I could see he was rather taken aback.
我可以看出他大吃一惊。

The reporter looks rather taken aback.
记者对这个回答措手不及。

American allies were rather taken aback by the suddenness of this announcement.
美国的盟国对这一个突然的声明大吃一惊。

They said they would rather die than abandon their homes.
他们说他们宁愿死也不愿弃别家园。

rather, it is to expose our faulty beliefs so we will abandon them and move deeper into our relationship with him.
但是罗伊女士至少在该记录中提到了她的错误言论。

Tenancy were a small number of remaining Rikida Limin, its for mature fields rather than abandoned fields.
租佃馀力田者是少数吏民, 其地为熟田而不是荒田。

His bosss criticism left him feeling rather abashed.
老板批评了他，他感到有些难为情。

He chose to abdicate rather than mar the image of the monarchy.
因此，为了维护统治者的形象，爱德华选择了退位。

Accept the inevitable challenge of aging, rather than seeing them as aberrant crises
接受衰老不可避免的挑战, 而不是把它们视作异常危机

Im rather skeptical about their ability to solve the problem.
我对他们解决这个问题的能力颇为怀疑。

It was because of real ability rather than luck that we won the match.
我们拿下那场比赛靠得不是运气而是实力。

But I rather doubt if they will be able to prevent it.
但我相当怀疑他们是否能做到这一点。

Mr Obama has punted on partialbirth abortion rather than denouncing the whole gruesome procedure.
右派称赞他是一位充盈着人性之善的正直之士。

And people should relax about itcalm down about it rather than getting overexcited about it.
人们应当放松，冷静，而不要过度地慌乱。

It's not quite peace in the strictest sense of the word, rather the absence of war.
严格说来，这并不是真正的和平，只是没有战争罢了。

The absence of chyle in the mesenteric lymphatics of the small intestine is a rather constant feature.
小肠肠系膜淋巴管内没有乳糜是相当常见的特点。

He's very learned but rather absent minded.
他很有学问，可是好忘事。

For example, research indicates that ' having the gene for schizophrenia ' means there is a 50 percent risk you 'll develop the disease, rather than absolute certainty.
比如，研究表明，某人'带有精神分裂基因'只意味着此人有百分之五十的可能性会得这种病，而不是绝对无法避免的。

Central good location, a relative rather than absolute.
位置的好环, 是相对的而非绝对的。

Rather, the feeling of the experience was one of absolute Happiness.
当然，这些经验的感觉是绝对喜悦之一。

Rather, this identity is itself the absolute.
我们可以说，这个同一性即是绝对，即是真理自身。

We would rather have several small absolute errors than one large one.
我们宁愿要几个小的绝对误差，而不要一个很大的误差。

It doesnt say that he was honorable in an absolute sense， but rather that he was more honorable relative to his brothers.
圣经并没说他是绝对尊贵的，只是相对他的弟兄们。

Risk is far better reported in absolute numbers rather than relative risk or percentage.
在报道风险时，用绝对风险报道比相对危险度或百分数更好。

England is rather short of arable land, so it is absolutely dependent upon other countries for her food.
依靠别的国家来供给食物。