adv. (常用于表示轻微的批评、失望或惊讶) 相当,在某种程度上; (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
int. 当然啦,怎么不
1.用作副词:很,颇,在很大程度上
It’s 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 carpet’s getting rather old now. 这块地毯现在很旧了。
2.(用于比较级之前表强调)…得多,还要更
The weather was rather worse than I had expected. 天气要比我预料的还坏。
The problem was psychological rather than physiological.
问题是心理方面的而不是生理方面的。
3.(用于too之前表强调)太:
He talks rather too much. 他说得实在太多了。
I’ve been to rather too many parties recently. 我最近参加的聚会实在太多了。