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“would rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式（美国英语中多用had rather）。 ’d rather为would（或had）rather的缩写形式。would (had)在此决无“过去”之意，且无词性、时态变化，它是一个情态助动词。该句式常用来表示选择的意愿，意谓“宁可……”、“宁愿……”、“最好……”。例如：
(1) He’d rather work in the countryside.
她宁可到农村去工作。
(2) If you’d rather be alone, we’ll all leave here.
如果你宁愿独自呆着，那我们都离开这儿。
(3) You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening.
今晚你最好呆在家中读点书。
would rather与than连用，可构成另一个惯用句式，即：“would rather...than....”,意谓“宁可（愿）……（而）不要（愿）……”、“与其……不如……”。用以表达主语的'意愿，强调经过选择后做其中一件事，而不愿做另一件事。例如：
(4) I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema.
我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。
(5) The children would rather walk there than take a bus.
孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不乘公共汽车。
在使用“would rather...than...”句型时，应注意以下几点：
1. than 后边也应接动词原形（见句（4）和（5）），但如该句型前后连接的两个动词相同，则than之后的那个动词可省去。如：
(6) I’d rather you know that now than afterwards.
我宁可你现在就知道这件事，而不是以后。
2. would rather...than...也可改写成 “would...rather than...”,其用法及含义仍不变。如：
(7) Facing the enemies, our soldiers would die rather than surrender.
面对敌人，我们的战士宁死不屈。
3. 有时，为表示语气上的强调，可将rather than置于句首，如：
(8) Rather than refuse to help you, I would borrow money from my friends.
我宁可向朋友借钱，也不愿拒绝帮助你。
4. would rather后也可跟从句，表示主语宁愿让某人干某事。这时，从句谓语动词要用虚拟语气，即用一般过去时表示过去现在或将来要做的事；用过去完成时表示过去要做的事。如：
(9) I’d rather she set out to do the work now.
我宁愿她现在就着手做这项工作。
(10) I’d rather you met her at the airport tomorrow morning.
我但愿你明天早上能在机场见到她。
(11) I’d rather you hadn’t told him the n
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rather的用法1：rather是程度副词,用来修饰原级或比较级形容词和副词、动词、分词或单数名词,意思是“有些”“相当”“多少地”,常用于负面含意。rather可和too连用,作程度状语,但此时不可以修饰比较级。
rather的用法2：rather用以减弱而不是加强其后所跟的词或词组的作用,如拒绝别人请求帮助时,显得比较客气,又如为了谦虚,可用这词使自己在引人注目的场面表现得乐而不狂。
rather的用法3：rather一般放在不定冠词前面,名词前有形容词时,也可放在不定冠词后面。
rather的用法4：rather than和more...than的比较：前者表示“与其……倒不如……”，后者表示“更……比起……”，注意词组more...than中的than前面不可以加上rather。
1. Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.
如此无礼的言语让我火冒三丈，我砰的一下把电话挂了。
2. The process is not a circle but rather a spiral.
这个过程不是一个圆周运动而是螺旋上升型的。
3. I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole setup of the university.
渐渐地，我对大学的整个体制感到相当失望。
4. She was in rather a bad film about the Mau Mau.
她出演了一部关于茅茅运动(20世纪50年代肯尼亚基库尤人反抗英国殖民者的民族主义运动)的烂片。
5. I had a busy day and was rather tired.
今天很忙，我累坏了。
6. Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。
7. She had married a charming but rather vague Englishman.
她嫁给了一个外表迷人实际却很迷糊的英国人。
8. In its untreated state the carbon fibre material is rather like cloth.
原始的碳纤维材料很像布料。
9. Poor Jane was in rather a spin about the party.
可怜的简对这次聚会真有些不知所措。
10. The police inferred that they found her behaviour rather suspicious.
警方暗示他们发现她行为非常可疑。
11. I found her a rather austere, distant, somewhat cold person.
我发现她相当严厉，拒人于千里之外，近乎冷漠。
12. “Frankly I found it rather frightening.” — “A little startling,” Mark agreed.
“坦白说我觉得这相当可怕。”——“是有点吓人，”马克表示同意。
13. A rather neat option allows you to design your own fiendish puzzle.
只要干净利落地做一个选择，你就能自己设计出难以解开的谜题。
14. The effect is soft and pretty rather than drop-dead sexy.
给人的印象是柔和俏丽而不是吸人眼球的性感。
15. It was extremely hot and I was feeling rather randy.
场面非常刺激撩人，我感到欲火难耐。
would rather 用法浅析
would rather 用法浅析10月16日 “would rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式（美国英语中多用had rather）。 ’d rather为would（或had）rather的.缩写形式。would (had)在此决无“过去”之意，且无词性、时态变化，它是一个情态助动词。该句式常用来表示选择的意愿，意谓“宁可……”、“宁愿……”、“最好……”。例如： (1) He’d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作。 (2) If you’d rather be alone, we’ll all leave here. 如果你宁愿独自呆着，那我们都离开这儿。 (3) You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening. 今晚你最好呆在家中读点书。 would rather与than连用，可构成另一个惯用句式，即：“would rather...than....”,意谓“宁可（愿）……（而）不要（愿）……”、“与其……不如……”。用以表达主语的意愿，强调经过选择后做其中一件事，而不愿做另一件事。例如： (4) I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. 我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。 (5) The children would rather walk there than take a bus. 孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不乘公共汽车。 在使用“would rather...than...”句型时，应注意以下几点： 1. than 后边也应接动词原形（见句（4）和（5）），但如该句型前后连接的两个动词相同，则than之后的那个动词可省去。如： (6) I’d rather you know that now than afterwards. 我宁可你现在就知道这件事，而不是以后。 2. would rather...than...也可改写成 “would...rather than...”,其用法及含义仍不变。如： (7) Facing the enemies, our soldiers would die rather than surrender. 面对敌人，我们的战士宁死不屈。 3. 有时，为表示语气上的强调，可将rather than置于句首，如： (8) Rather than refuse to help you, I would borrow money from my friends. 我宁可向朋友借钱，也不愿拒绝帮助你。 4. would rather后也可跟从句，表示主语宁愿让某人干某事。这时，从句谓语动词要用虚拟语气，即用一般过去时表示过去现在或将来要做的事；用过去完成时表示过去要做的事。如： (9) I’d rather she set out to do the work now. 我宁愿她现在就着手做这项工作。 (10) I’d rather you met her at the airport tomorrow morning. 我但愿你明天早上能在机场见到她。 (11) I’d rather you hadn’t told him the news that day. 我真希望你那天没有把那消息告诉他。 5. would rather后还可接动词的完成式，表示主语要做某事，而结果事与愿违的意思。如： (12) I’d rather have left a note on her desk. 我本想留张字条在她书桌上的。（事实上没有留） 试比较 (13) I’d rather I left a note on her desk. 我宁可留张字条在她的书桌上。
rather的.用法：
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。
rather than
rather than 是一个并列连词，用法比较复杂，在四六级考试中经常出现，现归纳如下：
1. rather than 与would 连用时，构成“would rather...than...”句式，意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”，表示主观愿望，即在两者之中选择其一。例如：
She'd rather die than lose the children. 她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们。
2. rather than 不与would连用时，表示客观事实，意为“是……而不是……;与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。现分述如下：
(1) 连接两个名词或代词
He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 与其说他是一个海员，不如说他是一个探险者。
You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野营。
注意：rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。
(2) 连接两个形容词
The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。
(3) 连接两个介词(短语)或动名词
We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我们是在教室里开会，不是在大厅里。
She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。
(4) 连接两个分句
We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。
(5) 连接两个不定式
I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。
注意：rather than 后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to, 如上句。但rather than位于句首时，则只能接不带to 的不定式。如：Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉，把它们以半价卖掉了。
(6) 连接两个动词
He ran rather than walked. 他是跑来的，而不是走来的。
注意：这里rather than 后用了walked，而没有用walk，表示客观事实，而不是主观愿望。如果换成walk，则作“宁愿……而不愿 ……”解。
would rather
一、would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”，后接动词原形,常省略为’d rather，表示优先选择的一种方式 ,其否定形式是would rather not do sth。would rather没有人称和数的变化，所有的人称一律用would rather。
“would rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式，美国英语中多用had rather。would (had)在此决无“过去”之意，它是一个情态助动词，且无词性、时态变化。
例:
Mr Li would rather not listen to rock music. 李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐。
If you’d rather be alone, we’ll all leave here. 如果你宁愿独自呆着，那我们都离开这儿。
He’d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作。
You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening. 今晚你最好呆在家中读点书。
二、如果在两者中进行取舍，表示“宁愿……而不愿……，与其……宁可……”的意思时，则可用would rather…than…或would…rather than…的句型
例:
I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. 我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。
The children would walk there rather than take a bus. 孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不愿乘公共汽车。
请注意 1) would rather…than…/would…rather than…也可以颠倒为：rather than…would…。Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式，若选用的动词相同，那么than 后的动词可以省略。
例:
I would rather have noodles than rice. 我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭。
He would rather drink wine than beer. 他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒。
Rather than work in such bad condition, he would give up. 与其在这样差的条件下工作，他宁愿放弃。
使用would rather…than…句型时要注意“平行结构”，即在than 的前后要用两个同类的词或词组，如两个名词、两个不定式、两个介词短语等。
例 I would rather go to work by bike than by bus. 我宁愿骑自行车也不愿乘公共汽车去上班。
I would rather talk with his mother than with his father. 我宁愿和他妈说话而不愿和他爸说话。
三、在疑问句式中，would rather 与would rather…than…中的would要放在主语之前
例:
Would you rather stay here or go home? 你愿意呆在这里，还是回家?
Which would you rather have, apples or bananas? 你喜欢吃苹果还是香蕉?
Would you rather read a novel than read a poem?你宁愿看小说而不愿朗读诗歌吗?
四、would rather+从句，是一个常用的虚拟语气句型 Would rather+从句,谓语一般用过去时来表示现在或将来。其意为“宁愿……,还是…… 好些”“一个人宁愿另一个人做某事”。引导从句的that常省略。在谈到过去的动作时，谓语则用过去完成时。
例:
John wants to see me today. I would rather he came to tomorrow than today. 约翰今天想去看我。我宁愿他明天来看我而不是今天。(句中came不是表示过去而是表示将来)
We’d rather he paid us the money tomorrow. 我们宁愿他明天付给我们那笔钱。
Don’t come tomorrow. I’d rather you came next weekend. 明天别来。我希望你下周末来。
请注意:
1) 如果谈到过去的动作，也就是表示过去已经发生的事情在选择上不恰当。此时，主句一般为I had rather ,其(that)从句则用过去完成时。 例 Would rather you had not done that. 我真希望你没有做那件事。
2)如果只涉及主语本人而不涉及另一个人，则would rather之后不接that从句而接have done结构。
例 I would rather have gone to the theatre than stayed home night. 我真希望昨天晚上去看了戏而不是呆在家里。 He would rather be poor than have got money by dishonest methods. 他宁可穷也不愿意用不诚实的手段获取金钱。
Henry would rather that his girlfriend worked in the same department as he does.亨利希望他的女朋友和他在一个部门工作。
五、would rather/sooner和prefer/would prefer的区别 would rather和would sooner之间一般没有区别，但经常接触到的是would rather。
例:
Tom would rather/sooner read than talk. 汤姆宁可读书而不愿谈天。 Tom prefers reading to talking.汤姆喜欢读书而不喜欢谈天。
请注意 1)would rather后跟不带to的不定式+than+不带 to的不定式，而prefer后跟动名词+to+动名词。有时prefer后面也可跟名词，而在would rather之后要求只带动词原形。
例:
He prefers wine to beer.= He would rather drink wine than beer. 他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒。
I prefer tennis to golf.= I’d rather play tennis than golf. 我喜欢打网球而不喜欢打高尔夫球。
2)某些 prefer+名词的情况不能用 would rather完全确切地表达出来：He prefers dogs to cats.(他喜欢狗而不喜欢猫。)和 He would rather have dogs than cats.(他宁可养狗而不愿养猫。)很明显，这两句的意思并不完全相同。
3) would rather+不带to的不定式有时可代替 would prefer+带 to的不定式。
例 I’d rather fly than go by sea.=I’d prefer to fly. 我宁愿乘飞机也不愿乘船。
这两个结构后面带名词时情况也一样：
例 —Would you like some gin?
—I’d prefer a coffee.=I’d rather have coffee than gin.
—您想喝点杜松子酒吗?
—我想喝点咖啡。/我想喝点咖啡，不想喝杜松子酒。
4)would rather/sooner和would prefer后面都可跟完成式，但后者带to。
例:
We went by sea but I’d rather have gone by air=I’d prefer to have gone by air. 我们是乘船去的，可我本想乘飞机去。(我愿意乘飞机去，可我的愿望未能实现。)这和 would like+不定式的完成式有点相似，would like+带to 的不定式的完成式也表示未能实现的愿望。
【干货】Rather的3种用法
先看一个中文例子:
他不是坏人;r ather ，他是个好人。
“不是坏人”与“是好人”所表达的含义是同方向 的，所以“rather”单独出现在句中并不取反。
大家可以把“rather”翻译成“更精确地说”。
“rather”往往出现在“not A；rather, B”结构中 。我们可以把这个结构翻译成“不是A，而是B” 。相当于大家熟悉的“not A but B”。
【例】Such exposure seldom galvanizes the public, which rather seems to resign to a sense of impotency.
【译】这种报导不能 刺激 大众，而是 似乎让大众陷入到无能为力 的境地。
在这里，“rather”和前面的“seldom”构成了“not A rather B”的结构。
rather than=instead of=not
当出现“rather than”这个词组时，它们的含义为“not”，是取反 的方程等号。
【例】We will increasingly be managing ecological problems like global warming rather than solving them.
【译】我们会更多地管理 诸如全球变暖的生态问题而不是解决 这些问题。
在这句话里，“rather than”相当于“not”，表示前后取反，类似的用法还有“instead of”。
rather+adj. = very+adj.
“rather”还有一个常见的用法：rather+ adj. = very+adj.
大家以后可以在作文中用“rather”替换“very”。
【例】The author paints a rather dark picture of book publishing as a hidebound industry。
【译】作者描绘了一幅非常黑暗的画面，将图书出版描绘成一个保守不变的行业。
rather 和 rather than 的区别你能分清楚吗?
“rather”不管是在GRE阅读还是GRE填空中都是一个必须掌握的核心词汇，因为它往往会起到“逻辑标志词”的作用而成为我们的破题点 。但很多同学对于rather的理解都停留在“rather than”这个短语上，所以只要看到“rather”就以为自己碰到了“反向”逻辑。但其实rather的用法远比我们想象中复杂的多。
1.rather than
rather than : “而不是…”, 表“反向逻辑”，可以理解成“not” A rather than B：是A而不是B
比如，GRE阅读中的一个句子：Theories arise by means of discovery rather than invention.理论来源于发现“而不是”创造。
这是同学们最熟悉的rather的用法，跟它类似的还有“instead of”。这种用法不用多说，大家在理解上都没有问题。
2.rather+动词
“rather+动词”中，rather可以理解为：“宁可/更愿意地”，相当于“preferably”
I'd rather go to the movies.我“更愿意”去看电影。
在这种用法下，从逻辑方向的角度，“rather”很明显是个“同向的”、表达肯定的逻辑 。跟前一种的“rather than”正好相反。
3.or rather
or rather ：more correctly speaking; 更准确地说/更具体的说。依旧是一种“同向逻辑”的提示。
He's my friend. Or rather he was my friend.他是我的朋友。更确切地说，他曾经是我的朋友。
在这种用法下，or rather依旧是一个“同向”逻辑，可以理解成对于前一句的进一步展开说明。
比如我们看一下在GRE填空题中出现过的原句：
The description of humans as having an internal clock is not a metaphor. Or rather, it is—you do not have a tiny watch in your cerebellum—but it also refers to a real biological feature, a specialized bundle of cells that regulates cyclical processes.
“人类有内部钟”不是种比喻。它就是一种真实的生物特征。（第二句就是对第一句的具体展开）
4.rather+形容词
“rather+形容词”中rather理解为：to a certain extent;相当地。表达一种程度,类似于very (但比very的程度稍微弱一点点)。
我们看GRE阅读中的一个句子：
Levels of genetic variation within all species are high, not low, and rather than showing evidence of an intrinsic vulnerability to extinction from natural causes, independent lineages of these bats have persisted in rather small areas for very long periods of time (often millions of years) in spite of frequent typhoons and volcanic eruptions.
其中，“these bats have persisted in rather small areas”就可以理解成“very small areas”。
5.rather放句首
A. Rather, B.(A、B抽象代表两个句子)
这是同学们对于rather最容易形成误解的地方，很多同学会以为这种情况下“rather”表达了一种“转折逻辑”。 逻辑都没弄对，那后果肯定是不堪设想的。
此时，一般A是一个否定句。B是用一个肯定句的形式对A进行了“同意转述 ”。所以此时rather依旧是同向逻辑 的提示。
比如：I’m not a boy. Rather, I’m a girl.(两句话其实是一个意思)
类似用法的还有Instead放句首
比如，我们来看一句GRE机经中的原句：
Avant-garde was a look that signaled progressive ideas and unconventionality because it dispensed with the cardinal rule of graphic design: to take an idea and make it visually clear, concise, and instantly understood. Instead, graphics produced by avant-garde artists exclusively for the avant-garde (as opposed to their advertising work) were usually difficult to decipher, ambiguous, or nonsensical.
第一句：Avant-garde是反传统的因为它抛弃了传统会有的visually clear, concise, and instantly understood等特点。
第二句：Avant-garde是difficult to decipher, ambiguous, or nonsensical的。
(两句完全是同意转述，只不过第一句反着说第二句正着说而已。)
总结
1.rather than:「反向逻辑」= not
2.rather+动词:「同向逻辑」= preferably
3.or rather:「同向逻辑」
= more correctly speaking
4.rather+形容词: 副词、表程度，类似于very
5.Rather放句首:「同向逻辑」= Instead
这五种rather的用法中，除了rather than表反向逻辑之外;其他四种都是同向逻辑，直接把rather删除掉其实也并不影响理解。
一、would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”后接动词原形，常省略为’d rather，表示优先选择的一种方式。
would rather do sth
否定形式：would rather not do sth
Mr Li would rather not listen to rock music. 李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐。
If you’d rather be alone, we’ll all leave here. 如果你宁愿独自呆着，那我们都离开这儿。
He’d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作。
You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening. 今晚你最好呆在家中读点书。
还有would sooner, had rather, had sooner都表示“宁愿”、“宁可”的意思。
If I have a choice, I had sooner not continue my studies at this school.
如果可以选择的话，我早就不会继续在这所学校学习了。
二、如果在两者中进行取舍，表示“宁愿……而不愿……，与其……宁可……”的意思时，则可用would rather…than…或would…rather than…的句型。
would rather… than… /would…rather than… 宁愿……而不愿。
I would rather stay here than go home. = I would stay here rather than go home.我宁愿待在这里而不愿回家。
使用would rather…than…句型时要注意“平行结构”，即在than 的前后要用两个同类的词或词组，如两个名词、两个不定式、两个介词短语等。
三、在疑问句式中，would rather 与would rather…than…中的would要放在主语之前。
Would you rather stay here or go home? 你愿意呆在这里，还是回家?
Which would you rather have, apples or bananas? 你喜欢吃苹果还是香蕉? Would you rather read a novel than read a poem? 你宁愿看小说而不愿朗读诗歌吗?
rather than 是一个并列连词，用法比较复杂，现归纳如下：
1. rather than 与would 连用时，构成“would rather...than...”句式，意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”，表示主观愿望，即在两者之中选择其一。例如：
She'd rather die than lose the children. 她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们。
2. rather than 不与would连用时，表示客观事实，意为“是……而不是……;与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。现分述如下：
(1) 连接两个名词或代词
He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 与其说他是一个海员，不如说他是一个探险者。
You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野营。
注意：rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。
(2) 连接两个形容词
The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。
(3) 连接两个介词(短语)或动名词
We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我们是在教室里开会，不是在大厅里。
She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。
(4) 连接两个分句
We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。
(5) 连接两个不定式
I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。
注意：rather than 后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to, 如上句。但rather than位于句首时，则只能接不带to 的不定式。如：Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉，把它们以半价卖掉了。
(6) 连接两个动词
He ran rather than walked. 他是跑来的，而不是走来的。
注意：这里rather than 后用了walked，而没有用walk，表示客观事实，而不是主观愿望。如果换成walk，则作“宁愿……而不愿 ……”解。
rather than和would rather的详细用法
would rather的用法
一、would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”,后接动词原形,常省略为’d rather,表示优先选择的一种方式
其否定形式是would rather not do sth.would rather没有人称和数的变化,所有的人称一律用would rather.
“would rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式,美国英语中多用had rather.would (had)在此决无“过去”之意,它是一个情态助动词,且无词性、时态变化.
例 Mr Li would rather not listen to rock music. 李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐.
If you’d rather be alone, we’ll all leave here. 如果你宁愿独自呆着,那我们都离开这儿.
He’d rather work in the countryside. 她宁可到农村去工作.
You would rather stay at home and do some reading this evening. 今晚你最好呆在家中读点书.
二、如果在两者中进行取舍,表示“宁愿……而不愿……,与其……宁可……”的意思时,则可用would rather…than…或would…rather than…的句型
例 I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. 我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影.
The children would walk there rather than take a bus. 孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不愿乘公共汽车.
请注意 1) would rather…than…/would…rather than…也可以颠倒为：rather than…would….Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式,若选用的动词相同,那么than 后的动词可以省略.
例 I would rather have noodles than rice. 我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭.
He would rather drink wine than beer. 他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒.
Rather than work in such bad condition, he would give up. 与其在这样差的条件下工作,他宁愿放弃.
2)使用would rather…than…句型时要注意“平行结构”,即在than 的前后要用两个同类的词或词组,如两个名词、两个不定式、两个介词短语等.
例 I would rather go to work by bike than by bus. 我宁愿骑自行车也不愿乘公共汽车去上班.
I would rather talk with his mother than with his father. 我宁愿和他妈说话而不愿和他爸说话.
三、在疑问句式中,would rather 与would rather…than…中的would要放在主语之前
例 Would you rather stay here or go home? 你愿意呆在这里,还是回家?
Which would you rather have, apples or bananas? 你喜欢吃苹果还是香蕉?
Would you rather read a novel than read a poem?你宁愿看小说而不愿朗读诗歌吗?
四、would rather+从句,是一个常用的虚拟语气句型 Would rather+从句,谓语一般用过去时来表示现在或将来.其意为“宁愿……,还是…… 好些”“一个人宁愿另一个人做某事”.引导从句的that常省略.在谈到过去的动作时,谓语则用过去完成时.
例 John wants to see me today. I would rather he came to tomorrow than today. 约翰今天想去看我.我宁愿他明天来看我而不是今天.(句中came不是表示过去而是表示将来)
We’d rather he paid us the money tomorrow. 我们宁愿他明天付给我们那笔钱.
Don’t come tomorrow. I’d rather you came next weekend. 明天别来.我希望你下周末来.
请注意 1) 如果谈到过去的动作,也就是表示过去已经发生的事情在选择上不恰当.此时,主句一般为I had rather ,其(that)从句则用过去完成时. 例 Would rather you had not done that. 我真希望你没有做那件事.
2)如果只涉及主语本人而不涉及另一个人,则would rather之后不接that从句而接have done结构.
例 I would rather have gone to the theatre than stayed home night. 我真希望昨天晚上去看了戏而不是呆在家里. He would rather be poor than have got money by dishonest methods. 他宁可穷也不愿意用不诚实的手段获取金钱.
Henry would rather that his girlfriend worked in the same department as he does.亨利希望他的女朋友和他在一个部门工作.
五、would rather/sooner和prefer/would prefer的区别 would rather和would sooner之间一般没有区别,但经常接触到的是would rather.
例Tom would rather/sooner read than talk. 汤姆宁可读书而不愿谈天. Tom prefers reading to talking.汤姆喜欢读书而不喜欢谈天.
请注意 1)would rather后跟不带to的不定式+than+不带 to的不定式,而prefer后跟动名词+to+动名词.有时prefer后面也可跟名词,而在would rather之后要求只带动词原形.
例 He prefers wine to beer.= He would rather drink wine than beer. 他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒.
I prefer tennis to golf.= I’d rather play tennis than golf. 我喜欢打网球而不喜欢打高尔夫球. 2)某些 prefer+名词的情况不能用 would rather完全确切地表达出来：He prefers dogs to cats.(他喜欢狗而不喜欢猫.)和 He would rather have dogs than cats.(他宁可养狗而不愿养猫.)很明显,这两句的意思并不完全相同.
3) would rather+不带to的不定式有时可代替 would prefer+带 to的不定式.
例 I’d rather fly than go by sea.=I’d prefer to fly. 我宁愿乘飞机也不愿乘船.
这两个结构后面带名词时情况也一样：
例 ―Would you like some gin?
―I’d prefer a coffee.=I’d rather have coffee than gin.
―您想喝点杜松子酒吗?
―我想喝点咖啡./我想喝点咖啡,不想喝杜松子酒.
4)would rather/sooner和would prefer后面都可跟完成式,但后者带to.
例 We went by sea but I’d rather have gone by air=I’d prefer to have gone by air. 我们是乘船去的,可我本想乘飞机去.(我愿意乘飞机去,可我的愿望未能实现.)这和 would like+不定式的完成式有点相似,would like+带to 的不定式的完成式也表示未能实现的愿望.
rather的用法可从以下几点掌握:
一、rather作副词,意为宁愿;宁可。作此意解的rather常和would / had连用,构成固定短语。would / had rather...than译为宁愿......而不愿 ,应该特别注意此短语的否定构成及其后接的动词形式。如:
He would rather have the small one than the large one. 他宁愿要一个小的,而不要大的。
I’d rather take the slowest train than go there by air. 我宁愿坐最慢的火车,也不乘飞机去那里。
I would rather not tell you the secret right now. 我现在不愿把那个秘密告诉你。
would / had rather 后接从句时,从句中的谓语动词用虚拟语气。如:
I would / had rather you posted the letter right away, 我倒希望你把这封信立即发出。
I would / had rather that she had stayed at home. 她那时要是留在家里就好了。
二、rather作副词用时,意为更确切地。 此用法的rather常用在or rather这一短语中,表示想要纠正已经说过的话,或欲使已说过的话更确切。如:
He worked till late last night, or rather, early in the morning. 他一直工作到深夜,或者更确切地说,到今天凌晨。
The building is like a palace, or rather a temple. 这幢建筑物像一座宫殿,或者更确切地说像一座寺庙。
三、rather作副词用时, 还可作相当;颇;有点儿解。如:
You’ve done rather well.你做得相当好。
The way he is living is rather strange to me. 他的生活方式我觉得很怪。
rather, fairly, quite, pretty的区别:
1. 从程度上说, fairly是最轻的一个;quite比fairly 语气稍强;rather 在程度上比quite更重一些;pretty 和rather 差不多,但大多数情况下用于非正式文体。如:
They were getting along fairly well with each other. 他们相处还不错。
He was quite polite, but he wasn’t ready to help me. 他相当有礼貌,但他并不愿意帮助我。
There’s something rather strange about the way he talks to you. 他跟你说话的样子真有点怪。
Twenty-five is pretty old to take up ballet dancing.二十五岁才学跳芭蕾,年纪就太大了。
2. rather 和quite可放在不定冠词前,也可放在不定冠词之后,还可以和动词连用,而fairly 和pretty没有这些用法。如:
That is quite / rather a surprising result. =That is a quite / rather surprising result. 那是一个相当惊人的结果。
I rather / quite like to go for a walk after supper. 我颇喜欢在晚饭后出去散步。
3. 只有rather可以修饰比较级,还可和too连用。如:
This computer is rather more expensive than that one.这部电脑比那部昂贵一些。
This book is rather too difficult for the beginners.这部书对初学者来说太难了。
四、rather than 的用法。
rather 不仅是一个表示程度的副词,还能用来表示选择,意为而非;(与其......)倒不如。rather than 经常用在平行结构里,即连接两个对等成分。
I’d prefer to go in August rather than July. 我愿八月去,不愿七月去。
I’d call her hair chestnut rather than brown. 我宁愿说她的头发是栗色,而不是棕色。
We ought to invest in new machines rather than buildings. 我们应该在新的机器上而不是在房屋上投资。
I decided to write rather than telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。
Rather than get money in such a dishonest way, he would beg in the streets. 他宁愿在街上乞讨,也不愿以这种不正当的手段挣钱。
I always prefer starting early, rather than leaving everything to the last minute. 我总是愿意早开始而不愿意把所有事情都留到最后。
★ 并列句用法浅析
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★ maybe的用法
★ plan的用法
★ 介词to的用法
