rather

/ˈræðɚ/

adv. 寧願；相當
- I would rather stay home than go out in this rain. 下這麼大的雨，我寧願待在家也不想出門。

其他意思

adv. 寧可, 稍微, 相當

You use rather when you are correcting something that you have just said, especially when you are describing a particular situation after saying what it is not.
- Twenty million years ago, Idaho was not the arid place it is now. Rather, it was warm and damp, populated by dense primordial forest
People sometimes say rather to express agreement or acceptance.[BRIT, mainly FORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED]
- `Well, he did have a sort of family connection with it, didn't he.' - `Oh yes. Rather.'

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