She was more famous as a writer than as a singer.

她作为作家比作为歌手名声要大。

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They use opium as a sedative, rather than as a narcotic.

他们把鸦片作为镇静剂，而不是作为麻醉剂。

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Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise.

然而，他们往往发现自己是迫害对象，而不是表扬对象。

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What better way is there to sell a car than to say it is as fast as a wildcat.

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In that case, we understand it as a sequence of cross-sections rather than something that somehow organically changes through time.

这样，我们就是在学习一个个语言的横截面,而不是语言自然的变化过程。

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L.A.'s not as exciting as New York, I guess. It's more suburban and residential than New York.

我认为洛杉矶没有纽约精彩，她更属于郊区，更适宜居住。

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Higher education costs have been rising more than twice as fast as inflation, faster than almost any purchase except health insurance.

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November saw less than half as many visitors as the year before, and less than a third as many as November 2000.

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At 565 kilograms, this overgrown midget racer weighs less than half as much as a Chevrolet Corvette but boasts more than twice the horsepower.

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