Sedge is similar in appearance to grass but has a solid rather than a hollow stem...

She'd rather die than give a speech.

她宁愿死也不愿意演讲。

Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own?

你干吗非得自己干，而不请人帮忙？

Twenty million years ago, Idaho was not the arid place it is now. Rather, it was warm and damp, populated by dense primordial forest...

2,000万年前，爱达荷州并不像现在这样干旱。相反，那时的爱达荷州温暖潮湿，有大片的原始森林。

'Well, he did have a sort of family connection with it, didn't he.' — 'Oh yes. Rather.'

“那么，他的确和它有些家族渊源，是不是？”——“噢，是的，的确如此。”

She worked as a secretary, or rather, a personal assistant.

她当了秘书；确切地讲，是私人助理。

I rather suspect we're making a mistake.

我有点儿怀疑我们正在犯错误。

But there must be no talk of final victory; rather, the long, hard slog to a solution...

但是这还谈不上是最后的胜利；而是长期、艰难地寻找解决方法的过程。

‘I'm going climbing tomorrow. ’ ‘Rather you than me! ’

“我明天去爬山。”“你去吧，我可不去！”

He looks rather like his father.

他看上去很像他的父亲。

The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.

墙面不是白的，而是灰不溜秋的。

It was a rather difficult question.

这是个相当难的问题。

I grew up in rather unusual circumstances...

我在非同寻常的环境下长大。

In the end he had to walk─or rather run─to the office.

最后他不得不走着——应该说是跑着——去办公室。

Which programme would you rather appear on?...

你更愿意在哪个节目中露面？

I didn't fail the exam; in fact I did rather well!

我没有考不及格，事实上，我考得不错！

The patient has responded to the treatment rather better than expected.

病人对治疗的反应比预想的好得多。

She fell and hurt her leg rather badly.

她跌倒了，腿伤得相当重。

It had made some rather bad mistakes which I thought should be corrected...

它犯了一些相当严重的错误，我觉得应该加以纠正。

Would you rather walk or take the bus?

你愿意步行还是坐公共汽车？

The problem was psychological rather than physiological...

问题是心理方面的而不是生理方面的。