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rather
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英 [ˈrɑːðə]

adv.更准确地说;更确切地说;相当,颇为(放在形容词或副词前,尤用于形容令人不快之事);更,宁愿,而是(放在动词前,用于礼貌地表达不同观点);(作连系动词)恰恰相反,反而;

determiner.相当的;颇为…的

interj.当然;的确;确实如此

双语例句
  • The leaves taste rather bitter.

    这些叶子尝起来相当苦。

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  • I did have rather spindly legs.

    我的腿以前细长而纤弱。

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  • It was a rather difficult question.

    这是个相当难的问题。

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  • I'm afraid it's a rather long story.

    我恐怕这是个相当长的故事。

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  • I found the course rather heavy going.

    我觉得这门课相当难。

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  • She fell and hurt her leg rather badly.

    她跌倒了,腿伤得相当重。

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  • The instructions were rather complicated.

    这些说明相当复杂。

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  • I grew up in rather unusual circumstances.

    我在相当不寻常的环境中长大。

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  • He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.

    他有种相当可怕的,阴郁的举止。

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  • Sometimes the results may be rather startling.

    有时结果可能相当惊人。

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  • Standards of living were deteriorating rather noticeably.

    生活水平相当明显地下降了。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • Alice looked rather offended.

    艾丽斯显得愤愤不已。

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  • She's rather prim and precise.

    她拘谨严肃,一丝不苟。

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  • The exam was rather difficult.

    这场考试十分难。

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  • He looks rather like his father.

    他看上去很像他的父亲。

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  • I'd rather you came with us.

    我倒愿意你和我们一块儿去。

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  • Kids would rather play than study.

    孩子们宁愿玩而不愿学习。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • He was rather bemused by children.

    他被孩子们弄糊涂了。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • The weather is rather on our side.

    这天气对我们很有利。

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  • His answer rather disconcerted her.

    他的回答使她颇感难堪。

    《牛津词典》
  • I'd rather come with you.

    我倒愿意和你一起去。

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  • It was rather a difficult question.

    这真是个难题。

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  • I think he's a rather mixed up kid.

    我觉得他是个内心充满困惑的孩子。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • She'd rather die than give a speech.

    她宁愿死也不愿意演讲。

    《牛津词典》
  • Toni looked at him rather haughtily.

    托尼非常傲慢地看着他。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • I'm sorry, I'd rather you didn't go.

    恕我直言,我看你还是不去为好。

    《牛津词典》
  • It was a jest rather than a reproach.

    这是个玩笑而非指责。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • Would you rather walk or take the bus?

    你愿意步行还是坐公共汽车?

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  • She prefers to act rather than direct.

    她宁愿当演员,不愿当导演。

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  • I must say that rather shocked me, too.

    我得说那件事也让我颇为震惊。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
短语搭配
  • rather than

    而不是;宁可…也不愿

  • would rather

    宁愿,宁可

  • or rather

    更精确地说,倒不如说

  • rather too

    adv. 稍微...一点

近义词
adv. 宁可,宁愿;相当
同义词辨析

fairly, pretty, quite, rather

这些程度副词都有\相当,颇\之意。

  • fairly : 语意最弱,多用于褒义,表示适度地、尚可的意思。不可与too或比较级连用。

  • pretty : 用法与rather相似。常用于非正式文体。

  • quite含义比fairly稍强,与不定冠词连用时,一般放在不定冠词之前。

  • rather语气比quite强,褒意贬意无可使用。可与too和比较级连用。

考纲分布

6年出现 61

重要程度
  • 90%

    adv 相当

  • 10%

    n 有点儿; 稍微

考纲释义
  • adv. 相当

    真题例句:

    • Even though it’s October, it’s still rather sunny and warm.

      尽管现在是十月,天气仍然相当晴朗和温暖。

      [2021年 东营市卷 阅读理解]
    • Frank didn't understand why Jack would rather do artistic things than play ball.

      弗兰克不明白为什么杰克宁愿做艺术的事情也不愿打球。

      [2020年 福建省卷 阅读理解]
    • He wanted to be heard rather than listen.

      他希望被倾听,而不是倾听别人。

      [2020年 河南省 阅读理解]
  • n. 有点儿; 稍微

必考短语
用法讲解
  • rather可以和would搭配,表示“宁愿;宁可”,后接动词原形,常省略为 ‘d rather。其否定形式是 would rather not do sth.。如:I’d rather (not) play tennis.我宁愿(不)打网球。

  • 如果在两者中进行取舍,表示“宁愿……而不愿……,与其……宁可……”时,可用would rather... than...或 would... rather than ...的句型。如:I’d rather die than apologize to Helen.我宁愿死,也不愿向海伦道歉。

考纲分布

12年出现 6

重要程度
  • 67%

    adv 而不是

  • 33%

    adv 更确切地说

考纲释义
  • adv. 而不是

    真题例句:

    • Keep the room cool rather than warm to avoid feeling sleepy.

      保持房间凉爽而不是温暖,以免感到困倦。

      [2021年 新高考II卷 七选五]
    • Mexicans may use silence rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her.

      墨西哥人可能会保持沉默,而不是粗鲁地与对方争吵。

      [2016年 全国卷1 阅读理解]
  • adv. 更确切地说

    真题例句:

    • Hypnosis is not a state of sleep: It is rather a modified (改变的) state of consciousness.

      催眠不是一种睡眠状态:它只是一种经过改变的意识状态。

      [2021年 天津卷 阅读理解]
必考短语
用法讲解
  • ①rather表示的程度比fairly、quite强,比very弱。②rather用于名词之前时,若名词前无形容司,rather一般位于冠词之前;当名词前有形容词时,rather放在冠词之前或之后均可:rather a surprise;a rather great surprise;rather a great surprise相当惊讶。③rather可与动词、形容词或副词比较级、副词too连用:rather too young to join the army 年龄太小以至于不能参军。

真题例句
  • According to the Overseas Development Institute Odi, however, just 12% of disaster-relief funding in the past two decades has gone on reducing risks in advance, rather than recovery and rebuilding afterwards.

    2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Also, sometimes pre-anger does not have to do with a lasting condition, but rather a temporary state before a triggering event has occurred.

    2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • And if you have your lecture notes or the article in hand, you and the professor will be able to examine specific points that are confusing to you, rather than just talking in a general way about the contents.

    2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文
  • But rather I see it as an area of freedom.

    2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Deliberate practice activities require effort, produce no immediate rewards, and are motivated by the goal of improving performance rather than the goal of enjoyment.

    2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文
  • Driverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather than vehicles you own, says ryan calo at stanford university, California.

    2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Empowerment and delegation mean new forms of management control to ensure that the overall business plan is being followed, and that operations become more profitable under the new organization, rather than less.

    2016年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文
  • For example, a sociologist may read news of crime as a social problem, rather than for its immediate reward.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文
  • However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • In another restaurant, all of the dishes and desserts it serves are 3D-printed, rather than farm to table.

    2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • It could be anything―gardening, cooking, music, sports—but whatever it is, make sure it's a relief from daily stress rather than another thing to worry about.

    2016年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文
  • Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.

    2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 选项
  • Most food webs, for instance, consist of many weak links rather than a few strong ones.

    2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Project managers evaluate the performance of the team members in terms of what they produce for projects, rather than the amount of time they spend on them.

    2016年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文
  • Rather, they remember how to find it.

    2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Sixty-four percent of those survey participants who havens worked remotely would rather give up some bonus in order to get even one day a week working from home.

    2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Still, I would rather be a bit more careful and live in a large city than to feel safe but dull.

    2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文
  • The weight of e-goods is rather small.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项
  • To read a line graph, it's important to focus on the points of intersection rather than the line segments between the points.

    2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • Usually, gossip spreads information about a topic-breakups, trouble at home, even dropping out-that a person would rather keep secret.

    2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to judge everything so harshly.

    2015年高考英语福建卷 完形填空 原文
  • We can achieve a lot when we learn to let our differences unite, rather than divide us.

    2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 单项选择 原文
  • When a dark-colored cake was served on a black plate rather than a white one, customers recognized it as sweeter and more tasty.

    2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • When classical, rather than pop, music was playing, diners spent more.

    2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • You are only one person, and you do not have time to waste on people who would rather cause drama or mess up with your purpose.

    2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 七选五 原文
考纲分布

12年出现 60

重要程度
  • 62%

    adv 而不是

  • 33%

    adv 有点; 相当

  • 3%

    adv 更确切的说

  • 2%

    adv 宁愿

考纲释义
  • adv. 而不是

    真题例句:

    • In other words, it refers to anything that is acquired or learnt, rather than instinctive or natural.

      换句话说,该词是指任何后天习得、学到的,而不是本能或天生的东西。

      [2019年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • Rather than saying, ‘ This is science, over here is history, 'I see schools taking this idea of projects and looking at: How do they support children in higher level learning?

      我想象学校将不再说“这是科学,这是历史”,而是采纳“项目”这一概念并思考一个问题:如何帮助孩子进行更高层次的学习?

      [2019年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • Though Chasin says the focus of the work is on the activity of writing, rather than the text that ends up getting written, some of the work that comes out of the sessions has stuck with her.

      查辛表示,尽管活动的重点在于“写”,并没有要求一定要写完一整篇文章,但这段时间写出的许多作品都给她留下了深刻的印象。

      [2019年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • Post wants to make clear that she's not talking about legal rights, but rather personal preference.

      Post 想说明,她说的不是法律权利,而是个人喜好。

      [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • The food-as-medicine movement has been around for decades, but it's making progress as physicians and medical institutions make food a formal part of treatment, rather than relying solely on medications (药物) .

      以食物作为药物的运动已经存在了几十年,但它正在取得进展,因为医生和医疗机构使食物成为治疗的正式部分,而不是仅仅依靠药物。

      [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • In a recent art assignments, a middle school student depicted (描绘) an overburdened child who was being scolded for earning an A, rather than an A+, on a math exam.

      在最近一次的艺术作业中,一名中学生画了这样一幅画:一个负担过重的孩子因为在数学考试中得了A而不是A+受到了斥责。

      [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]
  • adv. 有点; 相当

    真题例句:

    • Computer games can be rather addictive.

      电脑游戏可能会让人上瘾。

      [2021年 CET4 听力]
    • Forests are spreading in almost all Western countries, with the fastest growth in places that historically had rather few trees.

      几乎所有西方国家的森林都在扩张,增长最快的地方是历史上树木很少的地方。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]
    • It is rather unexpected.

      这是相当出乎意料的。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]
  • adv. 更确切的说

    英文释义:

    making a correction

    真题例句:

    • Value is almost never absolute; rather, we decide an object's value relative to our other choices.

      价值几乎从来不是绝对的;相反,我们总是相较于其它选项来决定一件物品的价值。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]
  • adv. 宁愿

    真题例句:

    • So he'd rather come to us and keep things quiet.

      所以他宁愿来找我们,把事情保密。

      [2021年 CET4 听力]
    • Psychologists discovered that two thirds of men and a quarter of women would rather self-administer electric shocks than sit alone with their thoughts.

      心理学家发现,三分之二的男性和四分之一的女性宁愿自我实施电击,也不愿独自坐着思考。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]
必考短语
用法讲解
  • ①rather表示的程度比fairly、quite强,比very弱。②rather用于名词之前时,若名词前无形容司,rather一般位于冠词之前;当名词前有形容词时,rather放在冠词之前或之后均可:rather a surprise;a rather great surprise;rather a great surprise相当惊讶。③rather可与动词、形容词或副词比较级、副词too连用:rather too young to join the army 年龄太小以至于不能参军。

真题例句
  • They are also spending more time working with each other rather than reporting upwards.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • The bulk of the research shows that there may be a pause, or a shifting of gears in the 40s or 50s, but this shift can be exciting, rather than terrifying.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organisations increasingly use team as a verb rather than a noun: they form teams for specific purposes and then quickly disband them.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • 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.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Rather than superpower conflict, countries unable to cope with food shortages now constitute the main threat to world security.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Tips benefit the boss rather that the employees.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Such children believe challenges are energizing rather than intimidating ( ' , 令人生畏); they offer opportunities to learn.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Rather, it is to recognize that in America's vast criminal justice system, second chances are crucial.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Building on a child's ability to feel joy, rather than pushing it aside, wouldn't be that hard.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rather than stringing together nonsense words, for example.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • This finding supported ConAgra’s decision to position the product against other high quality frozen dinners, rather than as a diet or health food.

    出自-2015年12月听力原文
  • But their beds were provided by private individuals, rather than a hotel chain

    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • And there are environmental benefits, too: renting a car when you need it, rather than owning one, means fewer cars are required and fewer resources must be devoted to making them

    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • Several hours after a meal, people's hunger levels were predicted not by how much they'd eaten but rather by how much food they'd seen in front of them in other words, how much they remembered eating

    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • It wasn't that Kodak was blind to the future, said Rebecca Henderson, a professor at Harvard Business School, but rather that it failed to execute on a strategy to confront it.

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • If you'd rather hide your actions, that's an indication that you're taking a risk and rationalizing it to yourself.

    出自-2011年12月阅读原文
  • Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to conform to the boy code of hiding their emotions to be a real man

    出自-2011年12月阅读原文
  • Singaporean head chef Tommy Teh Kum Chai offers daily specials on a blackboard, rather than sticking to a menu.

    出自-2011年6月阅读原文
  • To this end, we walk the dog, play golf, go fishing, sit in the garden, drink outside rather than inside the pub, have a picnic, live in the suburbs, go to the seaside, buy a weekend place in the country.

    出自-2010年12月阅读原文
  • These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and odd new perceptions about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bought, rather than things that can be found

    出自-2010年12月阅读原文
  • However, we spend money on drugs rather than on green places.

    出自-2010年12月阅读原文
  • The increasing emphasis for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years

    出自-2010年12月阅读原文
  • The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them.

    出自-2010年6月阅读原文
  • Goldberg calls the problem a disorder rather than a true addiction

    出自-2010年6月阅读原文
  • He finds it rather unbearable.

    出自-2014年6月听力原文
  • But I'd rather spend my college days funding out how children learn.

    出自-2013年12月听力原文
  • He would rather have a meal an hour later

    出自-2013年12月听力原文
  • He would rather get a less demanding job.

    出自-2013年6月听力原文
  • Most of them were rather conservative.

    出自-2010年6月听力原文
  • This finding supported ConAgra's decision to position the product against other high quality frozen dinners, rather than as a diet or health food.

    2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
  • Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rath

    2015年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • Chris Koch, who teaches History of Broadcast Journalism at Montgomery Community College in Rockville, Maryland, points out that reporting is about investigation rather than the memorization of minute details.

    2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organisations increasingly use team as a verb rather than a noun: they form teams for specific purposes and then quickly disband them.

    2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • Imagine a world where building the tallest skyscraper wasn't a race of height, but rather one to collect the most solar energy.

    2018年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
  • In a recent art assignment, a middle school student depicted an overburdened child who was being scolded for earning an A, rather than an A+, on a math exam.

    2018年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • In Beijing, one registration office had about 300 couples seeking to get married the day after the changes were announced, rather than the usual number of between 70 and 80.

    2019年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
  • In other words, it refers to anything that is acquired or learnt, rather than instinctive or natural.

    2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
  • Increasingly, researchers have begun to look at the quality of relationships, rather than at the frequency of contact, between the elderly and their children.

    2016年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • People aren't kidding when they say they love their dog or their dog loves them, but were rather ignorant about the nature of the relationships that form between dogs.

    2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
  • Post wants to make clear that she's not talking about legal rights, but rather personal preferences.

    2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • 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.

    2016年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • Rather, the point is to use the results of this study to open up meaningful dialogues on implicit gender bias, be it at a departmental level or an institutional level or even a discipline level.

    2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • Rather, they saw a large chocolate cake and they each were given a slice.

    2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • Rats are often associated with spreading disease rather than preventing it, but this long-tailed animal is highly sensitive.

    2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • Rats are often associated with spreading disease rather than preventing it, but this long-tailed animal is highly sensitive Inside a rat's nose are up to 1, 000 different types of olfactory receptors whereas humans only have 100 to 200 types.

    2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • Researchers found it was a change in eating habits rather than breakfast itself that induced weight loss.

    2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • She is not doing this to drive you crazy; rather, she is learning that her desires and yours can differ, and that sometimes those differences are important and sometimes they are not.

    2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
  • So it may seem rather strange that I have returned to college to finish the degree I left undone some four decades ago.

    2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • so, I'm really enjoying it and I can' t wait for my next session, although the lessons are rather expensive.

    2019年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B
  • Such children believe challenges are energizing rather than intimidating; they offer opportunities to learn.

    2016年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • The food-as-medicine movement has been around for decades, but it's making progress as physicians and medical institutions make food a formal part of treatment, rather than relying solely on medications.

    2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • These emails are often informative rather than personalized correspondents requiring a response or action.

    2018年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
  • This finding supported ConAgra's decision to position the product against other high quality frozen dinners, rather than as a diet or health food.

    2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
  • Though Chasin says the focus of the work is on the activity of writing, rather than the text that ends up getting written, some of the work that comes out of the sessions has stuck with her.

    2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • While some, like Maeda, emphasized the value of the degree rather than the education itself, others still see college as a way to gain new perspectives and life experiences.

    2017年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
考纲分布

12年出现 42

重要程度
  • 40%

    adv 而不是

  • 33%

    adv 有点; 相当

  • 24%

    adv 宁愿

  • 2%

    adv 更确切的说

考纲释义
  • adv. 而不是

    真题例句:

    • Data reveals that economic inequality rather than family income might affect people's wellbeing.

      数据显示,影响人们福祉的可能是经济不平等,而不是家庭收入。

      [2019年 CET6 阅读理解]
    • Is there anything you consider a burden rather than a privilege?

      有没有什么你认为是负担而非特权的?

      [2019年 CET6 阅读理解]
    • We must aim to complement the rationality of the machine, rather than to compete with it.

      我们必须努力让机器变得更“理性”,而不是非要与它争个高低上下。

      [2019年 CET6 阅读理解]
  • adv. 有点; 相当

    真题例句:

    • They find it rather troublesome to do so.

      他们觉得这样做很麻烦。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
  • adv. 宁愿

  • adv. 更确切的说

    英文释义:

    making a correction

必考短语
真题例句
  • Within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, anything goes mode of child-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • When we ask teens to choose a hero, they usually select an older family member rather than a remote public figure.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system—doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness—is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • The one in the House bill would have to negotiate rates with providers, rather than using Medicare rates, as many reformers wanted.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Rather critical.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • One main factor that has driven up medical expenses is that doctors are compensated for the amount of care rather than its effect.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • One boy said, I'd rather be concentrating on artistic efforts than saving the world or something.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • My own research at the Stanford Center on Adolescence uses in-depth interviews with small samples of youngsters rather than large-scale surveys.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • The problem isn't the technology itself, but that the technology is being used to create more flexibility for the employer rather than the employee.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Rather than just dazzling with a high cool factor, there is a focus on the practical.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Even utility companies, which have long viewed batteries and alternative forms of energy as a threat, are learning to embrace the technologies as enabling rather than disrupting.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Rather than merely asking about something they wanted to try, they tended to include both cause and effect in their question.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • But the Food and Drug Administration has not approved Avastin for use in the eye, and using it rather than the alternative, Lucentis, might carry an additional, although slight, safety risk.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Indeed many organizations also useinstitutional or prestige advertising which is designed to build uptheir reputation rather than to sell particular products.

    出自-2015年12月听力原文
  • Instead of having a literal meaning, it docs something - conveying an attitude — just like the -ed ending conveys past tense rather than \meaning.

    出自-2014年6月阅读原文
  • Rather than pay up or work out a settlement, Bowman decided to appeal—all the way to the Supreme Court.

    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • Social learning theories contribute to our understanding of why we behave as we do, but much of the emphasis is on early socialization rather than on what occurs throughout life.

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • Democrats and Republicans can and will take sides on a number of issues, but a more crucial concern is that both are basing major policy decisions on guesstimates rather than looking at the vast wealth of raw data with a critical eye and an open mind

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • The result is a sort of high-quality, unusually rigorous coffee-table book, designed to be dipped into rather than read from beginning to end.

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • It focuses on theory rather than on practical skills.

    出自-2011年6月阅读原文
  • It stresses competition rather than cooperation

    出自-2011年6月阅读原文
  • It's rather remarkable for the fact that although it's extremely big, it's supported by just six rather slim legs.

    出自-2013年12月听力原文
  • I myself find them rather uncomfortable to sit in for very long, but people were used to more discomfort in the past.

    出自-2013年12月听力原文
  • Well, that's a good question, because the basic idea of chaos theory is that there aren't any \models\ as such— there aren't guaranteed forms, but rather patterns of change in development

    出自-2013年6月听力原文
  • Rather than relying on how others classify you, consider how you identify yourself

    出自-2013年6月听力原文
  • I'd rather not make it something formal and structured.

    出自-2012年12月听力原文
  • When you reach your top height, do light activities rather than sleep too much

    出自-2012年12月听力原文
  • It seems people would rather give up something else than the big trip,\ he says.

    出自-2011年6月听力原文
  • It seems to me that creative writing is a process of revelation, really, rather than of creativity in the ordinary sense.

    出自-2010年12月听力原文
  • \By taking upon the role of adviser rather than decision maker, one does not suffer the consequences of decision fatigue,\ he says.

    2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • \Presumably it's because it's simple and easy to write a prescription and consider a patient case closed rather than investigate further,\ Polman says.

    2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • \Whole foods are always the best option rather than adding supplements,\ he says, noting the FDA does not regulate supplements as rigorously as foods or drugs.

    2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • Data reveals that economic inequality rather than family income might affect people's well-being.

    2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • For instance, years with a larger increase in online usage were followed by years with lower well-being, rather than the other way around.

    2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • Hacker's argument has met with opposition from other math educators who say what's needed is to help students develop a better relationship with math earlier, rather than teaching them less math altogether.

    2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • Harris says that American education is suffering from an epidemic of \fake math\—an emphasis on the rote memorization of formulas and steps, rather than an understanding of how math can influence the ways we see the world.

    2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • I explained to my student that I actually thought he was rather more confused than I was, and I argued back.

    2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
  • In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

    2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • Initially, rather than appointing a general contractor to run the project, the corporation decided to manage it themselves.

    2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
  • Is there anything you consider a burden rather than a privilege?

    2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • Last year, MATTEL also gave Barbie a flat foot rather than forcing her to be in heels all the time like the original Barbie is.

    2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B
  • Londa Schiebinger, a professor of the history of science at Stanford University, called this passage rather astonishing.

    2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • Look, I'm terribly sorry to drop in this time on Friday, Paul, but it is rather important.

    2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
  • Provided you have not cheated by consulting an atlas, you will notice something rather surprising— the two lists will contain roughly the same number of states, but they will not be identical.

    2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
  • Rather than adding other metals, they developed a complex mechanical process involving repeated heating and very severe mechanical deformation, known as temp-forming.

    2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
  • Rather than just dazzling with a high cool factor, there is a focus on the practical.

    2016年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • Respondents' minds tended to wander more when they felt upset rather than happy.

    2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B
  • Seek out your teammates purposefully rather than jumping on every new group project opportunity.

    2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
  • since the middle of the 20th century, though, things have turned the opposite way—these days, punishing hours at your desk, rather than days off, are seen as the mark of someone important.

    2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals.

    2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • So they are likely to remain rich peopled playthings rather than practical transport solutions for the masses.

    2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
  • So we must aim to complement the rationality of the machine, rather than to compete with it.

    2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • Still, most people would probably rather feel a positive emotion than a negative one.

    2016年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
  • The millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable

    2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • The problem isn't the technology itself, but that the technology is being used to create more flexibility for the employer rather than the employee.

    2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • There are more than plenty in our city, and we felt they are all rather similar to each other.

    2018年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
  • This sounds like so much hot air, but the near $13 billion fortune this entrepreneur has amassed comes from practical achievements rather than hypothetical ones.

    2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
  • virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system— doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness — is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

    2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • When Tm doing something I'd rather not do, or when I'm someplace I'd rather not be, I use my phone to port myself elsewhere.

    2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, \anything goes\ mode of child-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century.

    2016年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • You weren't born with attitudes; rather they are all learned, and this happens in a number of ways.

    2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
考纲分布

18年出现 82

重要程度
  • 96%

    adv 而不是; 相反

  • 1%

    adv 相当; 颇

  • 1%

    adv 宁愿

  • 1%

    adv 更确切的说

  • 0%

    adv 有点; 有几分

考纲释义
  • adv. 而不是; 相反

    真题例句:

    • Rather officials must avoid double standards, or different types of access for average people and the wealthy.

      相反,官员必须避免双重标准,或者区别对待普通人和富人。

      [2017年 英语一 阅读理解A]
    • In other words, we need to look at the ways in which machines can augment human labor rather than replace it.

      换句话说,我们需要看到的是机器如何提高人类劳动力而不是取代人类劳动。

      [2014年 英语二 阅读理解A]
    • In The Prince, he championed cunning, ruthlessness, and boldness, rather than virtue, mercy and justice, as the skills of successful leaders.

      在《君主论》一书中,他把狡猾、无情和勇敢拥为成功领袖所需的技能,而不是美德、仁慈和公正。

      [2012年 英语二 阅读理解B]
  • adv. 相当; 颇

    英文释义:

    used to mean ‘fairly’ or ‘to some degree’, often when you are expressing slight criticism, disappointment or surprise

    真题例句:

    • In the UK, it has become a big talking point recently too, for a rather particular reason: Brexit.

      在英国,它最近也成为了一个重要的话题,原因相当特别:英国退出欧盟。

      [2021年 英语二 阅读理解A]
    • Financial regulators in Britain have imposed a rather unusual rule on the bosses of big banks.

      英国金融监管机构对大银行的老板们实施了一项相当罕见的规定。

      [2019年 英语一 阅读理解A]
    • It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy's reputation with her rather ordinary (if well-heeled) granny style.

      只有英国女王以她相当平易近人、“老奶奶”式的行为方式(要是穿着考究的话)保住了王室的声誉。

      [2015年 英语一 阅读理解A]
  • adv. 宁愿

    真题例句:

    • You'll have to make social media an occasional activity rather than a daily, time-consuming habit.

      你必须把社交媒体作为一种偶尔为之的活动,而不是每天耗费时间的习惯。

      [2022年 英语二 完型填空]
    • It's £16.95 there — or £12.99 for a large pizza from Domino's: I know which I'd rather eat.

      在那里要16.95英镑,或者在达美乐买一个大披萨要12.99英镑:我知道我宁愿吃哪个。

      [2013年 英语二 阅读理解B]
  • adv. 更确切的说

    英文释义:

    making a correction

    真题例句:

    • Rather, they learn over time that such statements appease parents and friends – and their own consciences.

      更确切的说,随着时间的推移,他们学会了用这样的话来安抚父母、朋友和自己的良心。

      [2019年 英语二 阅读理解A]
  • adv. 有点; 有几分

    英文释义:

    used with a verb to make a statement sound less strong

必考短语
用法讲解
  • rather作副词,表示“相当”时,可与不定冠词连用,通常置于不定冠词之前,如:rather a fool大笨蛋但当rather后的名词带形容词修饰,则rather可置于不定冠词之后,如:a rather good question一个相当好的问题

  • rather than表示“而不是……”时,可用作并列连词,此时后面的不定式可带to,也可不带to。例:I decided to write rather than (to) telephone.(用作并列连词)我决定写信而不是打电话。

  • 当rather than作“而不是……”解,且用作介词时,注意其后的动词需用v-ing形式。例:Rather than using the last of my cash, I decided to write a cheque.我决定开张支票,而不是把现金用光。

真题例句
  • Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits.

    出自-2009年考研阅读原文
  • Databases used by some companies don't rely on data collected systematically but rather lump together information from different research projects.

    出自-2009年考研阅读原文
  • They found that the principal requirement for what is called “global cascades” -the widespread propagation of influence through networks -is the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people.

    出自-2010年考研阅读原文
  • The Federal circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the court’s judges, rather than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluate is weather it should” reconsider” its state street Bank ruling.

    出自-2010年考研阅读原文
  • In other words, it is up to the buyer, rather than the seller, to decide what to buy.

    出自-2010年考研阅读原文
  • Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.

    出自-2011年考研阅读原文
  • Rather than cloaking his exit in the usual vague excuses, he came right out and said he was leaving “to pursue my goal of running a company”.

    出自-2011年考研阅读原文
  • Today, the social sciences are largely focused on disciplinary problems and internal scholarly debates, rather than on topics with external impact.

    出自-2013年考研阅读原文
  • But the intention is not to neglect social science; rather, the complete opposite.

    出自-2013年考研阅读原文
  • Time, rather than intention, has given them legitimacy.

    出自-2014年考研阅读原文
  • There is pressure for change from within the profession, but opponents of change among the regulators insist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically.

    出自-2014年考研阅读原文
  • Second, it is surely a good thing that the money and attention come to science rather than go elsewhere.

    出自-2014年考研阅读原文
  • Only if the jobless arrive at the jobcentre with a CV, register for online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit—and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly.

    出自-2014年考研阅读原文
  • Rather, we ascribe meanings to test on the basis of interaction between what we might call textual and contextual material: between kinds of organization or patterning we perceive in a text’s formal structures ( ' , so especially its language structures) and various kinds of background, social knowledge, belief and attitude that we bring to the text.

    出自-2015年考研阅读原文
  • It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy’s reputation with her rather ordinary ( ' , if well-heeled) granny style.

    出自-2015年考研阅读原文
  • Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms’ political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.

    出自-2016年考研阅读原文
  • Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step.

    出自-2016年考研阅读原文
  • Nor does it reveal how much companies are banking on the halo effect, rather than the other possible benefits, when they decide their do-gooding policies.

    出自-2016年考研阅读原文
  • Avoiding this rather than promoting it should unite the left and right of the political spectrum.

    出自-2016年考研阅读原文
  • And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.

    出自-2016年考研阅读原文
  • Rather than just focusing on GDP, over 40 different sets of criteria from health, education and civil society engagement have been measured to get a more rounded assessment of how countries are performing.

    出自-2017年考研阅读原文
  • Rather officials must avoid double standards, or different types of access for average people and the wealthy.

    出自-2017年考研阅读原文
  • But policymakers who refocus efforts on improving well-being rather than simply worrying about GDP figures could avoid the forecasted doom and may even see progress.

    出自-2017年考研阅读原文
  • \When I come home from a hard day's work, I often feel tired,\ Danaher says, adding,\In a world in which I don't have to work, I might feel rather different\ - perhaps different enough to throw himself into a hobby or a passion project with the intensity

    2017年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ
  • But as companies continue their attempts at personalised medicine, the courts will remain rather busy.

    2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • Children aren't born knowing how to say \I'm sorry\; rather, they learn over time that such statements appease parents and friends—and their own consciences.

    2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • Critics make three main arguments against gene patents: a gene is a product of nature, so it may not be patented; gene patents suppress innovation rather than reward it; and patents'monopolies restrict access to genetic tests such as Myriad's.

    2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • financial regulations in Britain have imposed a rather unusual rule on the bosses of big banks.

    2019年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • firms seem to invest more in places where most people are relatively happy, rather than in places with happiness inequality.

    2016年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ
  • Gap year experiences can lessen the blow when it comes to adjusting to college and being thrown into a brand new environment, making it easier to focus on academics and activities rather than acclimation blunders.

    2017年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • He quotes a giant of classical economies, Alfred Marshall, in describing this financial impatience as acting like \children who pick the plums out of their pudding to eat them at once\ rather than putting them aside to be eaten last.

    2019年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, rather than electing representatives to govern for them.

    2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • In other words, we need to look at the ways in which machines can augment human labor rather than replace it.

    2014年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • In The Prince, he championed cunning, ruthlessness, and boldness, rather than virtue, mercy and justice, as the skills of successful leaders.

    2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • Indeed, while you might assume that an exhibition of Land Art would consist only of records of works rather than the works themselves, Long's photograph of his work is the work.

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  • It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy's reputation with her rather ordinary granny style.

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  • It's£16.95 there—or £12.99 for a large pizza from Domino's: I know which I'd rather eat.

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  • Lansley has alarmed health campaigners by suggesting he wants industry rather than government to take the lead.

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  • mies' sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaces he designed were small and efficient, rather than big and often empty.

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  • Only if the jobless arrive at the job centre with a CV, register for online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit—and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly.

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  • Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense

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  • Rather than have people simply rate their beauty compared with others, he asked them to identify an original photograph of themselves from a lineup including versions that had been altered to appear more and less attractive.

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  • Rather than portraying landscape, land artists used the physical substance of the land itself as their medium.

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  • Rather than pulling students back, a gap year pushes them ahead by preparing them for independence, new responsibilities and environmental changes—all things that first-year students often struggle with the most.

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  • Rather than obsessing over the scale, turn your focus to how you look, feel how your clothes fit and your overall energy level.

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  • So then the problem is not really about technology, but rather, \how do we innovate our institutions and our work practices?\

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  • That might seem rather an obscure point, but it sets the tone for an exhibition that contains a lot of black-and-white photographs and relatively few natural objects.

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  • The Federal Circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the courts judges, rather than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluate is whether it should \reconsider\ its State Street Bank ruling.

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  • The jury is also said to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy.

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  • The lesson is not that you should make your personal life an open book, but rather, when given the option to offer up details about yourself or painstakingly conceal them, you should just be honest.

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  • The Romantics commemorated the leading painters and authors of their day, stressing the uniqueness of the artist's personal experience rather than public glory.

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  • Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms' political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.

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  • They found that the principal requirement for what is called global cascades 一 the widespread propagation of influence through networks 一 is the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people.

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  • This has created \a paradox\ in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has \continued to reproduce and widen, rather than close\ an achievement gap based on social class, according to th

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  • Those forced to exercise their smiling muscles reacted more enthusiastically to funny cartons than did those whose mouths were contracted in a frown, suggesting that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around.

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  • time, rather than intention, has given them legitimacy.

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  • Today's farm laborers, while still predominantly born in Mexico, are more likely to be settled rather than migrating and more likely to be married than single.

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  • While the conversation around our environment and our responsibility toward it remains centered on shopping hags and straws, we're ignoring the balance of power that implies that as \consumers\ we must shop sustainably, rather than as \citizens\ hole our

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  • Yet rather than empowering teachers to find what works best for their students, the policy imposes a flat, across-the-board rule.

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