rather

宁可，宁愿；相当英释中释advYou use rather to indicate that something is true to a fairly great extent, especially when you are talking about something unpleasant or undesirable

当然啦（回答问题时用）中释int

(Rather)人名；(英)拉瑟中释n

1 rather than,而不是；宁可…也不愿

2 would rather,宁愿，宁可

3 or rather,更精确地说，倒不如说

4 rather too,adv. 稍微...一点

1 I grew up in rather unusual circumstances..我在相当不寻常的环境中长大。

2 I'm afraid it's a rather long story..我恐怕这是个相当长的故事。