副词rather的基本用法.doc

副词rather的基本用法崔长平 河南遂平一高（463100）修饰原级形容词或副词。是一个表达程度的副词，作用相当于fairly，quite，pretty，very，too等，在语气上，rather相当于pretty，比fairly，quite重，比very轻。You have done very well.She was thin and rather tall, in her middle thirties.rather 通常可以置于定冠词之后，不定冠词之前或之后去修饰某个形容词。the rather surprising resultI had rather a hard time.I think that would be a rather nice excuse.rather 可以修饰形容词或副词的比较级形式。His wife is rather older than he is.That is rather more than I wanted to pay.rather 经常与too连用，构成rather too，相当于much too，far too等，修饰原级形容词或副词。 I think we have invited rather too many people.rather 还可以修饰名词、动词、介词、分词等。It is rather a pity.$500 is rather a lot to pay for a dress, isnt it?That is rather the impression I wanted to give.It is rather a good idea.无论有没有形容词，rather 均可放在名词之前。它一般放在冠词前面，但如果有形容词，也可以放在冠词后面。It rather surprised me.We were rather hoping that you could stay for supper.修饰动词时意为“有点，在某种程度上”。It is rather like a potato.He was rather pleased when he won the Nobel Prize.fairly 与 rather 用法辨异rather在语气上比fairly更强烈。This is a fairly easy book. 这本书还算浅易。This is a rather easy book. 这本书太容易了。fairly通常修饰说明容易被人接受的一面；rather多修饰说明不易被人所接受的一面。This physics problem is fairly easy.This physics problem is rather difficult.It is fairly warm today. It was rather cold yesterday.rather可以与too连用，相当于much too，far too等，或修饰形容词以及副词比较级，fairly则不能。This car is rather larger than he wants. It was rather / much / far too easy.rather 可以置于不定冠词之前或之后，而fairly一般应置于不定冠词之后。在这一点上，rather与quite用法相同。I think that would be a rather nice excuse