rather简单

Ask people about public libraries and a certain image springs to mind: dusty, old-fashioned, the sort of place you enjoyed as a child but, rather like a British seaside town, would you go there now?

问起公共图书馆，人们脑海中会浮现出某种印象：布满灰尘、过时老旧，是你小时候喜欢去的那种地方——但就像英国的海滨小镇一样，你现在还会去那里吗？

The book market is rather slack.

图书市场相当萧条。

rather

相当；而是

In the UK, it has become a big talking point recently too, for a rather particular reason: Brexit.

在英国，它最近也成了一个热门话题，原因相当特殊：脱欧。

Financial regulators in Britain have imposed a rather unusual rule on the bosses of big banks.

英国金融监管机构对大银行的老板们实施了一项相当不同寻常的规定。

“When I come home from a hard day’s work, I often feel [tired],” Danaher says, adding, “In a world in which I don’t have to work, I might feel rather different” — perhaps different enough to throw himself [into] a hobby or a passion project with the intensity usually reserved for [professional] matters.

“当我辛苦工作一天回到家时，我常常感到{{18}}，”丹纳赫说，并补充道，“在一个我不必工作的世界里，我的感觉可能会大不相同”——也许不同到足以让他以通常只留给{{20}}事务的那种热情{{19}}一项爱好或一个热衷的项目。

Rather

相反；更确切地说

This is not to say that there is no point in getting a degree, but rather stress that a degree is not for everyone, that the switch from classroom to lecture hall is not an inevitable one and that other options are available.

这并不是说获得学位毫无意义，而是要强调：学位并非适合每个人，从中学教室到大学讲堂的转变并非必然，而且还有其他选择。

The lesson is not that you should make your personal life an open book, but rather, when given the option to offer up details about yourself or painstakingly conceal them, you should just be honest.

这其中的教训并不是说你应该把个人生活完全公开，而是说，当你可以选择是透露自己的细节还是费尽心思地隐瞒时，你应该选择诚实。

Children aren't born knowing how to say "I'm sorry"; rather, they learn over time that such statements appease parents and friends — and their own consciences.

孩子并非生来就知道说“对不起”；相反，他们是随着时间推移才认识到，这样的话能安抚父母和朋友——以及他们自己的良心。

"Harsh as it may be to say, that decision should likely not be made contingent on a child's opinions, but rather made for them with great consideration into what home can meet their needs best — and give them an opportunity to customize it a bit and make it their own."

“虽然这样说可能有些刺耳，但这个决定或许不应取决于孩子的意见，而应在充分考虑什么样的房子最能满足他们需求的基础上替他们做出——同时给他们机会对房子稍加布置，让它成为自己的家。”

Rather

相反

It’s £16.95 there — or £12.99 for a large pizza from Domino’s: I know which I’d rather eat.

那里一顿是16.95英镑——或者花12.99英镑买一个达美乐的大披萨：我知道自己更愿意吃哪个。

We need to be much better at reducing and diverting demand on health services, rather than simply managing it.

我们需要更善于减少和分流对医疗服务的需求，而不仅仅是管理这些需求。

This must begin with the question of how we maximise the health of the nation, rather than “fix” the NHS.

这必须从如何最大限度地提升国民健康这一问题入手，而不是去“修补”NHS。

For example, try, “I can see lots of applications for this new approach” rather than, “This innovation is the only way.”

例如，试着说“我能看到这个新方法有很多用武之地”，而不是“这项创新是唯一的出路”。

Rather than

而不是

The real value of artifacts can only be recognized in their countries of origin rather than anywhere else.

文物的真正价值只有在其原属国才能得到认可，在其他任何地方都不行。

“What millions of Texas kids learn in their public schools is determined too often by the political ideology of partisan board members, rather than facts and sound scholarship.”

“数百万得州孩子在公立学校里学到什么，往往由带有党派倾向的委员会成员的政治意识形态决定，而不是由事实和可靠的学术研究决定。”