would rather...than...也可改写成 “would...rather than...”,其用法及含义仍不变。例如： Facing the enemies, our soldiers would die rather than surrender. 面对敌人，我们的战士宁死不屈。 3. 有时为了表示语气上的强调，可将rather than置于句首。例如： Rather than refuse to help you, I would borrow money from my friends. 我宁可向朋友借钱，也不愿拒绝帮助你。 4. would rather后也可跟从句，表示主语宁愿让某人干某事。这时，从句谓语动词要用虚拟语气，即用一般过去时表示现在或将来要做的事；用过去完成时表示已经做过的事或过去要做的事。例如： I"d rather she set out to do the work now. 我宁愿她现在就着手做这项工作。 I"d rather you met her at the airport tomorrow morning. 我但愿你明天早上能在机场见到她。 I"d rather you hadn"t told him the news that day. 我真希望你那天没有把那个消息告诉他。 5. would rather后还可接动词的完成式，表示主语要做某事，而结果却事与愿违。例如： I"d rather have left a note on her desk. 我本想留张字条在她书桌上的。（事实上没有留）

1、rather可用作副词，有很、在很大程度上等含义。2、rather也可用于比较级之前，表示还要更...。3、rather可用于too之前，表示强调的含义。 扩展资料 例句：I didn"t fail the exam; in fact I did rather well!我没有考不及格，事实上，我考得不错！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。He was conscious that he was talking rather too much.他意识到他说得实在太多了。

1. “rather” 作为一个副词，有“相当地，多多少少地，有点”意思，其后面可放形容词或副词，比较级的形容词或副词，名词，还可以放动词：x0dx0aThis is a rather expensive lap top. 这台手提电脑有点贵。x0dx0aYou"ve done rather well. 你做得确实不错。x0dx0aMy brother is rather better today. 我哥哥今天好多了。x0dx0aIt"s rather a pity that you missed this seminar. 你错过了这次讲座，真是遗憾。x0dx0aThe rain rather spoiled our holiday. 这场雨毁了我们的假期。x0dx0ax0dx0a2．rather than　表示“更为情愿地，宁愿...?”，可以连用，也可以分开用：x0dx0aI"d be a freelance rather than a secretary. 我宁愿做个自由职业者，也不想当个秘书。x0dx0aShe would rather have the small one than the large one. 她宁可要这个小的，也不要那个大的。x0dx0aI would rather you come tomorrow than today.　我宁愿你明天过来，而不是今天。x0dx0aHe resigned rather than take part in such a dishonest transaction.　他宁可辞职，也不愿参与这场肮脏的交易。x0dx0aWe would rather stay at home than go to the gym. 我们宁愿呆在家里，也不想去健身。