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单词 i'd rather
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I'd (also you'd, etc.) rather
f. In contracted form, I'd (also you'd, etc.) rather: I (you, etc.) would rather.In this form of the phrase, would and had are morphologically and semantically indistinguishable as the intended verb.
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1601 R. Yarington Two Lamentable Trag. sig. C2v Ide rather choose to feede on carefulnesse..Then condiscend to offer violence.
1620 I. C. Two Merry Milke-maids iv. i. sig. K3v I'd rather you wud let it alone, vnlesse you had a finer handkercher.
1685 H. Bold & W. Bold tr. in Latine Songs xix. 66 I'd rather both your eyes were out.
1710 Don Francisco Sutorioso 17 [He] swore, She was so ugly, He'd rather with the Devil's Pug lye.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 158 Can'st thou not stab me to the Heart? I'd rather thou wouldst, than say such another Word!
1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. viii. x. 376 She thinks so well of my son, that I'd rather he'd have her than an empress.
1825 J. K. Paulding John Bull in Amer. xv. 263 I'd rather a man would cut off my head at once, than spit in my face.
1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South II. iii. 32 I'd rather think yo' a fool than a knave. No offence, I hope, sir.
1876 F. H. Moore Mistress Haselwode II. v. 88 I'd rather a steady fire; these quick flames do burn them out by sheer fury.
1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down i. v. 51 We'd rather you settled amicably, if that's what you mean.
1970 A. J. P. Taylor Let. 2 Nov. in Lett. to Eva (1991) 19 I'd rather sit down over a good meal than go to the theatre.
2002 ‘N. Roberts’ Face Fire xviii. 313 I'd rather a storm than rain. We haven't had enough storms this summer.
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