a/an では、通常、 rather a/an + 形容詞 + 名詞を使用します a rather こともできます。他の決定子 ( some, those ) では、決定子 + rather + 形容詞 + 名詞を使用します。

We had to wait rather a long time. (または、あまり一般的ではありませ We had to wait a rather long time です。）

He helped her out of rather an uncomfortable situation. （または彼 a rather uncomfortable situation He helped her out of 。）

I had some rather bad news today.

Not: I had rather some bad news today た。

Rather a 名詞を伴う a は、非公式の言語よりも正式な言語でより一般的であり、特に書面では次のようになります。

It was rather a surprise to find them in the house before me.

多くの場合、かなりの量や量を表すために a lot rather の量を使用します。

It cost me rather a lot of money.

You’ve given me rather a lot .

また、「頻繁に」を意味するのに rather a lot 使用します。

They went there rather a lot .

You’ll be seeing rather a lot of me over the next few weeks.

動詞を強調するために、 rather を使うことができます。最も一般的には enjoy, hope, like などの動詞と一緒に使用します。

I was rather hoping you’d forgotten about that.

He rather liked the idea of a well-paid job in Japan.

正式な文章では、何かと比較するために形容詞または副詞を使用して less rather more + 形容詞または副詞を使用します。

Quite probably you simply didn’t realise that peas and beans and sweet-corn are such valuable vegetables, and you will now continue to eat them rather more frequently because you like them anyway.

Now that she saw Rupert again, he was rather less interesting and a little older than she had remembered him.

類似点を表すのに rather like 使用します。 「かなり似ている」という意味 rather like を使用します。

They were small animals, rather like rats.

I was in the middle. I felt rather like a referee at a football match trying to be fair and keep the sides apart.