rather [ 'ra:ðə] ad.宁可，宁愿；相当
had rather... 宁愿…
or rather 更精确地说，倒不如说
rather than 宁愿…(而不)
rather too 稍微…一点
would rather...than 宁愿…而不愿…
would rather do 宁愿，宁可
rather ['ra:ðə] ad.相当,宁可,更正确
有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain
有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain
rather than 不是...(而是)
When asked what kind of school they are willing to send their children to attend, many parents say they would choose a boarding school rather than day schools for their children.
当问到愿意将孩子送到哪种学校的时候，许多父母认为他们会选择寄宿学校而不是日制学校。
It rather surprised me.
那事使我颇感惊讶。
Well, one can always consult a man and ask him: "Would you like your head cut off tomorrow?" and after he has said: "I would rather not", cut it off. Consultation is a vagues and elastic term.
是的，什么时候都可以跟一个人商量，问他：“你愿意明天被砍头吗？”接着，在他说了“我不愿意”之后，砍掉他的脑袋。磋商是个含糊的带弹性的词。
In science, the total absorption of the individual event in the generalization is the goal; on the other hand, the humanities are concerned rather with providing for the special meaning of the individual event within an appropriate general system.
自然科学以在归纳中全部吸收个别情况为目标，人文科学则更关心在适当的一般性体系之内提供个别情况的特殊意义。
They were rather disturbed by the way the government tried to cover the truth.
他们对于政府掩盖真相的做法感到不安。
Rather nervous, the man opened the letter.
那个人很紧张地拆开了信。
It's the managers that are at fault rather than the workers.
是管理人员的过错, 而不是工人们的过错。
I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.
我想要一杯冷饮料而不是咖啡。
I've seen enough criminal trials to know victims of armed attacks are seldom able to identify their offenders because their attention focuses on the guns, rather than on their users.
我看过许多刑事审判，因而知道在那些武装袭击的受害者中，很少有人能够辨认出袭击他们的人，因为他们的注意力全集中在枪上，而没有放在持枪人上。
I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.
我想要一杯冷饮，而不是咖啡。
I want to see a funny program but not a serious one. I enjoy laughing rather than crying.
我想看轻松的节目，而不是严肃的节目。我喜欢笑而不是哭。
They want a house, where we would rather live in a flat.
他们想要栋房子，而我们却宁可住公寓。
They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat.
他们想住一所房子, 可我们宁愿住在一套公寓房里。
I wasn’t sure about Darryl when I first met her, but on further acquaintance I rather like her.
刚认识达里尔时，我对她并没有把握，但在进一步了解中我却相当喜欢她。
I’m rather bored, I must confess.
我不得不承认我有点厌烦了。
Don’t come tomorrow. I’d rather you came next weekend.
明天别来，你最好下周末来。
“Shall I open a window?” “I’d rather you didn’t.”
“我开一扇窗，好吗？” “最好别开。”
I thought their laughter was rather forced.
我认为他们的笑相当勉强。
Jack’s father is rather angry with him for his indifference to the future.
杰克的父亲因为杰克对未来漠不关心而对他很生气。
He prefers to be a surgeon rather than a physician.
他喜欢当外科医生而不愿作内科医生。
You probably like to take chances rather than precautions.
你也许喜欢碰运气，而不是采取预防措施。
We now come to realize that the idea that man should dominate nature rather than live in harmony with it is wrong.
我们现在逐渐意识到，人应征服自然而不与它和睦相处的观点是错误的。
This is a rather old house. It needs painting.
这房子挺旧的，得刷一下才行。
I would rather sleep than watch this movie.
我情愿睡觉也不看这部电影。
That's rather disappointing.
真是让人失望。
The land in this region is rather dry and parched.
这片土地十分干燥。
It rather surprised me． 那事使我颇感惊讶。
I would rather stay at home alone． 我宁愿独自呆在家。
They insisted on staying rather than going.他们坚持留下来，而不愿意走。
I'm afraid I have some rather bad news for you.我恐怕有些很坏的消息要告诉你。
You should always depend on yourself rather than someone else.你应该是依靠你自己，而不足别人。
According to this theory, it is not the quality of the sensory nerve impulses that determines the diverse conscious sensations they produce, but rather the different areas of the brain into which they discharge , and there is some evidence for this view.
根据这一理论，不是由感觉神经脉冲的质量来决定他们产生的各种神经感觉的，而是由他们被发射到大脑的哪一部位来决定的，对这一观点是有证据的。
The pursuit of private interests with as little interference as possible from government was seen as the road to human happiness and progress rather than the public obligation and involvement in the collective community that emphasized by the Greeks.
尽可能没有政府干预地追求个人利益被看作为通往人类幸福的道路和进步，而不是像希腊人强调的集体社会中的公共义务与参与。
But black poets were not battling over old or new rather, one accomplished Black poet was ready to welcome another, whatever his or her style, for what mattered was racial pride.
但是黑人诗人并不争论关于第的问题，一个有成就的黑人诗人总欢迎新人，不管他们的风格怎样，因为真正重要的是种族自豪。
In this respect she resembled one of her favourite contemporaries, Mary Brunton, who would rather have “ glided through the world unknown” than been suspected of literary airs—to be shunned, as literary women are, by the more pretending of their own sex, and abhorred, as literary women are, by the more pretending of the other!
在这方面，她很像所喜欢的同时代人中的一位Mary Brunton一样被回避着，和许多女性作家更多的来掩饰其性别憎恶，和其它方面，Mary是宁愿在无名的世界中悄然而去，也不愿被怀疑是在卖弄文艺。
People can be relatively rich only if others are relatively poor, and since power is concentrated in the hands of the rich, public policies will continue to reflect their interests rather than those of the poor.
人们只能是相对富裕，而另一些人就相对贫穷了。既然权力是集中在富人的手中，公共政策就将继续反应他们的利益而不是穷人的利益了。
In such a home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept that equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fully for participation in a world characterized by co-operation rather than by the “battle of the sexes.”
在这样的家庭中长大的孩子们比他们的父母更容易参与到以合作为特征的社会中去，而不靠什么“性别之争”。
And someone with a history of doing more rather than less will go into old age more cognitively sound than someone who has not had an active mind.
比起那些头脑不活跃的人来说，年轻时喜欢尽量从事更多工作的人年老后更有认识力。
ince this concern about the decline and fall of the English language is not perceived as a generation phenomenon but rather as something new and peculiar to today's young people, it natrually follows that today's English teachers cannot be doing their jobs.
既然这种关于英语语言的衰退的担忧并不被看作一个一代人的现象，而是特指对于今天的年轻人的一种新现象，所以可以很自然地认为现在的英语老师工作做得不好。
If FIFA, football’s international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues.
研究者们认为：如果国际足球裁判组织FIFA想要在下一届世界杯比赛中提高评判水平的话，就应该远距离观察比赛，而不是冲进球场光盯着足球。
I felt rather foolish when I couldn't answer the teacher's question.
当我回答不出老师的提问时，我觉得自己很愚蠢。
Having lost my money puts me in rather a hole.
丢了钱使我陷于困境。
We must do good rather than evil, on however humble a scale.
勿因善小而不为，勿因恶小而为之。
My knowledge of Japanese is rather poor.
我的日语相当差。
The book is likely to be useful, only it's rather expensive.
这本书可能有用，只是相当贵。
You are looking rather pale, are you ill?
你的脸色有些苍白，你生病了吗？
These shoes are rather too big.
这双鞋有点太大了。
I would rather stay at home.
我宁可呆在家里。
Would you rather live in a town, or in the country?
你愿意住在城里还是乡下？
我们换个话题吧!
Let's change the subject.
Okay, okay, I'll pay you back next week... (好吧，好吧，下星期我还你钱……)
Let's change the subject. (那，我们换个话题吧。)
Let's talk about something else.
Let's talk about something different.
I'd rather talk about something else. (能不能换个别的话题。)
如果可以的话，最好不……
I'd rather not.
Let's go drinking. (我们去喝酒吧。)
I'd rather not. (我还是不去了吧。)
最好不要。
I'd rather you didn't. *I'd rather...not表示“如果可以的话，我不想……”、“如果可以的话我想拒绝……”、“如果允许的话我想推辞……”。I'd rather是I would rather的缩写形式，用于婉转地拒绝对方的建议时。
May I smoke? (我可以吸烟吗?)
I'd rather you didn't. (最好不吸。)
Would you mind if I went with you? (我也可以和你一起去吗?)
I'd rather you didn't. (希望你最好别来。)
I'd prefer it if you didn't.
I'd prefer you not to.
I'd rather that you not.
绝不允许!
Over my dead body! *表示“只要我还未闭眼，绝不让……”、“完全不可能”。
Would you loan me ￥100,000? (你能借给我10万日元吗?)
Over my dead body! (绝不可能!)
Never!
That will never happen!
I will never let that happen!
I'd rather die first!
比起咖啡来我更喜欢红茶。
I prefer tea to coffee. *prefer ... to ...“比起……更喜欢……”，用于与某事物做比较时。
I'd rather have tea than coffee. (与其喝咖啡不如喝红茶。)
I like tea better than coffee.
I like tea more than coffee.
I understand all your prices are on CIF basis. We'd rather have you quote us FOB prices.
得知你方报的都是到岸价，希望能给我们报船上交货价。
It must be rather difficult for us to push any sales if we buy it at this price.
如果我们按这个价格购买，将很能难推销。
别人问你不愿公开的问题，切勿用“It’s my secret ,Don’t ask such a personal question .”回答，一来显得你没有个性，二来也让对方尴尬。你可以说“I would rather not say .”（还是别说了吧！）。
Be honest rather clever.
诚实比聪明更要紧。
Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
选妻，最好用耳莫用眼。
I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading
宁为穷汉住搁楼，拥有好书任我读，不愿身居帝王位，纵有好书不爱读。
I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and mines of gold.
我宁愿得到人们的深情至爱，而不愿黄金成雄。
Better have something we can get our hands on rather than just spend all our time talking.
有些实际材料拿到手总比坐着闲聊强。
A Shall we go and see the new movie?
A 咱们一起去看那部新电影好吗？
B Yes. I prefer seeing a movie at the cinema rather than on DVD.
B 好的。跟看DVD比起来我更喜欢在电影院看电影。
A So do I. It’s much better on the big screen.
A 我也是。电影在大银幕上看要好得多。
B Where shall we go? Is there a good cinema near here?
B 咱们去哪里看？ 这附近有好电影院吗？
A Yes, there’s one not far from here. It’s about 5 minutes by taxi.
A 是的，离这里不远有一家。乘出租车大约需要5分钟。
B Great. Let’s go. I like going out to the cinema.
B 好极了！咱们去吧。我喜欢出去看电影。
A Hi Neil. Did you see the match? What a great game!
A 嗨，尼尔！你看比赛了吗？多么精彩的比赛呀！
B No, I didn’t see it. ?I just don't like football. For me, it’s dull and boring.
B 不，我没有。我就是不喜欢足球。对我来说，足球枯燥又无聊。
A Dull and boring? How can you say that?
A 枯燥又无聊？你怎么能这么说呢？
B Well, I prefer other sports. Football’s not my thing.
B 哦，我更喜欢其他运动。足球不是我所喜欢的。
A I have no idea you dislike it so much.
A 我不明白你为什么这么不喜欢足球。
B Tennis is my game. I’d rather watch tennis than football.
B 网球是我所爱。我宁愿看网球而不是足球比赛。
A Shall we go and see the new movie?
A 咱们去看新电影好吗？
B Yes. Let’s go to the cinema. I prefer seeing a movie at the cinema rather than on DVD.
B 好的，咱们去电影院。我更喜欢在电影院看电影，而不是用DVD看。
A So do I. It’s much better on the big screen.
A 我也是。在大屏幕上看效果要好得多。
B Is there a good cinema near here?
B 这附近有好电影院吗？
A Yes, there’s one not far from here. It’s about 10 minutes in a taxi.
A 是的，距离这里不远就有一家。乘出租车大约10分钟到。
B Great. Let’s go.
B 好极 了！咱们走吧！
Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.
La Rocheforcauld, French writer
事情很少有根本做不成的；其所以做不成，与其说是条件不够，不如说是由于决心不够。
法国作家罗切福考尔德，L.
I would rather have my people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance.
Oscar ll, Swedish king
我宁愿让我的人民嘲笑我的的小气也不愿让他们为我的挥霍而哭泣。
瑞典国王奥斯卡二世
The most glorious moment in your life are not the socalled days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishment.
Gustave Flaubert, French writer
的一生中，最为辉煌的一天并不是功成名就的那些天，而是从悲叹与绝望中产生对人生的挑战和对未来辉煌的期盼的那些日子。法国作家福楼拜G
@@@ 不是...而是...
none other than 不是别人而正是
rather than 而不是
@@@ 宁愿
prefer to 1.宁愿..., 更喜爱
2.喜爱A甚于B; 选择A而不选择B
would rather 宁愿, 宁可
would rather ... than 宁愿...而不愿
- blow someone's mind 把某人搞得晕晕乎乎
Readers had rather high opinion of his new book, which blew his mind.
We'd rather have you quote us F.O.B.prices.
我们希望你们报离岸价格。
Don't you think the annual turnover for a sole agent is rather conservative?
对独家代理来讲，这样一个年销售量，您不认为太保守吗？
安步当车 [ān bù dàng chē] /walk over leisurely instead of riding in a carriage/walk rather than ride/
比较 [bǐ jiào] /compare/contrast/fairly/comparatively/relatively/quite/rather/
不简单 [bù jiǎn dān] /not simple/rather complicated/remarkable/marvelous/
大包大揽 [dà bāo dà lǎn] /(idiom) not worry about conditions or responsibilities, but rather take it all; all round contract/
略 [lüè] /plan/strategy/outline/summary/slightly/rather/to rob/to plunder/to summarize/
民间 [mín jiān] /among the people/popular/folk/non-governmental/involving people rather than governments/
宁 [níng] /peaceful/rather/
宁可 [nìng kě] /(conj) it is the lesser of two evils to...; would rather.../
宁肯 [nìng kěn] /(conj) would rather.../
宁愿 [nìng yuàn] /would rather/better/
颇 [pō] /quite/rather/uneven/sloping/
情愿 [qíng yuàn] /willingness/would rather (agree to X than Y)/
似的 [sì de ] /seem as if/rather like/
挺 [tǐng] /be straight and stiff/rather (good)/
未免 [wèi miǎn] /(adv) truly; rather a bit too/
有一些 [yǒu yī xiē] /somewhat/rather/
A rather similar process of differentiation has led to professional geologists coming together nationally within one or two specific societies, where as the amateurs have tended either to remain in local societies or to come together nationally in a different way.
类似的分化过程也导致专业地质学家聚集起来，形成一两个全国性的团体，而业余地质学家则要么留在地方性团体中，要么以不同方式组成全国性的团体。
Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be netted together.
一二十年之内，全球将有一二十亿人互联。
As a result, I now believe the digital divide will narrow rather than widen in the years ahead.
因此，我认为在未来的数年中，信息差异将缩小而不会变大。
And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for combating world poverty that we've ever had.
那是好消息，因为互联网很可能成为我们消除所面临的贫困的最强有效的工具。
When a new movement in art attains a certain fashion, it is advisable to find out what its advocates are aiming at, for, however farfetched and unreasonable their principles may seem today, it is possible that in years to come they may be regarded as normal.
当一场新的艺术运动形成某种时尚时，理应弄清其倡导者的目标所在，因为无论他们的准则在今天看来是多么牵强附会、不可思议，将来都有可能被视为正常的。
With regard to Futurist poetry, however, the case is rather difficult, for whatever Futurist poetry may be — even admitting that the theory on which it is based may be right — it can hardly be classed as Literature.
然而，就未来派诗歌而言，情况却相当不同，因为无论未来派诗歌为何物——即使承认其理论根据可能正确，也很难称之为文学。
Rather, we have a certain conception of the American citizen, a character who is incomplete if he cannot competently assess how his livelihood and happiness are affected by things outside of himself.
我们更应该具有的是作为美国公民的某种观念，即他必须准确判断自身的生活和幸福是如何受到外界影响的，否则他的公民特征就是不完整的。
But this was not always the case; before it was legally required for all children to attend school until a certain age, it was widely accepted that some were just not equipped by nature to pursue this kind of education.
但是情况并不总是如此；在法律要求所有儿童必须上学至一定年龄之前，人们普遍认为有些儿童天生就适合接受这种教育。
There is one more point I feel I ought to touch on.
我觉得有一点还得谈一谈。
Recently I heard a well-known television personality declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs.
最近我听到一位著名电视人宣称他反对广告，因为广告意在劝诱而非提供信息。
He was drawing excessively fine distinctions. Of course advertising seeks to persuade.
他把两者区分得过于细微，因为广告不可避免地要劝说消费者。
The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they encounter new experiences and unexpected obstacles.
成长过程不是道路本身，而是当遭遇新的情况或未曾预料的坎坷时所持的态度和情感，是慎重行事还是勇往直前。
{adj: a priori} based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment
{adj: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous} incongruous;inviting ridicule
"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"
"that's a cockeyed idea"
"ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"
"a contribution so small as to be laughable"
"it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"
"a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"
"her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
{adj: accentual} (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity
"accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"
"accentual rhythm"
<-> quantitative, syllabic
{adj: acceptive} inclined to accept rather than reject
"she was seldom acceptive of my suggestions"
<-> rejective
{adj: active, dynamic} expressing action rather than a state of being; used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')
<-> stative
{adj: acyclic} botany; not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls
<-> cyclic
{adj: ad hominem} appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason)
"ad hominem arguments"
{adj: adscititious} added or derived from something outside; not inherent
"an adscititious habit rather than an inherent taste"
{adj: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal} characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
"figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle
"aerial fancies"
"an airy apparition"
"physical rather than ethereal forms"
{adj: analytic, uninflected} expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
<-> synthetic
{adj: antipersonnel} designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction
{adj: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee} out of fashion
"a suit of rather antique appearance"
"demode (or outmoded) attire"
"outmoded ideas"
{adj: apathetic} showing little or no emotion or animation
"a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older"
{adj: applied} concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles; opposed to theoretical
"applied physics"
"applied psychology"
"technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied discipcdlines"- Sidney Hook
<-> theoretical
{adj: artificial, unreal} contrived by art rather than nature
"artificial flowers"
"artificial flavoring"
"an artificial diamond"
"artificial fibers"
"artificial sweeteners"
<-> natural
{adj: ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan} practicing great self-denial
"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James
"a desert nomad's austere life"
"a spartan diet"
"a spartan existence"
{adj: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory} offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
"an autocratic person"
"autocratic behavior"
"a bossy way of ordering others around"
"a rather aggressive and dominating character"
"managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"
"a swaggering peremptory manner"
{adj: awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly} difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
"an awkward bundle to carry"
"a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"
"clumsy wooden shoes"
"the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
{adj: belletristic} written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content
{adj: broadleaf, broad-leafed, broad-leaved} having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves
{adj: capricious, impulsive, whimsical} determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
"a capricious refusal"
"authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"
"the victim of whimsical persecutions"
{adj: carvel-built} (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks
<-> clinker-built
{adj: cerebral, intellectual} involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
"a cerebral approach to the problem"
"cerebral drama"
<-> emotional
{adj: child-centered} designed to promote a child's personal qualities rather than to provide training or information
{adj: chordal} relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords
"chordal assonance in modern music"
"chordal rather than contrapuntal music"
{adj: circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious} roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
"had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"
"A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
{adj: clubbish, clubby} effusively sociable
"a clubbish set"
"we got rather clubby"
{adj: communal} for or by a group rather than individuals
"dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche
"a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared"
"a group effort"
{adj: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious} based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
"theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"
"the supposed reason for his absence"
"suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"
"hypothetical situation"
{adj: corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal} designed to promote discipline
"the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"
"disciplinal measures"
"the mother was stern and disciplinary"
{adj: cosmetic, decorative, ornamental} serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
"cosmetic fenders on cars"
"the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative"
{adj: cosmopolitan} composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
"his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay
"the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"
"that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks"
<-> provincial
{adj: cross-country} moving across open country rather than following tracks or roads
"a cross-country race"
<-> road
{adj: curly-grained, cross-grained, wavy-grained} of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel
{adj: declivitous, downhill, downward-sloping} sloping down rather steeply
{adj: degage} free and relaxed in manner
"rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson
{adj: desk-bound, deskbound} restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity
{adj: dianoetic, discursive} proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
{adj: digital} displaying numbers rather than scale positions
"digital clock"
"digital readout"
{adj: emotional} determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason
"it was an emotional judgment"
<-> cerebral
{adj: empirical, empiric} derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
"an empirical basis for an ethical theory"
"empirical laws"
"empirical data"
"an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
<-> theoretical
{adj: enhanced} increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality
"her enhanced beauty was the result of a good night's sleep rather than makeup"
"careful cleaning was responsible for the enhanced value of the painting"
{adj: free-range} of livestock and domestic poultry; permitted to graze or forage rather than being confined to a feedlot
{adj: functional} designed for or adapted to a function or use
"functional education selects knowledge that is concrete and usable rather than abstract and theoretical"
"functional architecture"
{adj: functional} involving or affecting function rather than physiology
"functional deafness"
<-> organic
{adj: functional} relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure
"the problem now is not a constitutional one; it is a functional one"
"delegates elected on a functional rather than a geographical basis"
{adj: handsewn, handstitched} sewn by hand rather than machine
{adj: haphazard, hit-or-miss} dependent upon or characterized by chance
"a haphazard plan of action"
"his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"
{adj: hard, strong} being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
"hard liquor"
{adj: hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic} guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
"a hardheaded appraisal of our position"
"a hard-nosed labor leader"
"completely practical in his approach to business"
"not ideology but pragmatic politics"
{adj: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous} done with very great haste and without due deliberation
"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare
"hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes
"rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"
"wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"
{adj: hearsay} heard through another rather than directly
"hearsay information"
{adj: hipped} (of a roof) sloping on all sides
"a hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables"
<-> gabled
{adj: impressionistic} of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning
"a surprisingly impressionistic review bearing marks of hasty composition"
"she had impressionistic memories of her childhood"
{adj: intuitive, nonrational, visceral} obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
{adj: knitted} made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving
"knitted garments"
"a hand-knitted sweater"
{adj: laic, lay, secular} concerning those not members of the clergy
"set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"
"the lay ministry"
"the choir sings both sacred and secular music"
{adj: literary} appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing
"when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"
{adj: local} relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
"local taxes"
"local authorities"
<-> national
{adj: mannish} resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman
"a mannish stride"
{adj: material} concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
"material possessions"
"material wealth"
"material comforts"
{adj: modern} belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
"modern art"
"modern furniture"
"modern history"
"totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
<-> nonmodern
{adj: moral} psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect
"a moral victory"
"moral support"
{adj: nominal} being value in terms of specification on currency or stock certificates rather than purchasing power
"nominal or face value"
<-> real
{adj: nonappointive} filled by popular election rather than by appointment
{adj: nonelective, non-elective, nonelected} filled by appointment rather than by election
"a nonelective office"
{adj: nonverbal} concerned with numbers rather than words
"the numerical part of the test"
"the nonverbal factor"
{adj: offensive} for the purpose of attack rather than defense
"offensive weapons"
<-> defensive
{adj: oleophilic} having a strong affinity for oils rather than water
<-> oleophobic
{adj: oral, unwritten} using speech rather than writing
"an oral tradition"
"an oral agreement"
{adj: outward} relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind
"a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections"
<-> inward
{adj: pacific, peaceable} disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature
"the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"
"a quiet and peaceable person"
"in a peaceable and orderly manner"
{adj: palmatifid} of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed
{adj: palpitant, palpitating} having a slight and rapid trembling motion
"palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"
"my palpitating heart"
{adj: peltate, shield-shaped} of a leaf shape; round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example)
{adj: permissive} granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline
"direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"
"permissive parents"
<-> unpermissive
{adj: pitched} set at a slant
"a pitched rather than a flat roof"
{adj: primary} of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand
"primary goals"
"a primary effect"
"primary sources"
"a primary interest"
<-> secondary
{adj: proactive} (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens
{adj: proximate} closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects
"news of his proximate arrival"
"interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals"
<-> ultimate
{adj: psychogenic} mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin
"a psychogenic disorder"
{adj: pure} concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
"pure science"
{adj: rhetorical} concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking
"a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply"
<-> unrhetorical
{adj: rounded} curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged
"low rounded hills"
"rounded shoulders"
<-> angular
{adj: sanctionative, sanctioning} implying sanction or serving to sanction
"the guardian's duties were primarily sanctionative rather than administrative"
{adj: self-educated} educated by your own efforts rather than by formal instruction
{adj: sensed, perceived} detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues
"the felt presence of an intruder"
"a sensed presence in the room raised goosebumps on her arms"
"a perceived threat"
{adj: serious} concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
"a serious student of history"
"a serious attempt to learn to ski"
"gave me a serious look"
"a serious young man"
"are you serious or joking?"
"Don't be so serious!"
<-> frivolous
{adj: severe, spartan} unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
"a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells
"a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"
"a strict disciplinarian"
"a Spartan upbringing"
{adj: short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed} inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.
"they're rather short-handed at the moment"
"overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"
{adj: smallish} rather small
{adj: somatogenic, somatogenetic} of or arising from physiological causes rather than being psychogenic in origin
"somatogenic theories of schizophrenia"
{adj: stative} expressing existence or a state rather than an action; used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives
<-> active
{adj: subtropical, subtropic, semitropical, semitropic} of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics
"even near the equator vegetation at 5000 ft is subtropical rather than tropical"
{adj: syllabic} (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
<-> accentual, quantitative
{adj: technical} resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations
"analysts content that the stock market is due for a technical rally"
"the fall is only a technical correction"
{adj: temporal, worldly} concerned with secular rather than sacred matters
"lords temporal and spiritual"
{adj: thalassic} relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas
"deposits of sediment in gulfs and seas rather than in the ocean proper are known as thalassic deposits"- Scientific American
{adj: theoretical, theoretic} concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations
"theoretical science"
<-> empirical
{adj: theoretical} concerned with theories rather than their practical applications
"theoretical physics"
<-> applied
{adj: theory-based} based in theory rather than experiment
"theory-based arguments and positions"
{adj: touristed, touristy} visited by throngs of tourists
"of the three American Virgin islands St. Thomas is the most touristed"
"tourists descend in busloads...so the whole place is rather touristy"
{adj: trabeated, trabeate} not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches)
{adj: trial-and-error} relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory
"they adopted a trial-and-error procedure"
{adj: true} determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
"true north is geographic north"
{adj: unappealable} not subject to appeal
"the judge's ruling was handed down in a preliminary hearing rather than a trial and was therefore unappealable"
<-> appealable
{adj: uncertain} not consistent or dependable
"an uncertain recollection of events"
"a gun with a rather uncertain trigger"
{adj: unstable} disposed to psychological variability
"his rather unstable religious convictions"
{adj: unwritten} based on custom rather than documentation
"an unwritten law"
"rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence
<-> written
{adj: violent} effected by force or injury rather than natural causes
"a violent death"
{adj: wage-earning, working-class} working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
"working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor"
{adv: bumptiously} in a bumptious manner
"he behaved rather bumptiously and offended the hostess"
{adv: communally} by a group of people rather than an individual
"the mills were owned communally"
{adv: compulsorily, obligatorily, mandatorily} in a manner that cannot be evaded
"the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied."
{adv: conventionally} in a conventional manner
"he usually behaves rather conventionally"
<-> unconventionally
{adv: curiously, oddly, peculiarly} in a manner differing from the usual or expected
"had a curiously husky voice"
"he's behaving rather peculiarly"
{adv: disrespectfully} in a disrespectful manner
"he treats his parents rather disrespectfully"
<-> respectfully
{adv: expansively} in an impressively expansive manner
"she managed to live rather expansively on her modest income"
{adv: feebly} in a halting and feeble manner
"reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win"
{adv: flamboyantly, showily, flashily} in a fancy colorful manner
"he dresses rather flamboyantly"
{adv: formally} in a formal manner
"he was dressed rather formally"
<-> informally
{adv: gracelessly} in a graceless manner
"she moves rather gracelessly"
<-> gracefully
{adv: heartlessly} in a heartless manner
"she behaves rather heartlessly toward her admirers"
{adv: humorlessly, humourlessly} in a humorless manner
"he reacted rather humorlessly to these rumors"
<-> humorously
{adv: in one's own right, in his own right, in her own right, in its own right} by reason of one's own ability or ownership etc.
"she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance"
"an excellent novel in its own right"
{adv: inaccurately} in an inaccurate manner
"this student works rather inaccurately and sloppily"
<-> accurately
{adv: incompetently, displaying incompetence} in an incompetent manner
"he did the job rather incompetently"
<-> competently
{adv: indecently} in an indecent manner
"she was rather indecently dressed"
<-> decently
{adv: inefficaciously, ineffectively} in an ineffective manner
"he dealt with the problem rather ineffectively"
<-> effectively, efficaciously
{adv: infelicitously} in an infelicitous manner
"he chose his words rather infelicitously"
<-> felicitously
{adv: insecurely} in a manner involving risk
"our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money"
<-> securely
{adv: insensitively} in an insensitive manner
"the police officer questioned the woman rather insensitively about the attack"
<-> sensitively
{adv: listlessly} in a listless manner
"they shook hands rather listlessly"
{adv: opportunely} at an opportune time
"he arrived rather opportunely just when we needed a new butler"
<-> inopportunely
{adv: orally, by mouth} (of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection
"he was administered the drug orally"
{adv: orally, by word of mouth} by spoken rather than written means
"these stories were transmitted by word of mouth"
{adv: pessimistically} with pessimism; in a pessimistic manner
"he evaluated his chances for survival rather pessimistically"
<-> optimistically
{adv: preferably, sooner, rather} more readily or willingly
"clean it well, preferably with warm water"
"I'd rather be in Philadelphia"
"I'd sooner die than give up"
{adv: primitively} in a primitive style or manner
"rather primitively operated foundries"
{adv: quite, rather} to a degree (not used with a negative)
"quite tasty"
"quite soon"
"quite ill"
"quite rich"
{adv: rather, instead} on the contrary
"rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"
"he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"
"used English terms instead of Latin ones"
{adv: rather, kind of, kinda, sort of} to some (great or small) extent
"it was rather cold"
"the party was rather nice"
"the knife is rather dull"
"I rather regret that I cannot attend"
"He's rather good at playing the cello"
"he is kind of shy"
{adv: sanely} in a sane or lucid manner
"she is behaving rather sanely these days even though we know she is schizophrenic"
<-> insanely
{adv: shakily} in an insecurely shaky manner
"this theory is rather shakily supported by some obscure data"
{adv: shrilly, piercingly} in a shrill voice
"she sang rather shrilly"
{adv: signally} as a signal
"a term that is used signally rather than symbolically"
{adv: sloppily} in a sloppy manner
"this work was done rather sloppily"
{adv: squeamishly} in a squeamish manner
"`I would rather not touch,' he said squeamishly"
{adv: stingily, cheaply, chintzily} in a stingy manner
"their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily"
{adv: tendentiously} in a tendentious manner
"the paper reported rather tendentiously on the war atrocities"
{adv: thriftily} in a thrifty manner
"a used towel that he had used and had left thriftily on the ledge below the mirror rather than consign to the linen basket"
{adv: tolerantly} in a tolerant manner
"he reacts rather tolerantly toward his son's juvenile behavior"
<-> intolerantly
{adv: unconventionally} in an unconventional manner
"she always behaves rather unconventionally"
<-> conventionally
{adv: unimaginatively} without imagination
"the stage sets were designed rather unimaginatively"
<-> imaginatively
{adv: uninformatively, uninstructively} in an uninformative manner
"`I can't tell you when the manager will arrive,' he said rather uninformatively"
<-> informatively, instructively
{adv: unintelligently} in an unintelligent manner
"he acted rather unintelligently in this crisis"
<-> intelligently
{adv: unmelodiously} in an unmelodious manner
"she sings rather unmelodiously"
<-> melodiously
{adv: unmusically} in an unmusical manner
"She sings rather unmusically"
<-> musically
{adv: unromantically} in an unromantic manner
"we got married, rather unromantically, in a dingy office in the town hall"
<-> romantically
{n: African scented mahogany, cedar mahogany, sapele mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum} African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown
{n: American mastodon, American mastodont, Mammut americanum} mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon
{n: Anaximander} a presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who believed the universal substance to be infinity rather than something resembling ordinary objects (611-547 BC)
{n: Bryophyta, division Bryophyta} a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida)
{n: Bryopsida, class Bryopsida, Musci, class Musci} true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales
{n: CD-ROM, compact disc read-only memory} a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user
{n: Chinook} a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes
{n: Chukaku-Ha} an ultra-leftist militant group founded in 1957 from the breakup of the Japanese Communist Party; includes a covert action wing
"Chukaku-Ha attacks tend to cause property damage rather than casualties"
{n: Docetism} the heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were apparent rather than real
{n: Eurotiales, order Eurotiales, Aspergillales, order Aspergillales} order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium
{n: Jirga} a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders
"most criminal cases are handled by a tribal Jirga rather than by laws or police"
{n: Luther, Martin Luther} German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546)
{n: Moehringia, genus Moehringia} low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers
{n: Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus, Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim} Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)
{n: Romanticism, Romantic Movement} a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization
"Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"
<-> classicism
{n: Zen, Zen Buddhism} school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan
{n: abstractionism, abstract art} an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation
{n: acting out} (psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words); considered to be healthy and therapeutic
{n: affirmative pleading} any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff
{n: amateurism} the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money
{n: appanage, apanage} any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
"for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"
{n: arpeggio} a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
{n: audile} one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor
{n: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling} the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
"they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"
"the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
{n: battle of wits} a contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used
{n: behalf} as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of")
"the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"
"this letter is written on behalf of my client";
{n: behalf} for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive)
"in your behalf"
"campaigning in his own behalf"
"spoke a good word in his friend's behalf"
{n: big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus} rather large North American brown bat; widely distributed
{n: breach of trust with fraudulent intent} larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking
{n: brew, brewage} drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
{n: broadsword} a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab
{n: bull thistle, boar thistle, spear thistle, Cirsium vulgare, Cirsium lanceolatum} European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States
{n: bunchgrass, bunch grass} any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States
{n: carpet knight} a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle)
{n: cartilage bone} any bone that develops within cartilage rather than a fibrous tissue
{n: cephalochordate} fishlike animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
{n: chocolate pudding} sweet chocolate flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs
{n: civil marriage} a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman
{n: common law, case law, precedent} a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
"common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"
{n: common-law marriage} a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony
{n: communalism} loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole
{n: company man} an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers
{n: country doctor} a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital
"do country doctors still make house calls?"
{n: courser} a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
{n: crack, tornado} a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
{n: cross-country skiing} the sport of skiing across the countryside (rather than downhill)
{n: empirical formula} a chemical formula showing the ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms
{n: enfilade, enfilade fire} gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation
{n: essential thrombocytopenia} the primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by with other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical suppression of bone marrow etc.)
{n: fatigue fracture, stress fracture} fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury
{n: fibrous-rooted begonia} any of numerous begonias having fibrous rather than tuberous or rhizomatous roots
{n: field event} a competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track
{n: field work} an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters
{n: fielder, fieldsman} a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
{n: flying boat} a large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons
{n: folding door, accordion door} an interior door that opens by folding back in sections (rather than by swinging on hinges)
{n: forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria} larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees
{n: formalism} the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented
<-> imitation
{n: garden pea, garden pea plant, common pea, Pisum sativum} plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
{n: gravitation} movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
"irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"
<-> levitation
{n: grebe} small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet
{n: hack} a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
{n: heart} a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
"a five-pound beef heart will serve six"
{n: home study} a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom
{n: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts} studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
"the college of arts and sciences"
{n: idealism} impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are
{n: impracticality} concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use
<-> practicality
{n: indirect tax} a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations
{n: industrialism} an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship
{n: inference, illation} the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
{n: inherited wealth} wealth that is inherited rather than earned
{n: integrated circuit, microcircuit} a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component
{n: internal-combustion engine, ICE} a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
{n: jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensis} North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
{n: jobber, middleman, wholesaler} someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
{n: kidney bean, frijol, frijole} the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
{n: legalism} strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit
{n: lift pump} pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up
{n: ling, ling ko, Trapa bicornis} water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
{n: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink} an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
{n: luck, fortune, chance, hazard} an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
"bad luck caused his downfall"
"we ran into each other by pure chance"
{n: luxury} something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
{n: machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack, hack} a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
{n: marriage of convenience} a marriage for expediency rather than love
{n: mercantile law, commercial law, law merchant} the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
{n: multiculturalism} the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country
<-> nationalism
{n: nationalism} the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals
<-> internationalism
{n: natterjack, Bufo calamita} common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops
{n: natural history} the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals
{n: natural process, natural action, action, activity} a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
"the action of natural forces"
"volcanic activity"
{n: odds} the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
{n: organicism} theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes
{n: over-the-counter market, OTC market} a stock exchange where securities transactions are made via telephone and computer rather than on the floor of an exchange
{n: phenomenon} any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
{n: pleurocarp, pleurocarpous moss} a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk
<-> acrocarp
{n: practicality} concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities
<-> impracticality
{n: psychogenesis} the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors
{n: public charity} a charity that is deemed to receive the major part of its support from the public (rather than from a small group of individuals)
{n: punctuated equilibrium, theory of punctuated equilibrium} a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
{n: pure mathematics} the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness
{n: radiotelegraph, radiotelegraphy, wireless telegraphy} telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire
{n: radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless telephone} a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables
{n: radiotelephone, radiotelephony, wireless telephone} telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire
{n: raffle} a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
{n: raised doughnut} a doughnut made light with yeast rather than baking powder
{n: rationalism} the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
{n: reactance} opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
{n: reality} the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
"businessmen have to face harsh realities"
{n: realpolitik, practical politics} politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations
{n: relativity, theory of relativity, relativity theory, Einstein's theory of relativity} (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
{n: riot gun} a firearm designed to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death
{n: scuffle, scuffle hoe, Dutch hoe} a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
{n: secondary modern school} a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education
{n: self-insurance} insuring yourself by setting aside money to cover possible losses rather than by purchasing an insurance policy
{n: selloff} a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade
{n: service industry} an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects
{n: sheep} a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
"his students followed him like sheep"
{n: shell bean, shell bean plant} a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
{n: shopping} searching for or buying goods or services
"went shopping for a reliable plumber"
"does her shopping at the mall rather than down town"
{n: sight gag, visual joke} a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
{n: sketch map} a map drawn from observation (rather than from exact measurements) and representing the main features of an area
{n: snow-in-summer, love-in-a-mist, Cerastium tomentosum} chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers
{n: sour cherry, sour cherry tree, Prunus cerasus} rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
{n: specificity} the quality of being specific rather than general
"add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion"
"the specificity of the symptoms of the disease"
{n: speculativeness} the quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation
"her work is highly contentious because of its speculativeness and lack of supporting evidence"
{n: state bank} a bank chartered by a state rather than by the federal government
{n: stock dividend} a dividend paid in stock rather than in cash
{n: street fighter, tough} someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
{n: subjectivity, subjectiveness} judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts
{n: superficies} the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance
"the audience was held by the substance of the play rather than by the superficies of the production"-R.W.Speaight
{n: suslik, souslik, Citellus citellus} rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel
{n: sweet bay, swamp bay, swamp laurel, Magnolia virginiana} shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers; abundant in southeastern United States
{n: think piece} an article in a newspaper or magazine or journal that represents opinions and ideas and discussion rather than bare facts
{n: tonic accent, pitch accent} emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
{n: touch football} a version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled
{n: tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex} large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
{n: vacationer, vacationist} someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work
{n: vanilla pudding} sweet vanilla flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs
{n: vodka martini} martini made with vodka rather than gin
{n: water hickory, bitter pecan, water bitternut, Carya aquatica} hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts
{n: xeroradiography} radiography using X-rays and xerographic (rather than roentgenographic) techniques
{v: capitalize, capitalise} consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
{v: create by mental act, create mentally} create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
{v: discipline, correct, sort out} punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
"The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
{v: find, feel} come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
"I feel that he doesn't like me"
"I find him to be obnoxious"
"I found the movie rather entertaining"
{v: glorify} cause to seem more splendid
"You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"
{v: involve} make complex or intricate or complicated
"The situation was rather involved"
{v: outsource} obtain goods or services from an outside supplier ; to contract work out
"Many companies outsource and hire consultants rather in order to maintain a flexible workforce"
{v: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder} disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
"She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
{v: play, recreate} engage in recreational activities rather than work ; occupy oneself in a diversion
"On weekends I play"
"The students all recreate alike"
{v: play, toy} engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
"They played games on their opponents"
"play the stockmarket"
"play with her feelings"
"toy with an idea"
{v: press out, express, extract} obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
"Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
{v: thrash} move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
"The system is thrashing again!"
{v: verbalize, verbalise} be verbose
"This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious"
This brought a new possibility for the continent to focus energies and resources on shaping its own development, rather than having to devote them to resistance to colonial and racial oppression.
这一成就使本大陆获得新的可能性，可以将精力和资源集中于实现本身的发展，而不像过去那样不得不倾全力于抵抗殖民主义和种族的压迫。
The strange thing was that I never used to go out with my father, rather it was my grandfather who would take me with him wherever he went, except for the mornings I would go to the mosque to learn the Koran.
奇怪的是那时我很少与父亲一道出门，倒是祖父不管到哪儿总会带上我，但早上除外，因为我得去清真寺学诵《古兰经》。
( Make sure you see the 3D show Honey I Shrunk the Audience at Disneyland first as it could seem rather tame after Terminator 2.)
（迪斯尼乐园的立体电影《宝贝儿，我把观众缩小了》一定要安排在前面观看，因为在《魔鬼终结者续集》之后观看，那部片子会显得相当平淡乏味。）
Of course many people will say that genetic engineering on humans should be banned.
当然有许多人认为应该禁止对人类施行基因工程。
But I rather doubt if they will be able to prevent it.
但我相当怀疑他们是否能做到这一点。
But rather than serving as calcium's final destination, bones are, in a sense, actually just a starting point.
但这并非是钙的最终用途，从某种意义上说，骨事实上只是其用途的一个起点。
Professor Ohmae said Korea's recovery was due to " obedience to US hegemony " and reprieve from currency speculators rather than any real fundamental recovery.
小前教授说，韩国经济的复苏是因为 "顺从于美国的霸权 "和暂时摆脱了货币投机商，而并非什么真正的根本性复苏。
Bush has participated in more traditional PE classes, where a classroom teacher, rather than a certified physical education instructor, released a stream of children onto the playground with a soccer ball and one barked command. " Go ! "
布什参加过一些更传统的体育课－上课时，任课老师，而不是持证体育教员，拿着一只英式足球，随着一声吼叫 "走！ "把一群孩子放进运动常
The issue was not that this new technology created an abomination, a freak animal;
问题并不是这种新技术创造出了一个令人恶心的畸形动物；
after all, Dolly was, and remains, a rather handsome sheep.
毕竟，多利过去是，而且至今仍然是一只相当漂亮的羊。
" It's rather exciting to find something that old,
"发现这么古老的东西令人振奋，
and it does give us the very exciting chance to have a look at the climate and atmosphere of the time. "
它确实使我们很激动并有机会去了解那个时代的气候和大气状况。 "
The Road to Sainthood in the Catholic Church
通往天主教圣徒之道
With a nail file always within reach, they tended to groom rather than bite.
由于指甲挫总能伸手可及，他们就会去修指甲，而不啃指甲了。
" These inert machines channel the richness of human communication through a keyboard and mouse.
这些呆板的机器通过键盘和鼠标来展现人类通讯交流的丰富性。
The speed of the computer is increasingly much less of a concern than:
计算机的速度越来越不如以下三点更令人关注了：
1. the difficulty in telling it what you want it to do, or
1．在告诉它你想要它做什么事方面存在的困难，或者
2. in understanding what it has done, or
2．在了解它做了些什么事方面存在的困难，或者
3. in using it where you want to go, rather than where it can go. "
3．在你想去的地方，而不是它能去的地方使用它方面存在的困难。 "
Storage is cheap, and I'd rather be safe than sorry.
储存计算机数据花费不多，而我宁可保证计算机的安全，也不愿意因其受病毒伤害而后悔难过。
They believed IQ tests could be the means to create, for the first time ever, a society in which advantage would go to the people who deserved it rather that to those who had been born into it.
他们相信用智商测试会创造一个前所未有的社会，其优势偏向那些应得这些优势的人们，而不是倒向这个社会中出生的所有的人。
His insistence that costumes be remade in Ming rather than Tang dynasty style, in keeping with the Forbidden City's vintage, added $330,000 to the tab.
为了与紫禁城的修建时代同步，他坚持服装要按明代而不是唐代的款式重新制作，仅此一项就增加了 33万美元的开支。
Says Caneras: " At this moment m my career I would choose a concert with the three of us, rather than one on my own, because it is always a very special moment for me. "
卡雷拉斯说： "在艺术生涯的这个时刻，我会选择我们三人一同出场的音乐会，而不会选择自己单独出场，因为对我来说，这总是一个很特别的时刻。 "
I admit the piece does look rather conspicuous.
我承认这只盘子看起来确实惹人注目。
Rather, he was a good listener who enjoyed female company, yet essentially an insecure child who had not grown up.
相反，他是一个很好的倾听者，喜欢有女性作伴，但他基本上是个尚未长大的、缺乏自信的孩子。
In 2001 your GPRS handset will enable a permanent connection to the network and allow " per bit " rather than today's per minute charging--meaning a user will automatically receive e-mail and other information, but pay only for data sent.
在 2001年，你的 GPRS 手机将使你能始终与网络连接着，并且可以按 "每比特 "（而不是如今的每分钟）来收取费用－这就意味着用户将自动地接收电子邮件和其他信息，但只需支付所传送数据的费用。
Caesarean section births have risen by 33 per cent in Britain during the past three years, with many parents-to-be requesting surgical deliveries for " convenience " rather than as a result of medical advice.
在过去的 3年间英国的剖腹产上升了 33％，其中许多准父母要求手术产只是为了 "方便 "，而不是医学上的建议。
On the other hand, when evening came, I found that I was rather grateful that the Bushman was near.
但从另一方面来说，黄昏降临时，我发现自己又很感谢这个布须曼人能靠近我。
Would you rather be asked or told to do something?
你做事宁愿让人请求你还是吩咐你？
The answer is obvious.
答案是显而易见的。
Ordering people around creates a " me boss, you slave " sort of feeling.
给身边的人下命令会造成 "我是老板，你是奴隶 "那样的感觉。
Asking rather than telling is one way to do that.
落实这一点的一个方法就是要提请求，别发命令。
The white men were fond of black girls and on the other hand, black men rather took white girls.
白人男子对黑人姑娘感兴趣，黑人男子爱找白人姑娘。
He had come up with a resourceful way to approximate the answer rather than using scientifically sophisticated testing equipment.
他并没有科学地运用什么精密的测试仪器，而是找到了一种获得近似答案的足智多谋的方法。
In short, rather than requiring Web users to " opt out ", they should ask those users to " opt in ".
简而言之，与其要求网络用户 "拒绝 "，还不如让用户 "接受 "。
Rather than hiding their personalization capability under layers of turgid policy-speak, they should flaunt it.
与其让个性化功能隐藏在冗长的协议之下，还不如大力宣扬这种功能。
The answer is at hand--or rather in a number.
解决问题的答案就在手边，或者说就在一个号码里。
For example, research indicates that " having the gene for schizophrenia " means there is a 50 percent risk you'll develop the disease, rather than absolute certainty.
比如，研究表明，某人 "带有精神分裂基因 "只意味着此人有百分之五十的可能性会得这种病，而不是绝对无法避免的。
Even his trainers reluctantly have had to drop the affectionate fuss they always made of him; the cameras he loved and responded to are kept away;
训练员不得再对它百般宠爱。它很喜欢在相机面前表演。游人给它拍照时，它也很配合。然而现在它再也见不到相机了。
he is no longer hand-fed, and has been retrained with rewards to swim away from, rather than toward, all boats other than his " walk " boat.
工作人员不再用手给它喂食，开始对它进行新的训练：如果它游离而非接近所有船只（训练船除外），将得到奖励。
" Half of all Americans report some kind of stress, and 63% say they'd rather have more time off than more money, " says Robinson.
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