宁愿……也不愿的英文:would rather ... than
rather 读法 英 ['rɑːðə] 美 ['ræðɚ]
1、adv. 宁可,宁愿;相当
2、int. 当然啦(回答问题时用)
短语:
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
例句:
I would rather invest time in Rebecca than in the kitchen.
我宁愿把时间花在丽贝卡身上也不愿花在厨房里。
一、rather的词义辨析:
quite, rather, pretty, fairly这组词都有“相当,颇”的意思,其区别是:
1、quite 含义比fairly稍强,与不定冠词连用时,一般放在不定冠词之前。
2、rather 语气比quite强,褒意贬意无可使用。可与too和比较级连用。
3、pretty 用法与rather相似。常用于非正式文体。
4、fairly 语意最弱,多用于褒义,表示适度地、尚可的意思。不可与too或比较级连用。
二、rather的近义词:quite
quite 读法 英 [kwaɪt] 美 [kwaɪt]
作副词的意思是:很;相当;完全
短语:
1、quite a lot of 非常多,相当多;许多
2、quite a while 有一阵子,半天;相当长一段时间
3、quite a number of 相当多的
例句:
I felt quite bitter about it at the time.
当时我对此感到相当痛苦。
prefer to do sth rather than do sth
或是would rather do than do
I prefer to go swimming,rather than stay at home.
I would rather swim than stay at home.
prefer to do ... rather than do ...
rather do..than do..
would rather do……,than do……