| 词组 | rather |
| 释义 | 1．注意下面两句里都用 go，第一句里不用 going，第二句里不用 went： He insisted on staying rather than go. He stayed rather than go. 但下面第一句里用 reading 而不用 read，第二句里用 said 而不用 say： He was engaged in studying rather than reading the newspaper. He called rather than said to me 'Thank you'. staying rather than go 和 stayed rather than go（宁愿留，不愿去）都表示主观的愿望，studying rather than reading 和 called rather than said 表示客观的事实： 2．注意下面两组句子的结构： rather than 和 more...than 都可以说，但既然用了 more...than 便不可加上 rather。 3．a rather big dog 和rather a big dog 都可以说。参见 a, an 24 4．had rather 是习语，必须用 had，不可用 have，后面接没有 to 的不定式，例如：I had rather stay with John than with Charles. 5．I would（或 had）rather you paid me now, He would（或 had）rather his children didn't make so much noise 等句子里的 rather 后面通常接不用 that 引导的从句，那从句里用虚拟过去式。 |
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