seeing rather a lot of me over the next few weeks.
在接下来的几个星期里，你会经常看到我。
5. rather 与动词
Rather 常置于 enjoy，hope 或 like 之类的动词之前强调它们，例如：
I was rather hoping you’d forgotten about that.
我真希望你忘了那件事。
He rather liked the idea of a well-paid job in Japan.
他相当喜欢在日本有一份高薪工作的想法。
6. rather 与 ”more/less （形容词或副词）“
此结构用来表示与某物作比较，例如：
She would have finished that job rather more quickly.
她会更快地完成那项工作。
Now that she saw Rupert again, he was rather less interesting and a little older than she had remembered him.
既然她又见到鲁珀特了，他比她记忆中的鲁珀特无趣，也老了一点。
7. rather 与 like
Rather like 用来表示相似之处，例如：
This animal looks and behaves rather like a squirrel.
这种动物的外貌和行为都很像松鼠。
He looks rather like his father.
他看上去很像他的父亲。
二、rather than 与 would rather
当我们谈论喜好时，常用 rather than 或 would rather。
1. would rather 表偏好时，有两种常见的结构，一是 would rather 后面跟接不带 to 不定式，二是 would rather sb 后面接过去时或过去完成时，例如：
I don't want to go to the swimming pool. I’d rather go to the beach.
我不想去游泳池。我宁愿去海滩。
Don’t come on Monday. I’d rather you came on Tuesday.
星期一不要来。我宁愿你星期二来。
I’d rather you hadn’t done that.
我宁愿你没有那样做。
2. 当在比较两个备选方案或偏好时，使用 rather than 来强调其中更重要的一个，例如：
It would be better to go in September rather than in August.
与其在八月去，不如在九月去。
He wanted to be an actor rather than a comedian.
他想当演员而不是喜剧演员。
当 rather than 与动词连用时，动词的形式是不带 to 不定式或动名词，后者常用于 prefer 结构中，例如：
I prefer to leave now rather than wait for all the speeches.
我宁愿现在就走也不愿等所有的演讲。
He decided to write rather than telephone.
他决定写信而不是打电话。
I prefer getting up early rather than rushing at the last minute.
我宁愿早起，也不愿赶在最后一分钟。
有时 rather than 也可以置于句首，翻译跟正常语序的一样，例如：
Rather than pay the taxi fare, he walked home.
他宁愿步行回家，也不愿花出租车费。
三、or rather
当我们想纠正刚才所说的话，或使之更准确时，常使用 or rather，例如：
His son is a doctor, or rather, a surgeon.
他的儿子是医生，或者更确切地说，是外科医生。
Thanks to his efforts, or rather the efforts of his employees, they made a decent profit.
由于他的努力，或者更确切地说是他的员工的努力，他们获得了可观的利润。
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