2013高考英语备考：rather用法说明

　　rather

　　1)注意下列词的程度

　　a bit/ a little→slightly→rather→much→completely→quite

　　2)rather 修饰形容词加名词时，若有冠词a 或an , 则rather 在冠词前、后皆可。如：It was rather a cold day . = It was a rather cold day.

　　3)rather和fairly

　　rather表示不接受性，为否定意义;fairly 表示接受性，为肯定意义。如：

　　It’s rather cold today .(不愉快)

　　It’s fairly warm today .(心中舒服)

　　4) rather +比较级;rather/ much/ far+too+adj./adv, 而fairly,quite ,very 则不能。如：I did rathre better in the exam. That’s rather too difficult.

　　5) rather than 而不是 如：

　　He , rather than you, is to be punished . 是他而不是你要受惩罚。

　　I decided to write rather than (to)telephone.我决定写信而不是打电话。

　　还可用于下面两种结构。

　　① would do sth . rather than do sth .= would rather do sth. than do sth .宁愿做某事而不愿做某事。

　　② prefer to do sth . rather than do sth .(意义同上)

　　文章相关链接：m.liuxue86.com/k_2013高考英语备考/