rather

The leaves taste rather bitter.

这些叶子尝起来相当苦。

A rather important one, as a matter of fact, deputy director of the international finance corporation.

事实上，这位国际金融公司的副总裁是位相当重要的人物。

The key will be to abandon the rather simple and static measures of sustainability, which centre on the need to maintain production without increasing damage.

关键将是放弃相当简单和静态的可持续性措施，这些措施的核心是在不增加损害的情况下维持生产。

Kids would rather play than study.

孩子们宁愿玩而不愿学习。

And the quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they'd rather cut down gradually before quitting.

鉴于在研究开始之前，大部分人说他们更愿逐渐减少吸烟量直到戒烟，因此这个戒烟率是特别可信的。

Many women, according to this hypothesis, would rather work than marry.

根据这一假设，许多妇女宁愿工作也不愿结婚。

He will drain, rather than enrich, the country.

他将耗尽而不是增加国家的财富。

Rather than getting caught up in how you could have done better, why not offer yourself a compassionate response?

与其纠结自己本可以做得更好，为什么不给自己一个有同情心的回答？

Rather than offer evidence for categorizing brains as "male" or "female", research shows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right in the middle.

研究并没有提供将大脑划分为“男性”或“女性”的证据，而是表明大脑的划分范围很广，大多数人都刚好位于中间。

She worked as a secretary, or rather, a personal assistant.

她当了秘书；确切地讲，是私人助理。