rather
要点いくぶん、それどころか
意味
- いくぶん,やや
- それどころか,反対に
- 《話》かなり,相当に
- 《英話》(応答に用いて)確かに,そうですとも(certainly)
例文
Rather than saying something, I just faced them.
ただ、何かを言う代わりに、僕は彼らの方に顔を向けた。
I would rather die than do such an unfair thing.
私はそんな不正をするくらいなら死んだ方がいい。
I'd rather stay home than go on the school trip.
私は修学旅行にいくよりもむしろ家にいたいです。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English rather, from Old English hraþor, comparative of hraþe (“soon, early, fast”). More at rathe. Cognate with Dutch radder (“faster”), comparative of Dutch rad (“fast; quick”), German Low German radd, ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”), German gerade (“even; straight; direct”). By surface analysis, rathe + -er.