rather

Các nghĩa

1. thà, thích hơn

   Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than)

   not-comparable

   I'd rather not have spent all the money, but it really was an emergency.

2. trái lại, ngược lại

   Used to introduce a contradiction; on the contrary.

   conjunctive · not-comparable

   It wasn't supposed to be popular; rather, it was supposed to get the job done.

3. nói đúng hơn, chính xác hơn

   Introducing a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.)

   conjunctive · not-comparable

   I didn't want to leave. Or rather I did, just not alone.

4. khá

   Somewhat, quite; to an unexpected degree.

   not-comparable

   It's been rather/quite a good meal overall, but this melon is rather too tasteless.

5. khá là, hơi

   2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 45

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6. khá là, hơi

   Translated from the original Latin, it reads, “Ivan the third; does it with birds.” Rather juvenile, don’t you think?

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