Rather · Rather than · Would rather

Four faces of "rather" — tell them apart once and for all

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Full Review · 4 Types

rather 一共 4 大类用法　做题卡住就翻回来对照

① rather 副词：相当，有点儿无虚拟

修饰形容词、副词；可以修饰比较级（考点！）

It's rather cold. / The test is rather harder.相当冷 / 考试更难一些

② Rather 单独用：相反无虚拟

放在分号后面，引出相反的情况

It didn't help. Rather, it got worse.没起作用；相反，更糟了

③ rather than：而不是无虚拟

前后形式保持一致（平行结构）

搭配：prefer to do A rather than do B

I choose to walk rather than take the bus.我选择走路，而不是坐公交

④ would rather：宁愿（重点！）分两种

✅ 情况 1：主语相同（自己想要做）→ 不用虚拟，动词原形

结构：would rather (not) do sth

I'd rather stay home.我宁愿待在家

✅ 情况 2：主语不同（我希望别人做某事）→ 虚拟语气！时态倒退

① 希望现在/将来：动词变过去式 did / didn't do

I'd rather you stayed here. / I'd rather you didn't tell him.希望你留在这（还没留）/ 希望你别告诉他（还没说）

② 希望当初（过去）没做：用 had done / hadn't done

I'd rather you hadn't told him.真希望你当初没告诉他（已经说了）

📝 一句话口诀（背诵）
rather 表"相当"可修饰比较；
单独放句间意思是"相反"；
rather than 而不是，前后形式要对齐；
would rather 看主语：自己选，用原形；盼别人，才虚拟。

🧩 试卷题目快速回扣对号入座

1	I'm rather hungry.	rather＝相当
2	I would rather stay at home.	同一主语，原形，不虚拟
3	prefer to walk rather than take…	rather than 平行结构
4	I'd rather you didn't tell…	I 和 you 不同主语，虚拟（现在）
5	…didn't help. Rather, it made things worse.	rather＝相反
6	rather more difficult	rather 修饰比较级

Multiple Choice · 6

Click once to see the Chinese hint · click again to lock in your answer 点一次看中文，点两次定答案

Fill in the Blanks · 6

Type your answer, then check 输入答案后点 Check（注意动词形式）

Translation · 3

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