稍微，有点；相当，颇；宁愿；相反地
当然啦，怎么不；
"rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call"; "rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"
同义词：instead
"it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"
同义词：kind ofkindasort of
"I'd rather be in Philadelphia"
同义词：preferablysooner
同义词：quite
rather than而不是；宁可…也不愿
would rather宁愿，宁可
or rather更精确地说，倒不如说
rather too adv. 稍微...一点
这组词都有“相当，颇”的意思，其区别是：
quite含义比fairly稍强，与不定冠词连用时，一般放在不定冠词之前。
rather语气比quite强，褒意贬意无可使用。可与too和比较级连用。
pretty用法与rather相似。常用于非正式文体。
fairly语意最弱，多用于褒义，表示适度地、尚可的意思。不可与too或比较级连用。
quite 完全地,相当于completely, quite impossible
rather修饰比较级
