Übersetzung & Definition
rather: eher, lieber
I would rather meet you on Sunday than Saturday. Ich würde dich lieber Sonntag als Samstag treffen.
The quality of public services is not improving, but rather declining.
Pronunciation examples
UK: I would rather see you on Sunday than Saturday.
US: I am feeling rather hungry. Can I have a cake?
Beispiel
- "I'd much rather travel with the people."
- "I wish you luck with this rather special assignment!"
- "That's rather potent."
- "As I get older, however, I must admit, my feelings on family have changed, rather dramatically in fact."
- "After complaining about the weather for half an hour, she told me that she recently handed over a cheque for £90,000 to a "nice young man", and that in exchange he promised to re-plaster the ceiling in her sitting room. I'm no expert on re-plastering, but this seems like a rather large sum of money."
- "Brian : Just a minute, sir, I'm in the middle of a rather important conference call with Europe."
- "Rather, food manufacturers will be legally obliged to show a "gruesome" image of an obese person."
- "I have a rather personal question to ask you."
- "That could be rather expensive."
- "Given the way things degenerated in last year's interview process, I'd rather leave things in your capable hands this time round."
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