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。

youdao

I had rather die than place you in such great danger as you must meet within your journey.

我宁死，也不愿让你在旅途中冒这样大的危险。

youdao

I had rather you did it alone.

但愿你一人做。

youdao

I wish I had pleasured myself rather than serving that wicked God."

我希望我让自己开心而不是为邪恶的上帝服务“

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

So the version I'd like you to have uses, that, greater than rather than equals that I had in my handout.

因此我希望大家用我说的这个，把课堂手册中的等于换成大于,这里cmp方法。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

I've always found that kind of research rather boring, but I think he had a point.

我发现这类研究相当乏味,但我认为他一语中的

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

In fact I left the Radio Wales studio early yesterday rather aware that if Owen Smith didn't turn out to be Ed Miliband's choice, I had rather a lot of ground to make up with whoever had been favoured.

BBC: Owen Smith steps into the shadows

My friend had the smaller room, while I had a rather large room, three windows across.

NEWYORKER: So It Is in Life

It allowed me to do what I wanted to do, rather than what I had to do.

NEWYORKER: Madoff��s Curveball