Bedeutung von rather auf Englisch

• 0 to a certain extent; slightly; a little -- ziemlich

  • He’s rather nice

  • That’s a rather silly question / rather a silly question

  • I’ve eaten rather more than I should have.

• 1 more willingly; preferably -- lieber

  • I’d rather do it now than later

  • Can we do it now rather than tomorrow?

  • I’d rather not do it at all

  • I would/had rather you didn’t do that

  • Wouldn’t you rather have this one?

  • I’d resign rather than do that.

• 2 more exactly; more correctly -- besser gesagt

  • He agreed, or rather he didn’t disagree

  • One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.