rather學測 L2KK [ˈræðɚ] ｜ /ˈræðɚ/
寧願；寧可·相當；頗為·而是；倒不如說
常考『寧願』與『倒不如』用法
I would rather walk to school than wait for a late bus.
我寧願走路上學，也不要等遲到的公車。
一個畫面：天秤微微傾向一邊
偏向一邊天秤稍微倒向喜歡的那邊
稍微傾斜傾斜幅度不大，只是有點
換邊站放下原本那邊，改選別的
義項
天秤偏向A2adverb寧願；寧可
I would rather go to the beach than stay at home.
我寧願去海邊也不要待在家裡。
would ratherwould rather...than
驚訝程度A2adverb相當；頗為
He was rather surprised when he won the lottery.
他中樂透時感到相當驚訝。
rather surprisedrather difficult
改口修正A2adverb而是；倒不如說
I want to walk rather than take the bus.
我想用走的，而不是搭公車。
rather thanor rather
片語
would rather心裡偏好 →寧願，接原形動詞
would rather...than兩者選一 →寧願甲而不要乙
rather than換成另一個 →而不是；用來代替
or rather修正講法 →更精確地說
你會不會這樣說？
I would rather ___ home than go out tonight. (填入 stay 的正確形式)
看答案
stay
would rather 後面接原形動詞，不能加 to，是常見錯誤。
'He was rather surprised when he won the lottery.' 這裡的 rather 最接近哪個意思？(A) 寧願 (B) 相當 (C) 而是
看答案
(B)
此句形容「驚訝」的程度，對應「相當；頗為」義項。