英语单词Rather的用法

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。

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。

rather用法如下：1.rather可以放在名词前，意为“相当，有几分”。若名词前没有形容词，rather通常位于不定冠词前，若名词前有形容词，rather可置于不定冠词的前面或后面，即rather+a+形容词+名词或a+rather+形容词+名词。另外，rather可以修饰某些动词，并可以用在比较级或too前面。It"s rather a good book. =It"s a rather good book. 那是一本相当好的书。He is rather a bore. 他这人有点乏味。I rather like the book. 我很喜欢这本书。The tree is rather taller than that one. 这棵树比那棵树高一些。Those shoes are rather too big for me. 那些鞋子我穿太大。2.fairly程度较轻，quite程度比fairly稍强，rather程度更强一些，very的程度与rather相当。此外，fairly和very均不能用于比较级前；quite可用于better之前，但不用与其他比较级之前。

一,adv,“相当”,修饰形容词或副词,常含贬义.如：1,It is rather a difficult question 2,She fell and hurt her legs rather badly.二,与too连用,加重语气,构成副词短语 rather too.如：You talked rather too much today.三,放在形容词或副词比较级前,加重语气.如：It is rather colder today than yesterday四,rather than而不=instead of如：I"ll have a cold drink rather than coffee.五,would rather ...than...宁愿...也不...六,prefer to do sth rather than do sth七,would rather that从句,虚拟语气

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希望帮到你，亲~wouldrather常省略为““drather”，表示优先选择的一种方式，意思是“宁愿；宁可；更；还是为好”，后接动词原形。其否定形式是wouldrathernotdosth。wouldrather没有人称和数的变化，所有的人称一律用wouldrather。例如：I”dratherstayathomeonSunday.星期天我宁愿呆在家里。I”drathernotgotheretoday.今天我宁愿不去那里。wouldrather常用于以下几种句型：1.肯定式（wouldratherdosth）I”dratherhavesomerice.我宁愿吃点米饭。I”drathergothereonfoot.我宁可步行去那里。2.否定式wouldrathernotdosth.I”drathernotseeheragain.我宁可不再见到她。MrLiwouldrathernotlistentorockmusic.李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐。3.疑问式Wouldyouratherstayhereorgohome?你愿意呆在这里，还是回家？Whichwouldyouratherhave,applesorbananas?你喜欢吃苹果还是香蕉？4.如果在两者中进行取舍，表示“宁愿……而不愿”时，则可用wouldrather…than…这一句型。例如：Iwouldratherhavenoodlesthanrice.我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭。注意：使用这一句型时要注意“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。例如：Iwouldrathergotoworkbybikethanbybus.我宁愿骑自行车也不愿乘公共汽车去上班。Iwouldrathertalkwithhismotherthanwithhisfather.我宁愿和他妈说话而不愿和他爸说话。Hewouldratherdiethansurrender.

than，的意思是比较的意思，就是a比b更加好，如果是then，就是条件的意思，如果有a，那就进行b

、prefertodosth=wouldratherdosth更喜欢做某事，宁愿做某事。例如:I"dliketostayathome,butMaxpreferstoplay(play)footballonSundays.=I"dliketostayathome，butMaxwouldratherplay(play)footballonSundays.注意点：1.prefertodosth不仅有人称变换,第三人称形式是preferstodosth,而且还有时态变化,过去时态为preferredtodosth。2.wouldrather既无人称变化,也无时态变化。二、prefertodosthratherthandosth=preferdoingsthto(doing)sth=wouldratherdosththandosth即preferAtoB,“比起B来更喜欢A”，其中to是介词。例如:Allstudentsprefertotakethebusratherthanwalk.=Allstudentsprefertakingthebustowalking.=Allstudentswouldrathertakethebusthanwalk

rather than的用法如下：1、与would连用，would...rather than...或者would rather...than...，意思为宁愿、与其....不如.......例如l would rather have noodles than rice”，意思为我宁愿吃面条也刁吃米饭。2、作连词，可连接代词、名词、形容词、从句、不定式等，构成平行结构。3、可作介词。相关例句:1、The zoo needed better management rather than more money.这座动物园需要更好的管理，而不是更多的资金。2、lt now seems a probability rather than just a possibility.这件事似乎十拿九稳，而不是仅有可能。3、The decision was based on emotion rather than rational thought.这个决定不是基于理性的思考而是基于感情作出的。4、Good writing is unfortunately the exception rather than the rule.可惜优秀的文字作品真是可遇不可求。5、l think ll have a cold drink rather than coffee.我想要冷饮，不要咖啡。

在英语中,表示“偏爱”、“优先”、“更喜欢”、“更可取”或“宁愿”等意思时,可用prefer,would rather和rather than来表达.三个词之间在表达和用法上的异同如下： （—）rather than ①rather than必须连接两个平行结构,即并联两个词（如名词、代词）,两个动词不定式或并联两个短语或分句. 如： John ought to go rather than Mary． 约翰比玛丽更应该去. ②当rather than并联两个动词不定式时,后一个动词不定式一般省略to（在比较正式的文体中也可以保留to）. 如： In China,it is important to invest in education rather than（to）increase personal wages． 在中国,优先投资教育比增加个人工资重要. （二）prefer ①prefer之后用动名词结构表示一般性偏爱,强调一种事实或一件事. 如： l like swimming,but I prefer sailing． 我喜欢游泳,但更喜欢航行. ②当prefer之后带两个动词不定式表示“偏爱…胜过…”时,用rather than连接.Rather than之后可以有两种结构：省略to的动词不定式和动词的ing形式. 如： 1 would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than drive out． 我宁愿在家度周末,而不愿意开车出门. ③当prefer之后带两个名词或动名词结构表示“偏爱…胜过…”时,常用介词to连接两个部分,也可以用rather than连接. 如： I prefer watching TV to reading books． 我宁可看电视,也不愿意看书. ④prefer之后可以用动词不定式作宾语补足语. 如： I don"t prefer people to *** oke here． 我不喜欢有人在这儿抽烟. ⑤prefer之后带从句时,其用法与would rather带从句的用法相同. 如： I"d prefer that you did not go there alone． 我希望你不要一个人到那里去. （三）would rather ①would rather是固定习惯用语,可用于任何人称,其简略形式是 "d rather.would rather之后直接带省略to的动词不定式. 如： Would you rather stay at home or go out with me? 你愿意呆在家里,还是愿意跟我出门? ②would rather还可以与than连用,构成“would rather+省略to的不定式+than+省略to的不定式”结构. 如： Tom would rather read than talk．=Tom prefers reading to talking． 汤姆喜爱读书胜过与人交谈. ③would rather之后带从句时,从句中的谓语动词用虚拟语气,即用过去式表示现在或将来的意义,用过去完成式表示过去的意义. 如： I"d rather she had repaired her car last night．=I wish she had repaired her car last night． 但愿她昨晚就把车修好了. ④一般来说.would rather之后跟动词原形表达的意思是“偏爱,宁愿”,但如果其后跟动词hope,think,like,enjoy和have等时,would rather则含有“很,非常”的意思.请比较： I"d rather like reading．我很喜欢读书. I"m not sure,but I"d rather think so．我没有十分把握,但认为很可能如此.

prefer to do rather than to

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）

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。

rather than 是一个并列连词，用法比较复杂，现归纳如下： 1. rather than 与would 连用时，构成“would rather...than...”句式，意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”，表示主观愿望，即在两者之中选择其一。例如： She"d rather die than lose the children. 她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们。 2. rather than 不与would连用时，表示客观事实，意为“是……而不是……；与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。现分述如下： (1) 连接两个名词或代词 He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 与其说他是一个海员，不如说他是一个探险者。 You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野营。 注意：rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。 (2) 连接两个形容词 The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。 (3) 连接两个介词(短语)或动名词 We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我们是在教室里开会，不是在大厅里。 She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。 (4) 连接两个分句 We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。 (5) 连接两个不定式 I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。 注意：rather than 后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to, 如上句。但rather than位于句首时，则只能接不带to 的不定式。如：Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉，把它们以半价卖掉了。 (6) 连接两个动词 He ran rather than walked. 他是跑来的，而不是走来的。 注意：这里rather than 后用了walked，而没有用walk，表示客观事实，而不是主观愿望。如果换成walk，则作“宁愿……而不愿 ……”解。 (文/王次平 孙玉峰; 英语辅导报冀教高一版 04~05学年度第20期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)

　　rather than 是一个并列连词,用法比较复杂，用法在英语学习中是比较重要的一个知识点,也是广大学生比较容易混淆的知识点之一。接下来我在这里给大家带来rather than的用法，我们一起来看看吧! 　　rather than的用法 　　1. 用作连词(=but not)，意为“而不”“不是u2026u2026(而是)”“与其u2026u2026(不如)”，前后连接的成分应该是平行的。 　　如： 　　He ran rather than walked. 他不是在走而是在跑。 　　He is a writer rather than a teacher. 与其说他是教师还不如说他是作家。 　　You are doing this for yourself rather than for others. 你做这件事不是为别人而是为你自己。 　　It was what he meant rather than what he said. 这是他的意思，而不是他说的话。 　　2. 由于既可视为连词也可视为介词，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)。 　　如： 　　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。 　　但是，如果rather than 位于句首，其后的不定式通常不带to(也可用动名词)。 　　如： 　　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。 　　如：The teacher rather than the students is to blame. 应受责备的是老师而不是学生。 　　rather than的相关解释 　　(要) u2026而不u2026，与其u2026倒不如u2026; 　　instead of sb/sth 而不是; 　　rather than的例句 　　1 I think he means "at" rather than "to" 　　我想，他是想说at，而不是to。 　　2 The zoo needed better management rather than more money 　　这座动物园需要更好的管理，而不是更多的资金。 　　3 The opposition appear to have chosen the path of cooperation rather than confrontation 　　反对派似乎已经选择了合作而不是对抗的路线。 　　4 You are buying direct, rather than through an agent. 　　你这是直接购买，而不是通过代理人。 　　5 It seems political expediency, rather than absolute economic need, will determine who gains from the conflict 　　看来是政治上的权宜之计，而不是绝对的经济需求，将决定谁会从这场冲突中获益。

、prefer to do sth= would rather do sth更喜欢做某事,宁愿做某事. 例如:I"d like to stay at home ,but Max prefers toplay(play) football on Sundays.= I"d like to stay at home ,but Max would ratherplay(play) football on Sundays. 注意点：1.prefer to do sth 不仅有人称变换,第三人称形式是prefers to do sth ,而且还有时态变化,过去时态为preferred to do sth. 2.would rather既无人称变化,也无时态变化. 二、prefer to do sth rather than do sth=prefer doing sth to(doing) sth =would rather do sth than do sth 即prefer A to B,“比起B来更喜欢A”,其中to是介词. 例如:All students prefer to take the bus rather than walk.= All students prefer taking the bus to walking.=All students would rather take the bus than walk

而不是 ，

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

词序不同: a+very+形容词+名词 eg.a very good student rather+a+形容词+名词 eg.rather a cold day quite+a+形容词+名词 eg.quite a few students too+形容词+a+名词 eg.too large a room

　　下面是我整理的一些关于rather than的用法大全， 希望对大家有帮助。 　　rather than 可作连词词组使用，连接两个并列成分，表示在两者中间进行选择，意为“是 A 而不是 B ”、“要 A 不要 B ”、“宁愿 A 而不愿 B ”等，后面可以接名词、代词、形容词、副词、动词和动词不定式等。 　　1. rather than作名词。例如： 　　He is a writer rather than a teacher. 　　与其说他是教师，不如说他是作家。 　　John，rather than his roommates，is to blame. 　　要受责备的是约翰，而不是他的室友们。 　　The job will take months rather than weeks. 　　完成这项工作需要几个月，而不是几个星期。 　　2. rather than作代词。例如： 　　You，rather than she，are my guest. 　　你是我的客人，而不是她。 　　We are to blame rather than they. 　　该受责备的是我们，而不是他们。 　　3. rather than作形容词。例如： 　　The colour seems green rather than blue. 　　这颜色似乎是绿的，而不是蓝的。 　　It was made shorter rather than longer. 　　它被缩短了，而不是加长了。 　　These shoes are comfortable rather than pretty. 　　这些鞋子与其说漂亮，不如说舒服。 　　4. rather than作副词。例如： 　　The ship sank quickly rather than slowly. 　　船沉得很快，而不是很慢。 　　He usually gets up early rather than late. 　　他经常起得早，而不是起得晚。 　　5. rather than作动词。例如： 　　She left rather than stayed at home. 　　她不是呆在家里，而是走了。 　　Rather than cause trouble，he went away. 　　他宁可走开而不愿惹麻烦。 　　Rather than have the radio repaired，heu2019d like to buy a new one. 　　与其 修理 那部收音机，他想还不如买一部新的。 　　6. rather than作介词 短语 。例如： 　　Iu2019d prefer to read in the library rather than at home. 　　我宁愿在图书馆看书，也不愿在家里看书。 　　Iu2019d prefer to do it in this way rather than in that way. 　　我喜欢这样做，而不愿意那样做。 　　He went to the park in the evening rather than in the morning. 　　他喜欢晚上去公园，而不喜欢早上去。 　　7. rather than动词的- ing 形式。例如： 　　She likes dancing rather than singing. 　　她喜欢跳舞，而不喜欢 唱歌 。 　　It is snowing rather than raining outside. 　　外面在下雪，而不是在下雨。 　　She is laughing rather than crying. 　　她是在笑，而不是在哭。 　　8. rather than作过去分词。例如： 　　He had the house rebuilt rather than repaired. 　　他宁愿重建房子，而不愿修缮。 　　9. rather than 句子 。例如： 　　We should help him rather than he should help us. 　　我们应该帮助他，而不是他应该帮助我们。 　　It was what he meant rather than what he said. 　　那是指他话中的意思，而不是他所说的话。

英语中没有rather as 这种用法如果放在一起使用，它们的意思也是独立分开的例如He would rather as manager with anger than as well as on this issue 在这个问题上，他宁愿像挑剔的领导者一样吹毛求疵也不愿意当个和事佬。

fair]y和rather同属程度副词，可以修饰形容词、副词、动词等，两个词的意思很接近，都表示“相当”、“有点”。但仔细分析的话，区别有三： 一、意思上的区别。rather往往含有“褒义”，因此常常跟表示“好”的意思的词连用；fairly往往含有“贬义”，常同包含“坏”的意思的词连用。例如可以说fairly good，fairly safe，不可以说fairly bad，fairly dangerous，因为bad和dangerous都表示“坏”的意思，只能同rather连用：rather bad，rather dangerous. 　　有时rather可以表示一种“批评”，含有否定的意思；而fairly则表示“尽管有点不满意之处，但总的来说还是肯定”的意思。试比较下列例句： 　　this is a fairly easy book.这是一本相当浅易的书(虽然浅，还是适宜读的)。 　　this is a rather easy book.它是一本过于浅易的书(太浅了，或许适宜读)。 　　he wants a fair1y 1arqe car.他要一辆相当大的汽车(不要小的，也不要太大的)。 　　that car is rather larger than he wants.那辆汽车比他所需要的大了一点(太大了)。 　　a fairly cold day.相当冷的一天(虽然冷还能忍受)。 　　a rather cold day.过于冷的一天(太冷了，有点不能忍受)。 　　rather偶尔也以跟表示“好”的意思的词连用，这时往往表示说话者较强烈的情绪或感情。例如： 　　youu2019ve done rather well.你做得相当好。 i was rather pleased when i won the nobel prize.当我获得诺贝尔奖金时，我高兴极了。 　　二、rather可以和比较级形容词或者too连用，fairly则不行。例如： 　　my brother is rather better today.我兄弟今天好多了。 　　this book is rather too difficult for the juniors and rather too easy for the seniors.这本书对低年级学生太难对高年级学生又太容易。 在上述各句子中fairly都不能用。 　　三、rather和fairly在修饰形容词时位置也有些不同。如果形容词前有不定冠词a，rather可以放在a前面也可以放在a后面；fairly则只能放在a后面。例如： 　　a rather hot day也可说：rather a hot day 　　a fairly cold day不可说：fairly a cold day 　　如果形容词前有定冠词the，rather和fairly都只能放在the后面。例如： the rather cold weather the fair1y cold weather 　　如果形容词前没有冠词，rather和fairly均可直接放在形容词前。 　　rather cold weather 　　fair1y cold weather

adv.宁可；更喜欢；宁愿；最好更恰当；更合适更确切地说[用来使语气婉转]有点；有几分[用来表示强调]很；颇；相当相反[古语]更早；更快interj.[主英国英语]当然啦[回答问题时用]短语:1.had(或would)rather1.宁愿；宁可2.更喜欢…；最好是…2.ifihadmyrathers[美国方言]如果我可以选择的话3.orrather毋宁说；更确切地说4.ratheroftheratherest[俚语]略多；略胜一筹；略不足5.ratherthan不是…而是…；与其说…不如说…6.rather…than…宁可…而不；最好…而不…；是…而不是…7.rahter…thanotherwise(或not)不是…而是…8.rathertoo稍微…一点9.therather尤其10.theratherbecause(或that)1.况且，何况2.因为…所以更…3.尤其是，特别是

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 <than比较分类分析>来源: ChaseDream　一、more/ less/ adj+er than注：此分析未包括as/like（一） 主语比较1.1 than前若有宾语，则其后的助词需补出，时态要据后定。主语相同可省（1）. The pay of senior executives increased in 1990 by a larger percentage than did the wages of other salaried workers.（2）. As a result of the continuing decline in the birth rate, fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980"s than did in the 1960"s and 1970"s, a twenty-year period during which people born after the war swelled the ranks of workers. (主语people相同且无定语成分则省之，但did不能省)（3）. Several studies have found that the coronary patients who exercise most actively are at least fifty percent less likely than those who are sedentary to die of a heart attack.（主语相同且有定语成分，必须要that/those来指代）1.2 than前只有BE + ADJ，则其后的主语无须补助词。（1). Even though Bela Bartok"s music has proved less popular than Igor Stravinsky"s and less influential than Arnold Schonberg"s, it is no less important.(2). In 1982 the median income for married-couple families with a wage-earning wife was $9,000 more than that for families in which only the husband was employed.1.3 than前有两个动词，比较主语无须补助词。(1). A study commissioned by the Department of Agriculture showed that if calves exercise and associate with other calves, they have require less medication and gain weight more quickly than those raised in confinement.（二） than后名词前的介词要补出（1）. Aging is a property of all animals that reach a fixed size at maturity, and the variations in life spans among different species are far greater than those among individuals of the same species: a fruit fly is ancient at 40 days, a mouse at 3 years, a horse at 30, a man at 100, and some tortoises at 150. 介宾的比较。（2）. The investor who is uncertain about the future is more likely to put money into blue-chip stocks or treasury bills than into gold.（3）. Nowhere in Prakta is the influence of modern European architecture more apparent than in its government buildings.（倒装句）（4）. The human growth hormone, made by the pituitary gland, is secreted in higher concentrations during sleep than during waking hours.（三） 宾语比较，一般加that/those（1）. In addition to having more protein than wheat does, rice has protein of higher quality than that in wheat, with more of the amino acids essential to the human diet. (B-p106-19)（四） 宾语补语，比较结构修饰宾语，无须补出助词；（1）. In his eagerness to find a city worthy of Priam, the German archaeologist Schliemann cut through Troy and uncovered a civilization a thousand years more ancient than the city known to Homer"s heroes.（2）. .Domestic automobile manufacturers have invested millions of dollars in research to develop cars even more gasoline-efficient than those at present on the road.（3）. The man was always aware, sometimes proudly and sometimes resentfully, that he was a small-town Midwesterner thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than he.（4）. Bihar is India"s state, with an annual percapita income of $111 lower than that of the most impoverished countries of the world.（5）. Florida will gain another quarter-million jobs this year alone, many of them in such high-paying fields as electronics and banking, making the state"s economy far more diversified than it was ten years ago. （需要解释）

更新1: 咁可唔可以将quite放在a and bad 中间？ He"s had a quite bad accident or I"ve just met a rather nice man 在讲quite，rather这两字意思之前，请先看看牛津实用英语语法的讲解 1． quite 　这是一个含义容易混淆的词，因为它有两个意思。 　A．quite与一些能表示”完整、完全”的意思的词或词组（all right certain determined empty finished full ready right sure wrong等）连用时，或与一些具有强烈感 *** 彩的形容词、副词如amazing extraordinary horrible perfect连用时，它的意思是”完全地，全然地”： 　　The bottle was quite empty. 瓶子空了。 　　You are quite wrong.你完全错了 　　It"s quite extraordinary; I can"t understand it at all．这件事太不寻常，我根本无法理解。 B．在与其他形容词或副词连用时，quite略有减弱作用，因此quite good赞誉的程度比good轻。quite这样用时，其含义与fairly大致相同，但它的强度根据它被重读的方式可以有很大的不同：quite "good(quite弱声，good强读）只比good稍稍弱一点。"quite "good（重读强弱程度相同）意思是”还算好”。"quite good(quite强读，good弱读）远不如good。 　　quite的读音越是减弱，紧跟在它后面的形容词／副词的意思就越力强。quite的读音越是强，跟在后面的形容词／副词的意思就越弱。 　所以在你的示句中，quite a bad accident的意思是：”颇”的意思，全句意思是：他遇上了颇严重的意外。 　可不可以写成He had a quite bad accident： 　是不可以的，当我们用quite时，冠词要放在quite之后，形容词之前，如quite a long wall和quite a old castle（这是惯用，并不能解释） 2．rather 　　本意”颇、相当”的意思，如：a rather heavy box（一个相当重的盒子） 　　但rather用在某些褒义的形容词或副词如：amusing clever good pretty well之前，其含义会改变；这时它几乎相等于very之义。如：she is rather clever（她很聪明）。又如：It is rather a good play(这出戏很好)，rather这样用，有时含有”惊讶”之意。 　　所以，你的示句，I"ve just met rather a nice man.的rather，是非常的意思，全句意思是：我刚刚遇上一个非常好的人 　　至于可不写成a rather nice man，这是可以；rather的位置是，在与形容词用时，可放于不定冠词(a an)之前或后，但要放在定冠词(the)之后，如： 　　a rather surprising result / rather a surprising result 　　the rather tall boy in the corner. 　希望这样解释，会使你明白！ a. 的意思容易掌握d He&#39;s had quite a bad accident = 他发生了一件「相当/几/很」严重的意外 好像加强了严重性。 b. 的意思同a亦相似 I&#39;ve just met rather a nice man = 我遇上一位「颇/相当」有善的人。 如果句子变了: He&#39;s had a quite bad accident. 有好像变了广东话 唔好用中文的方法去做英文句子。 a果个quite系解&quot;几&quot; 佢岩岩已经遇到一个几差的意外。 b 果个rather解 比较/较为 意思同几差唔多~ 我岩岩遇到一个较为nice既男人。 可能佢会将呢个男人同之前自己既经历比较。

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。

instead、insteadof、ratherthan的区别三个都有“而不是”的意思。区别在于：istead后面可以接句子，（that从句），或。而insteadof后面不能接完整的句子，接短语。instead of 和ratherthan的区别主要在在它后面所接词语的用法。因为insteadof是介词短语，of是介词，所以当它的后面接动词的话必须是ing形式。而ratherthan是连词，后面接动词原形。另外，instead和instead of还有代替的意思。instead单独用，用逗号隔开时，可以灵活翻译为“相反地”。比如：Youshoudn"tgiveup,instead,Ithinkyoushouldtryyourbesttofinishitwell.(你不应该放弃，相反地，你应该尽你最大的努力来把它漂漂亮亮地完成。）又：Youshouldtry yourbest tofinishitinsteadofgivingup.(你应该尽力完成它而不是放弃）

　　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。

　　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用法及搭配如下：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。如:1、He would rather have the small one than the large one. 他宁愿要一个小的，而不要大的。2、I"d rather take the slowest train than go there by air. 我宁愿坐最慢的火车，也不乘飞机去那里。　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。如:1、The building is like a palace, or rather a temple. 这幢建筑物像一座宫殿，或者更确切地说像一座寺庙。三、rather作副词用时，还可作相当；颇；有点儿解。如:You"ve done rather well.你做得相当好。rather, fairly, quite, pretty的区别:1. 从程度上说，fairly是最轻的一个；quite比fairly 语气稍强；rather 在程度上比quite更重一些；pretty 和rather 差不多，但大多数情况下用于非正式文体。如:They were getting along fairly well with each other. 他们相处还不错。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。如:That is quite/rather a surprising result. =That is a quite/rather surprising result. 那是一个相当惊人的结果。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。

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。

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。

ratherad.1.相当,颇,有点儿I"mfeelingrathersleepy.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Hewouldratherplaythanwork.他宁可玩,却不愿工作。I"dratheryouknewthatnow,thanafterwards.与其以后让你知道,不如现在就让你知道。I"llneverbedependentonanyoneagain.I"dratherstarve.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Heleftlatelastnight,orratherearlythismorning.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:Theyknew，orratherthoughtthattheirfatherwasonthesametrain.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orrather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:Shewasratherhurtbyhisunkindwords.She"sratherbettertoday.Shelooksratherlikeherfather.Thesematerialsarerathertoodifficultfortheseniors.2.rather放在不定冠词a（n）前后均可.如:MissSmarthasgotarather（=rathera）goodvoice.二、用作副词,意为"宁可,宁愿"1.ratherthan意为"而不是;与其……不如",后接名词、代词、形容词、动词原形等.如:Theseshoesarecomfortableratherthanpretty.Ratherthanallowthevegetablestogobad，hesoldthemathalfprice.ItisheratherthanIwhoistoblame.2.wouldratherdo...thando...=woulddo...ratherthando...宁愿做……而不愿做…….如:Iwouldgotherebybusratherthantakethetrain.3.prefertodo...ratherthando...宁愿做……而不愿做…….如:Weprefertoreceivemoneyratherthantheusualgifts.三、用作感叹词,意为"当然"-Wouldyoulikeaswim？-Rather.四、习惯用语及搭配1.orrather更确切，更恰当；更接近.如:Hewenthomeverylatelastnight，orrather，intheearlyhoursthismorning.2.wouldrather意为"宁愿",后接动词原形,其否定形式是wouldrathernotdo.如:Whichwouldyouratherhave，teaorcoffee？Americanyoungpeoplewouldrathergetadvicefromstrangers.3.Iwouldratherthat...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:Iwouldratheryoucametomorrow.I"dratheryouhadn"ttoldherthenewsyesterday.高考真题回放:1.-Shallwegoskatingorstayathome？.-Which_____doyourself？（MET"92）A.doyouratherB.wouldyouratherC.willyouratherD.shouldyourather2.Ratherthan______onacrowdedbus，healwaysprefersabicycle.（NMET"94）A.ride；rideB.riding；rideC.ride；torideD.toride；riding简析:1.B考查wouldratherdosth.这一句型的用法.2.C这是prefertodo...ratherthando...这一常用句型的变式,用法一致

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.

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。

一,adv，“相当”，修饰形容词或副词，常含贬义。如：1，It is rather a difficult question 2，She fell and hurt her legs rather badly.二，与too连用，加重语气，构成副词短语 rather too。如：You talked rather too much today.三，放在形容词或副词比较级前，加重语气。如：It is rather colder today than yesterday四，rather than而不=instead of如：I"ll have a cold drink rather than coffee.五，would rather 。。。than。。。宁愿。。。也不。。。六，prefer to do sth rather than do sth七，would rather that从句，虚拟语气【俊狼猎英】团队为您解答。

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。 such是形容词,用来修饰名词(位于不定冠词a或an的前面); 在形容词+可数名词的单数短语前,既可用so,也可用such,但它们的词序不同; 如果形容词后面的名词是复数形式,一般情况下用such,不用so; no可以和such连用,而不和so连用。

rather than 用法小结 rather than 是一个并列连词，用法比较复杂，现归纳如下： 1. rather than 与would 连用时，构成“would rather...than...”句式，意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”，表示主观愿望，即在两者之中选择其一。例如： She"d rather die than lose the children. 她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们。 2. rather than 不与would连用时，表示客观事实，意为“是……而不是……；与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。现分述如下： (1) 连接两个名词或代词 He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 与其说他是一个海员，不如说他是一个探险者。 You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野营。 注意：rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。 (2) 连接两个形容词 The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。 (3) 连接两个介词(短语)或动名词 We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我们是在教室里开会，不是在大厅里。 She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。 (4) 连接两个分句 We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。 (5) 连接两个不定式 I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。 注意：rather than 后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to, 如上句。但rather than位于句首时，则只能接不带to 的不定式。如：Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉，把它们以半价卖掉了。 (6) 连接两个动词 He ran rather than walked. 他是跑来的，而不是走来的。 注意：这里rather than 后用了walked，而没有用walk，表示客观事实，而不是主观愿望。如果换成walk，则作“宁愿……而不愿 ……”解。 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。

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.

rather经常出现在一些考试中，尤其是高考，因为这是中学英语中的一个重点内容。 先看下面一道高考题: Rather than ________ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ________ a bicycle. A. ride; ride B. riding; ride C. ride; to ride D. to ride; riding 熟练掌握与rather搭配的短语用法，是解这道题的突破口。为了增加试题的难度与答案的隐蔽性，题干采用了倒装句这一语法现象。一旦掌握了prefer to do sth. rather than do sth. 这一句型结构，便很容易选出C为正确答案。 rather的用法可从以下几点掌握：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。如： He would rather have the small one than the large one. 他宁愿要一个小的，而不要大的。 I"d rather take the slowest train than go there by air. 我宁愿坐最慢的火车，也不乘飞机去那里。 I would rather not tell you the secret right now. 我现在不愿把那个秘密告诉你。 would / had rather 后接从句时，从句中的谓语动词用虚拟语气。如: I would / had rather you posted the letter right away. 我倒希望你把这封信立即发出。 I would / had rather that she had stayed at home. 她那时要是留在家里就好了。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。如： He worked till late last night, or rather, early in the morning. 他一直工作到深夜,或者更确切地说,到今天凌晨。 The building is like a palace, or rather a temple. 这幢建筑物像一座宫殿,或者更确切地说像一座寺庙。三、rather作副词用时，还可作“相当；颇；有点儿”解。如： You"ve done rather well. 你做得相当好。 The way he is living is rather strange to me. 他的生活方式我觉得很怪。 *rather, fairly, quite, pretty的区别： 1. 从程度上说，fairly是最轻的一个；quite比fairly 语气稍强；rather 在程度上比quite更重一些；pretty 和rather 差不多，但大多数情况下用于非正式文体。如: They were getting along fairly well with each other. 他们相处还不错。 He was quite polite, but he wasn"t ready to help me. 他相当有礼貌,但他并不愿意帮助我。 There"s something rather strange about the way he talks to you. 他跟你说话的样子真有点怪。 Twenty-five is pretty old to take up ballet dancing.二十五岁才学跳芭蕾,年纪就太大了。 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。如： That is quite / rather a surprising result. =That is a quite / rather surprising result. 那是一个相当惊人的结果。 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。 This book is rather too difficult for the beginners.这部书对初学者来说太难了。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。 I"d call her hair chestnut rather than brown. 我宁愿说她的头发是栗色,而不是棕色。 We ought to invest in new machines rather than buildings. 我们应该在新的机器上而不是在房屋上投资。 I decided to write rather than telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。 Rather than get money in such a dishonest way, he would beg in the streets. 他宁愿在街上乞讨,也不愿以这种不正当的手段挣钱。 I always prefer starting early, rather than leaving everything to the last minute. 我总是愿意早开始而不愿意把所有事情都留到最后。rather[5rB:TE]adv.宁愿, 宁可, 更正确, 更合适, 有点, 相当rather[5rB:TE]adv.[常与would或had连用]宁愿, 宁可稍微; 相当[可与or连用]更确切, 更恰当; 更接近[口] 当然, 确实如此相反地, 倒不如说 ... 更...[与连词 than 配合使用]与其...不如...; 宁可... 也不...Which would you rather have, tea or coffee?你喜欢喝茶; 还是咖啡?I would rather you come tomorrow.我宁愿你明天来。He was rather tired.他有些疲倦了。You have done rather well.你做得相当不错。He went home very late last night, or rather, in the early hours this morning.他是昨天深夜回家的, 或者更确切地说, 是今天凌晨。Do you know her ? R-.你认识她吗? 当然。She was no better, but rather grew worse.她的病情不但没好转, 反而恶化了。He resigned rather than take part in such a dishonest transaction .他宁愿辞职也不愿意参加这样一种欺骗的交易。ratherish[`rB:TErIF;`rA-]adv.颇, 相当; 有点儿, 有几分the rather that [because]何况, 正因为...所以更加; 尤其是would[had] rather ...宁愿..., 倒愿意...rather better than似乎稍胜[较好]rather than(otherwise)不是别的而是...rather too稍微...一点

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、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。

可以的，would不用也是可以的

ratherthan用法小结ratherthan是一个并列连词，用法比较复杂，现归纳如下：1.ratherthan与would连用时，构成“wouldrather...than...”句式，意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”，表示主观愿望，即在两者之中选择其一。例如：She"dratherdiethanlosethechildren.她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们。2.ratherthan不与would连用时，表示客观事实，意为“是……而不是……；与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。现分述如下：(1)连接两个名词或代词Heisanexplorerratherthanasailor.与其说他是一个海员，不如说他是一个探险者。YouratherthanIaregoingtogocamping.是你而不是我要去要野营。注意：ratherthan连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与ratherthan前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。(2)连接两个形容词Thesweatersheboughtwasbeautifulratherthancheap.与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。(3)连接两个介词(短语)或动名词Wewillhavethemeetingintheclassroomratherthaninthegreathall.我们是在教室里开会，不是在大厅里。Sheenjoyssingingratherthandancing.她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。(4)连接两个分句Weshouldhelphimratherthanheshouldhelpus.是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。(5)连接两个不定式Idecidedtowriteratherthan(to)telephone.我决定写信而不打电话。注意：ratherthan后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to,如上句。但ratherthan位于句首时，则只能接不带to的不定式。如：Ratherthanallowthevegetablestogobad,hesoldthemathalfprice.他唯恐蔬菜烂掉，把它们以半价卖掉了。(6)连接两个动词Heranratherthanwalked.他是跑来的，而不是走来的。注意：这里ratherthan后用了walked，而没有用walk，表示客观事实，而不是主观愿望。如果换成walk，则作“宁愿……而不愿……”解。wouldrather的用法一、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"drather，表示优先选择的一种方式其否定形式是wouldrathernotdosth。wouldrather没有人称和数的变化，所有的人称一律用wouldrather。“wouldrather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式，美国英语中多用hadrather。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MrLiwouldrathernotlistentorockmusic.李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐。Ifyou"dratherbealone,we"llallleavehere.如果你宁愿独自呆着，那我们都离开这儿。He"dratherworkinthecountryside.她宁可到农村去工作。Youwouldratherstayathomeanddosomereadingthisevening.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wouldrather…than…或would…ratherthan…的句型例IwouldratherwatchTVathomethangotothecinema.我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。Thechildrenwouldwalkthereratherthantakeabus.孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不愿乘公共汽车。请注意1）wouldrather…than…/would…ratherthan…也可以颠倒为：ratherthan…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Iwouldratherhavenoodlesthanrice.我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭。Hewouldratherdrinkwinethanbeer．他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒。Ratherthanworkinsuchbadcondition,hewouldgiveup.与其在这样差的条件下工作，他宁愿放弃。2)使用wouldrather…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Iwouldrathergotoworkbybikethanbybus.我宁愿骑自行车也不愿乘公共汽车去上班。Iwouldrathertalkwithhismotherthanwithhisfather.我宁愿和他妈说话而不愿和他爸说话。三、在疑问句式中，wouldrather与wouldrather…than…中的would要放在主语之前例Wouldyouratherstayhereorgohome?你愿意呆在这里，还是回家？Whichwouldyouratherhave,applesorbananas?你喜欢吃苹果还是香蕉？Wouldyouratherreadanovelthanreadapoem?你宁愿看小说而不愿朗读诗歌吗？四、wouldrather+从句，是一个常用的虚拟语气句型Wouldrather+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Johnwantstoseemetoday.Iwouldratherhecametotomorrowthantoday.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"dratherhepaidusthemoneytomorrow.我们宁愿他明天付给我们那笔钱。Don"tcometomorrow.I"dratheryoucamenextweekend.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Ihadrather,其（that）从句则用过去完成时。例Wouldratheryouhadnotdonethat.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wouldrather之后不接that从句而接havedone结构。例Iwouldratherhavegonetothetheatrethanstayedhomenight.我真希望昨天晚上去看了戏而不是呆在家里。Hewouldratherbepoorthanhavegotmoneybydishonestmethods．他宁可穷也不愿意用不诚实的手段获取金钱。Henrywouldratherthathisgirlfriendworkedinthesamedepartmentashedoes．亨利希望他的女朋友和他在一个部门工作。五、wouldrather/sooner和prefer/wouldprefer的区别wouldrather和wouldsooner之间一般没有区别，但经常接触到的是wouldrather。例Tomwouldrather/soonerreadthantalk．汤姆宁可读书而不愿谈天。Tomprefersreadingtotalking．汤姆喜欢读书而不喜欢谈天。请注意1）wouldrather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wouldrather之后要求只带动词原形。例Hepreferswinetobeer．=Hewouldratherdrinkwinethanbeer．他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒。Iprefertennistogolf．=I"dratherplaytennisthangolf．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wouldrather完全确切地表达出来：Heprefersdogstocats．（他喜欢狗而不喜欢猫。）和Hewouldratherhavedogsthancats．（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）wouldrather+不带to的不定式有时可代替wouldprefer+带to的不定式。例I"dratherflythangobysea．=I"dprefertofly．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—Wouldyoulikesomegin？—I"dpreferacoffee．=I"dratherhavecoffeethangin．—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）wouldrather/sooner和wouldprefer后面都可跟完成式，但后者带to。例WewentbyseabutI"dratherhavegonebyair=I"dprefertohavegonebyair．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wouldlike+不定式的完成式有点相似，wouldlike+带to的不定式的完成式也表示未能实现的愿望。我搜到的，不知道有没有用

I would rather that 加句子

rather的用法一、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。如: He would rather have the small one than the large one. 他宁愿要一个小的,而不要大的。 would / had rather 后接从句时,从句中的谓语动词用虚拟语气。如: I would / had rather you posted the letter right away, 我倒希望你把这封信立即发出。 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。如: He worked till late last night, or rather, early in the morning. 他一直工作到深夜,或者更确切地说,到今天凌晨。 　三、rather作副词用时, 还可作"相当;颇;有点儿"解。如: You"ve done rather well.你做得相当好。 rather大多数情况下用于非正式文体,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,可以修饰比较级,还可和too连用。如： This book is rather too difficult for the beginners.这部书对初学者来说太难了。 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 always prefer starting early, rather than leaving everything to the last minute. 我总是愿意早开始而不愿意把所有事情都留到最后。 than的用法 既可连接名词、代词、形容词、副词， 又可以连接动词； 既可用来强化肯定， 又可加强否定语气。下面就than的语法功能， 举些例子说明。 　　 一、than用于比较 　　 A＞B 1. Your father is older than mine. 2. Easier said than done. 说来容易做来难。(谚语)（这一表达法是It is easier said than done的省略形式.) 3. You love her more than I / me. 注意：than I 是主语对比：你比我更爱她。 than me是主句之宾语与比较状语从句之宾语： 你爱她胜过你爱我。 A＜B 　　4. This kind of computer is less expensive than that one. 　　这种电脑没有那种贵。 　　5. I like this novel than I can say. 　　我喜欢这本小说不能用语言说出来。 　　A＝B（相当于as... as...) 　　6. The food in this restaurant is no better than that in any other restaurant I have been to. 　　这家餐馆的食品和我去过的任何一家餐馆差不多。（注意no better不是not better) 　　7. You speak English no worse than he. 　　你的英语说得跟他差不多一样好。（as well as) 　　 　　二、than用来加强语势 　　 　　8. Rather than ride on a crowded bus, he always prefers to ride a bicycle. (NMET94) 　　他就是不去挤乘公交车而宁愿骑自行车。 　　9. Yang Liwei is more than a PLA（People"s Liberation Army) man; he is a pioneer in China"s space expedition. 　　杨利伟不只是解放军战士， 他还是远征太空的先锋。 　　10. The overseas Chinese got more than pleased and proud to hear the news that China succeeded in the manned space flight. 　　听到中国载人航天飞行成功的消息， 海外华侨就是感到高兴与自豪。 　　11. She never taught her children any other wise than by example. 　　她教孩子从来不用别的方法， 只是作榜样。 　　三、用于含蓄选择 　　12. Mr Zhou is even more a writer than a teacher. 　　与其说周先生是老师倒不如说他是作家。

prefer to do sth rather than do sth

1.宁愿；宁可2.从句(从句的谓语动词用虚拟语气,即谓语动词用过去式)would rather＋从句(从句的谓语动词用虚拟语气,即谓语动词用过去式) 3.句子（虚拟语气，句子谓语用一般过去时）would rather+句子（虚拟语气，句子谓语用一般过去时）

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