美[?r?e?r] 1 . Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.
如此無禮的言語讓我火冒三丈，我砰的一下把電話掛了。
來自柯林斯例句
2 . The process is not a circle but rather a spiral.
這個過程不是一個圓周運動而是螺旋上升型的。
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3 . I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole setup of the university.
漸漸地，我對大學的整個體制感到相當失望。
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4 . She was in rather a bad film about the Mau Mau.
她出演了一部關于茅茅運動（20世紀50年代肯尼亞基庫尤人反抗英國殖民者的民族主義運動）的爛片。
來自柯林斯例句
5 . I had a busy day and was rather tired.
今天很忙，我累壞了。
來自柯林斯例句
1.on the contrary;
rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left
2.to some (great or small) extent;
it was rather cold
3.more readily or willingly;
clean it well, preferably with warm water
4.to a degree (not used with a negative);
quite tasty
