| Subject | English | Chinese |
| expl. | A person's value consists in making contributions to society rather the making profits from it | 人生的价值在于为社会做贡献,而不是从中牟利 |
| tech. | a rather large pulvinus | 较大的叶座 |
| fin. | be rather sanguine about China's prospects | 对中国前景感到相当乐观 |
| econ. | Because the amount involved is rather small, they agree to draw on you by documentary sight draft | 由于金额很小，他们同意向你方开出即期跟单汇票 |
| busin. | not, seldom, hardly,... but rather | 而宁可 |
| busin. | not, seldom, hardly,... but rather | …不，很少，几乎不，…而是 |
| busin. | but rather | 而宁可说是 |
| commer. | Buyers are rather cautious in the present posture of business affairs | 买方相当谨慎 |
| commer. | Buyers are rather cautious in the present posture of business affairs | 在目前商业情况下 |
| gen. | depend on M rather than | 不如说取决于M (N, 取决于M而不是N) |
| gen. | depend on M rather than | 与其说取决于N (N) |
| commer. | During the off-season-period, business is rather depressed | 在淡季商业相当萧条 |
| proj.manag. | Gold has been a great investment recently, but psychology rather than supply and demand are responsible | 近来黄金投资获利颇丰、但这主要是由于心理原因、而非供求因素 |
| gen. | had rather | 宁愿 |
| gen. | had rather | 宁可 |
| gen. | had much rather M than | 愿M而不愿 N (N) |
| gen. | had much rather M than | 与其N倒不如M (N) |
| gen. | had much rather M than | 宁可M也不N (N) |
| gen. | had rather... than | 宁愿…不愿… |
| gen. | had rather... than | …与其…不如… |
| proj.manag. | He pounded them on tax avoidance, advised them to invest at home rather than overseas, and lambasted oil company profits | 他抨击这些企业逃税、建议这些企业投资国内而非海外、还痛斥石油企业的利润 |
| sport. | Hurdler steps, rather than jumps, over hurdles. | 跨栏运动员应跨越栏架而不是跳过栏架 |
| gen. | I rather think so | 我颇认为如此 |
| dentist. | I recommend a porcelain fused to metal crown for your front tooth rather than a metal one | 我建议您用烤瓷冠修复前牙而不是金属冠 |
| house. | If it is too dark to see what you are doing, use a flashlight rather than pulling the fireworks closer to see the ignition point | 如果天太黑，你看不清楚自己在做什么，那就用一个手电筒照着，而不是把烟花移得很近,来找燃火点 |
| gen. | If you like, you can have some chicken, boiled rather than fried. But you can wait and see | 如想要，可以要点鸡肉，煮的比炸的好。但您也可以等等看 |
| gen. | I'm thinking a cruise on Lake Burley Griffin might be rather nice | 游格里芬湖应该很有意思 |
| gen. | In the west of England the traditional drink is cider, rather than beer | 英格兰西部的传统饮料是苹果酒，而不是啤酒 |
| commer. | It depends on temperature rather than pressure | 它与其说取决于压力还不如说取决于温度 |
| commer. | It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it should pay off in the long run | 安装这套大型机器代价很高，但长远来看还是会赚钱的 |
| commer. | It is rather difficult for us to sell these goods in our place at present | 目前在我处销售这些货物相当困难 |
| gen. | it is rather hot today | 今天相当热 |
| commer. | It is rather inconvenient for us to make such a change in packing | 包装方面的这一改变对我们相当不便 |
| econ. | It is rather inconvenient for us to move all these packages for lack of handcart or other carrying implements | 由于没有手推车或其他搬运工具，我们运送这些包裹非常不方便 |
| gen. | It's always rather congested down there during rush hour | 那个地段在上下班高峰时间里总是特别拥堵 |
| gen. | it's rather a pity | 颇令人惋惜 |
| econ. | It's rather difficult to secure a bid | 获得一个递盘相当困难 |
| gen. | It's rather strong, but never goes to the head | 它度数高，不过从不上头 |
| proj.manag. | Mr. Brawn seems to have encountered the same lack of candour in his discussions about rather larger sums than my now-reduced overdraft | 在讨论远高于我如今被削减了的透支额度的金额时、 布朗先生似乎遇到了同样的不直率 |
| gen. | not M rather | 不是 M 而是〔倒是〕N (N) |
| gen. | or rather | 说得更确切些 |
| gen. | or rather | 确切些说 |
| gen. | or rather | 或者说得正确些 |
| commer. | prefer to make a careful feasibility study rather than make a hasty decision | 而不急于作岀决定 |
| commer. | prefer to make a careful feasibility study rather than make a hasty decision | 宁可进行仔细的可行性研究 |
| interntl.trade. | price is rather stiff | 价格相当高 |
| gen. | rather better than | 似乎稍胜〔较好〕 |
| tech. | rather cold | 挺冷 |
| tech. | rather level areas | 较平坦地 |
| gen. | rather more than | 比…多一些 |
| bridg.constr. | rather strong earthquake | 弱震 |
| gen. | rather than | 宁不 |
| gen. | rather M than | 与其 N 倒不如 M (N) |
| gen. | rather M than | 宁可 M 而不愿 N (N) |
| gen. | rather than | 而不是 |
| gen. | rather than | 而不 |
| gen. | rather M than otherwise | 不是别的而是 M |
| gen. | rather + inf. than otherwise | 巴不得做 |
| gen. | M rather than rather M than | 与其说 N不如说 M (N) |
| gen. | M rather than rather M than | 是M而不是N (N) |
| gen. | M rather than rather M than | 宁可 M 也不N (N) |
| gen. | rather too + | 稍…了些 |
| gen. | rather too | M 稍 M 了些 |
| gen. | rather too + | 稍嫌…一点儿 |
| gen. | rather too | M 稍嫌〔微〕M 了一点 |
| UN, tech. | self-sustainment categories are not subject to accountability upon entry into and departure from the mission area, but rather to verification and inspection to ensure that they meet the agreed standards and mandate of the contingent | 自我维持类别进出任务区时不受问责制约束，而需要进行核查和检查，以确保其满足特遣队商定标准和任务规定 |
| commer. | Shipping space is rather congested this month | 本月舱位颇为拥挤 |
| expl. | The breakage characteristics of different rock types are known to vary over a wide range, especially at the fine end of the fragmentation curve where breakage is controlled by the inherent properties of the rock substance itself, rather than being controlled by its larger scale flaws and structure | 众所周知、不同类型岩石的破碎特点差别很大、尤其在破碎曲线的细端变化大、因为岩石破碎受自身的内在属性控制、而不是受岩石自身的大缺陷和结构的控制 |
| commer. | The market for banana is rather quiet, offerings are not very plentiful | 香蕉市场相当平静，上市量不很多 |
| expl. | The parameters that are generally used in blast design and fragmentation modeling are the static rather than the dynamic properties, but empirical factors used in the models compensate for this anomaly | 通常用于爆破设计和破碎模型中的这些参数、都是静态的、而非动态性质、只不过在用于模型时经验因素弥补了这种反常 |
| dentist. | The patient before you is a rather complicated case, l'm sorry you will have to wait at least half an hour | 您前面那个病人情况较复杂。对不起，您至少还得等半个小时 |
| gen. | M the rather because M the rather that | 正因为 N 所以才更M (N) |
| econ. | The real challenge is to expand the primary market rather than simply fight for a larger share in a fixed size market | 真正的难题是扩大原始市场，而不是仅在规模已经确定的市场中抢占较大份额 |
| expl. | The tax changes will concern large corporations rather than small businesses | 税率变动关系到大公司、而不是小本生意 |
| commer. | The wide price fluctuation in the market rendered business rather difficult | 市场大幅度价格波动使得交易相当困难 |
| commer. | The work of a shipping and receiving department should not considered as added operation. Rather, it should be integrated into the processing function | 发货收料部门的工作不应被视为附加工序，应归并到生产业务中去 |
| footwear | They say flip-flops force people to change the way they walk so that when taking a stride they put pressure on the outside of their feet, rather than their heels, causing long-term damage | 人们说，穿人字拖强行改变了人们走路的方式。走路时，压力集中到了脚掌外侧，而不是脚跟，这会造成慢性损伤 |
| arts. | Totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric | 图腾柱很现代，并不是史前的 |
| sport. | use brawn rather than brain | 有勇无谋 |
| econ. | We are rather anxious about the punctuality of the shipment | 我们对能否准时装船相当担心 |
| econ. | We are rather disappointed that the sale of the vacuum cleaners made by our factory has shown a sharp decrease for the past two months | 在过去两个月中我厂生产的真空吸尘器销售额急剧下降，我们对此颇感失望 |
| econ. | We are rather keen on your marine products | 我们对你方的海产品颇感兴趣 |
| econ. | We would rather not express an opinion of this company | 对该公司我们还是不表示意见为好 |
| econ. | We would rather wait till the market revives | 我们宁愿等待市场恢复活跃 |
| econ. | With respect to quality, we are rather satisfied | 关于质量，我们颇满意 |
| gen. | would rather | 情愿 |
| gen. | would rather | 宁可 |
| gen. | would rather | 宁愿 |
| gen. | would rather | 不如 |
| gen. | would rather ... | 宁愿 |
| gen. | would rather M than | 与其 N 倒不如 M (N) |
| gen. | would much rather M than | 宁愿〔宁可〕M也不愿N (N) |
| gen. | would much rather M than | 与其N不如M (N) |
| gen. | would much rather M than | 与其N倒不如M (N) |
| gen. | would rather M than | 宁可 M 而不愿 N (N) |
| gen. | would much rather M than | 宁可M也不N (N) |
| tech. | You do this work in configuration, rather than in code | 您是在配置中完成这些工作，而不是通过代码 |
