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

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。

We were rather hoping you'd be able to do it by Friday.

我们希望你最好能在星期五之前做这件事。

It was rather a difficult question.

这真是个难题。

If it's all the same to you, I'd rather work at home...

如果对你来说没什么差别，我宁愿在家中工作。

He was conscious that he was talking rather too much.

他意识到他说得实在太多了。

They say they will stay to rebuild their homes rather than retreat to refugee camps.

他们说他们将留下重建家园而不是躲到难民营里。

It's a good job it happened here rather than on the open road.

庆幸的是事故发生在这里而不是在公路上。

This one is rather too large.

这个稍微大一些.

Thoughs light, the book contains rather too much information.

虽然这本书不太厚, 但是包含了太多的信息.

I reckon he is rather too old to marry again.

我认为他的年龄太大不适于再婚.

He is rather too parochial in his outlook.

他的眼界未免过于狭隘了.