There was once a gentleman—I had rather he had been a lady.
曾经有个先生——我倒希望他是个女士。
"Mrs. Craven was a very lovely young lady," he had gone on rather hesitatingly.
“克雷文夫人是个非常可爱的年轻女士。”他吞吞吐吐地说。
I would rather he came next Saturday.
我宁愿他下星期六来。
I would rather he had told me about it.
我宁愿他告诉了我那件事。
I met a fellow countryman of mine, rather he met me.
我碰到了一个同胞，确切的说，是他碰到了我。
Apparently, some of Gould's colleagues would rather he not speak for them.
但是很明显地，古尔德的某些同事宁愿他别再对他们唠叨个不停了。
"I'd rather he was foul-mouthed and accurate than see him like this," I say.
我说，“我宁愿他是个满口正确脏话的人，而不是现在这个样子。”
He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.
他有种相当可怕的，阴郁的举止。
He would much rather have been crooning in a smoky bar.
他宁愿是在充满烟气的酒吧里低声哼唱。
He is a bit of a tough character and she is rather selfish.
他性格有点强硬，而她则相当自私。
"Yes," he said rather sharply.
“是的。”他相当尖利地说。
"I wish I could go to sleep before you leave me," he said rather shyly.
“我希望在你离开我之前我能睡着。”他相当害羞地说。
他是个相当神经质的人。
He would rather stay alone than gossip with his co-workers in his spare time.
他宁愿一个人呆着，也不愿在业余时间和同事们闲聊。
"I'd rather not dwell on the past," he told me.
“我宁愿不多想过去，”他告诉我。
I rather think he was telling the truth.
我或多或少地相信他在说真话。
Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always dreaded speaking in public.
他不善言辞又比较腼腆，总害怕在公众场合讲话。
He will drain, rather than enrich, the country.
他将耗尽而不是增加国家的财富。
He was conscious that he was talking rather too much.
他意识到他说得实在太多了。
He cared for her as a whole person rather than just a sex object.
他喜欢她整个人，而不是仅仅把她当作性对象。
He looks rather like his father.
他看上去很像他的父亲。
He was rather bemused by children.
他被孩子们弄糊涂了。
In the end he had to walk—or rather run—to the office.
最后他不得不走着—应该说是跑着—去办公室。
"Yes, he is rather cocky," Wendy admitted with regret.
“是的，他相当傲慢。”温迪带着歉意承认。
She felt rather as if he almost boasted about it.
她觉得，他几乎是拿这个在炫耀。
When he went to college, he studied engineering rather than art.
他上大学时，学的不是艺术学，而是工程。
He always gives priority to other people rather than to himself.
他总是优先考虑别人而不是自己。
He sold the vegetables at half price rather than let them go bad.
他把蔬菜半价卖掉了，而不是让他们变质。
He has learned to read for main ideas rather than words one at a time.
他学会了阅读主要思想而不是逐字逐句地阅读。
In many ways, he is discovering that smell is rather like face recognition.
在很多方面，他发现嗅觉能力更像是人脸识别。
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