1·The leaves taste rather bitter.
这些叶子尝起来相当苦。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·I'm afraid it's a rather long story.
我恐怕这是个相当长的故事。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·It was a rather difficult question.
这是个相当难的问题。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·I found the course rather heavy going.
我觉得这门课相当难。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·I grew up in rather unusual circumstances.
我在相当不寻常的环境中长大。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
1·Given my druthers I'd rather write an essay than draw a picture.
如果我可以选择的话，我会写一篇论文，而不是画一幅画。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·I mean, isn't it more sensible to think that a smaller heavenly body would orbit a larger one, rather than the opposite?
我的意思是，如果一个更小的天体会绕一个更大的天体运行，而不是大的围着小的转，不是更合理吗？
3·You take fuel, rather you take something that's warm, and you put it in contact with the atmosphere, and then it cools down.
你拿燃料，而不是其他暖和的东西，把它放到大气中，它就会冷却下来。
4·Nowadays, many newspapers seemed to be more fixated on celebrity and pop-culture rather than what is happening in the seats of government.
如今，许多报纸似乎更关注名人和流行文化，而不是政府职位上发生的事情。
5·I don't mean that you have to assume a parade-ground posture, but stand in a comfortable, natural way, rather than hunching over the lectern.
我不是说你必须摆出一副阅兵的姿势，而是要以一种舒适、自然的方式站立，而不是弯腰驼背地在讲台上。
1·They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat.
他们想要一所房子，我们则宁愿住一套房间。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
2·Which would you rather have a grilled Texas ribeye or a piece of squash?
一块德克萨斯烤牛排或一块南瓜，你宁愿选哪个？
3·Ben Weatherstaff says the robin is so conceited he would rather have stones thrown at him than not be noticed.
本·韦瑟斯塔夫说知更鸟太自大了，宁愿别人朝他扔石头，也要引起别人的注意。
4·"I would rather cry in the back of a BMW than smile on the back of a bicycle," said one woman to her suitor.
一位女嘉宾在面对她的追求者时，曾这样说“我宁愿坐在宝马里哭，也不愿坐在你的脚踏车上笑”。
5·I mean, really, which would you rather have - a grilled Texas ribeye, or a piece of squash?
我的意思是，说真的，一块德克·萨斯烤牛排，或一块南瓜，你宁愿选哪个？
1·Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always dreaded speaking in public.
他不善言辞又比较腼腆，总害怕在公众场合讲话。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·There are more than plenty in our city, and we felt they are all rather similar to each other.
在我们的城市里有很多，而且我们觉得它们彼此都是比较相似的。
3·Areas with fewer parks (lighter rather than darker green) have higher rates of childhood obesity (larger red circles)
公园比较少的地方（颜色比较浅的绿色方块），肥胖症儿童的人数比较多（尺寸比较大的粉红圆圈）。
4·Due to the rather small amount of data no significant differences in the execution time could be measured.
由于数据量比较小，前后两个查询在执行时间上测量不到明显的差别。
5·I rather question the concept of "unconditional love", actually, and not just because I am the mother of two teenage boys.
我比较质疑“无条件的爱”这个观念，事实上，不光是因为我是两个男孩子的母亲。
1·I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.
我宁可把钱付给个人，也不会毫无选择就把钱交给国家。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·"I would almost rather have no children at all," she said disdainfully [scornfully].
“我宁可一个孩子也没有。”她轻蔑地说。
3·He would, for example, rather die in the battle than risk living in a different way and being called a "coward" or "not a man".
例如，他宁可在战斗中死去，也不愿冒险换一种方式生活，并被称为“懦夫”或“不像个男人"。
4·It is easy to get distracted and sidetracked from your mission because Satan would rather have you do anything besides sharing your faith.
从我们的使命上转移、分心，是很容易的，因为魔鬼宁可你做任何事，也不要你与人分享你的信仰。
5·Many people have great ideas, but implementing them takes a lot of time and effort, so they would rather work at their own projects than join yours.
很多人有远大的想法，但是实现它们需要大量时间和努力，所以他们宁可从事自己的工作也不会加入你。
1·As such, we are not dealing with individual people or systems; rather, we have encapsulated the details of those who interact with the system in an abstract entity that we call the actor.
因此，我们不是在处理个别的人或系统；相反地，我们把那些与系统交互的人或系统的细节封装到抽象的实体中，我们称它为参与者。
2·Patterns do not include algorithms; rather, they focus on the relationships between classes.
模式不包含算法，相反地，它关注于类之间的关系。
3·Rather, they say, the source might have been massive volcanoes, like the ones that blew in the Deccan Traps in what is now India at just the right point in history.
相反地，他们说，烟雾的来源可能是大型火山喷发，比如那些在印度南部高原德干地区的火山爆发，它们的爆发在历史上时间点也刚刚好。
4·Rather, the standard activities in each role will require details to be added regarding how those activities are automated using the specific tools and MDA techniques chosen.
相反地，每个任务中的标准活动将要求加入关于那些活动如何利用所选的具体工具和MDA技术来实现自动化的细节。
5·Rather, they are challenges to be faced, to be overcome, and to be learned from.
相反地，他们会成为要面对要克服甚至要从中学习的挑战。
1·The bulb acts rather like a cap—it encloses the end of the hair in the head.
毛囊的作用有点像帽子——它将发根紧紧地附于头皮上。
2·The present Catherine has no other likeness to her, except a breadth of the forehead and a certain arch of the nostril that makes her appear rather haughty.
现在的凯瑟琳没有别的地方像她，除了宽额和有点拱起的鼻孔，这使她显得简直有点高傲。
3·They all nod their heads, looking rather serious.
他们都点着头，看起来有点严重。
4·The present Catherine has no other likeness to her, except a breadth of forehead, and a certain arch of the nostril that makes her appear rather haughty, whether she will or not.
现在的凯瑟琳没有别的地方像她，除了宽额和有点拱起的翘鼻子，这使她显得简直有点高傲，不管她本心是不是要这样。
5·All rather unfair, given the healthy loan-to-deposit ratios in so many emerging markets.
这些都有点不公平，使得如此多的新兴市场银行都有一个健康的存贷比。
1·Our ordinary confidence in our ability to reason and our natural tendency to trust the deliverances of our senses can both come to seem rather naive once we confront this possibility of deception.
当我们面对这种欺骗的可能性时，无论是对于自己的推理能力，还是对于我们天生信任自己感官判断这一习惯的信心都可能看上去变得颇为幼稚。
2·It could have been worse: Spanish Banks have repossessed huge amounts of land that had not yet been built on, and residential-mortgage standards are rather conservative.
情况本来可能更坏，好在西班牙银行业已经收回了大量尚未动工建房的土地，且还过住宅按揭的标准也颇为保守。
3·So it seems rather strange that the leaders of the 26 NATO member countries are to meet in Riga on November 28th with so little sense of urgency.
而北约成员国的26位领导人将在11月28日聚首里加(Riga，译注：拉脱维亚首都)，他们不慌不忙，这似乎颇为奇怪。
4·He's a rather hard man.
他是一个颇为严厉的人。
5·As international civil jurisdiction is a rather complicated issue both in theory and practice, so this dissertation is divided into two chapters to deal with it.
由于国际民商事管辖权制度是一个颇为复杂的理论和实践问题，故本文以两章篇幅讨论这一部分内容。
1·Right now, places like Guangdong, where SARS hit rather early, still see a few new cases.
广东等发病较早的地区仍有少量新发病例出现。
2·Microsoft offers the lower-priced Windows XP rather than Vista for use on netbooks.
微软倾向于向笔记本用户提供相对于vista系统较低价格的XP操作系统。
3·This is a rather influential dance in Shenzhen compiled by several young dancers from the city.
这是深圳几位青年舞蹈演员编排的一组在深圳较有影响的现代舞。
4·A mathematical model of the turning behavior of an automobile can be founded with the aid of data acquired from rather simple test.
用这种方法，可以在较简单的试验得到的数据基础上，建立汽车转向运动数学模型。
5·A rather simple and practical method estimating structural safety of existing container crane is given in this paper.
介绍了评估现役集装箱桥吊是否安全可靠的较简单和实用的分析方法。