It was a jest rather than a reproach.

这是个玩笑而非指责。

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Really it's a workmanlike conference rather than a dramatic one.

会议的确开得有板有眼，但并没有什么戏剧性。

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You end up with a mishmash of policies rather than a consistent national approach.

你最后得到的是一些杂会七杂八的政策，而不是统一的全国性措施。

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People could now see battlefield deaths as captured by a camera rather than an artist's pen or paintbrush.

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Women whose lives are mostly held in the private sphere rather than a public one are never gonna be taken in for state torture because they aren't actors on the political and social theme.

一些妇女，她们的生活处于,隐秘和不公开的状态,“国家酷刑“从来不会把她们算进去,因为在政治和社会层面上,她们并非活跃分子。

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And that's why, I ended up using a multiplicative factor, rather than an additive factor.

这也是为什么，我最后使用一个倍增因子，而不是用一个加法因子。

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The signals coming from the preparatory talks, however, suggest it'll be a wiggle rather than a volte-face.

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Douglas Carswell told MPs that talk of withdrawal was now a "mainstream" rather than a "maverick" view.

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But they expect him to announce a 2014 Senate election rather than a special contest this year.

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