查询词典 rather

I would rather stay at home than go out with such a heavy rain.

我宁愿呆在家里也不想冒这么大的雨出去。

I'd rather order a la carte.

我还是自己点菜吧。

Tiff: I think I'd rather order a la carte.

蒂芙：我想我单点就好。

M: It's a labor of labor then rather than a labor of love.

男士：是为工作而工作，而不是为兴趣而工作。

She remembered what a sweet tooth he had, so although he had been asleep, had already eaten, she stuffed a small lump of sugar into his mouth. She then left, looking rather ashamed of herself.

本来非常欢喜口含片糖的脾气，做媳妇的记得清楚明白，所以即或说已经睡觉，已经吃过，也仍然还是塞了一小片糖在口里，媳妇用着略略抱怨自己的那种气走去了。

In fact the exhortation seemed rather a superfluous one to a man with a great pair of iron fetters on his feet.

其实，对于一个戴着如此沉重的脚镣的人来说，这番告诫根本是多余的。

Oven, so they hit your food from a myriad of angles, rather ...

烤箱，所以他们打你的食物，从各种角度，而是。。。

He'd rather have a pair of socks, right?

他情愿要一双袜子，是吧？

Nowadays the light collected by the lens or mirror of a telescope is directed to a photographic plate rather than to the astronomer's eye.

被望远镜的透镜或反射镜所收集的光线，如今直接射到照相底板上，而不是天文学家的眼睛里。

Iraq was once a rather powerful nation in the Middle East.

伊拉克曾是中东地区的一个相当强大的国家。

Diabetes is a social disease that affects several million people worldwide.

糖尿病是一个社会性疾病，全世界有数百万人罹患此病。

I'll call you on Friday to see if we can reschedule our luncheon meeting at your convenience.

我星期五会给您打电话在您方便的时候我们重新安排我们的午餐约会。