Rather的意思是：作副詞時意為“寧可，寧願；相當；準確地說；或多或少的”，作連詞時意為“而不是”，作感嘆詞時意為“當然啦”，作名詞時意為“人名；(英)拉瑟”
rather，英語單詞，副詞、連詞、感嘆詞、名詞。
短語搭配：
or rather更確切地說 ; 毋寧說 ; 更精確地說 ; 準確的說
Rather critical壹葉知秋
would rather寧願
rather good相當不錯
rather strange怪異的 ; 反常的 ; 古怪的
rather cool形容有點兒涼
Rather Ironic而具有諷刺意味 ; 相當反諷
rather showery驟雨頗多
rather sulky有點兒情緒
雙語例句：
I rather than you , should do the work .
該做這個工作的是我，而不是妳。
I should thank you rather than you thank me!
我應該感謝妳，而不是妳來感謝我！
We should help him rather than he should help us.
是我們應該幫助他而不是他應該幫助我們。
習語：
rather you, him, etc. than me
(informal)?（表明不想做別人要去做的事）?
used for saying that you would not like to do sth that another person is going to do
‘I'm going climbing tomorrow.’ ‘Rather you than me!’
“我明天去爬山。”“妳去吧，我可不去！”
rather than
而不是?
instead of sb/sth
I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.
我想要冷飲，不要咖啡。
Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own?
妳幹嗎非得自己幹，而不請人幫忙？
would rather… (than)
(usually reduced to 'd rather 通常縮寫為 'd rather)?寧願；更喜歡?
would prefer to
She'd rather die than give a speech.
她寧願死也不願意演講。
‘Do you want to come with us?’ ‘No, I'd rather not.’
“妳想跟我們壹起來嗎？”“不，我不想去。”
Would you rather walk or take the bus?
妳願意步行還是坐公***汽車？
‘Do you mind if I smoke?’ ‘Well, I'd rather you didn't.’
“妳介意我抽煙嗎？”“嗯，最好別抽。”