当然,有些人更喜欢安静的服务员,有时我会得到少量的小费,或者根本不给小费。
Of course some people prefer a quiet waitress and every once in a while I get some pretty small tips or no tip at all.
现在,一篇由心理科学协会发表的研究表明生活里的大赢家使得失败者更喜欢他们——或者至少不是很喜欢他们。
Now, a study published by the Association for Psychological Science shows one way the winners of life's lotto get the losers to like them more — or at least dislike them less.
而对那些喜欢在浅水区游泳更谨慎低调的人来说,试试双色条纹或者干脆给发尾染个色。
For those of us who swim closer to the shallow end, try a couple streaks or even try just dyeing your ends.
或者,您可能更喜欢可编程方式的窗口管理器,这样您就可以像控制命令行接口那样来控制窗口。
Or, you might prefer a programmable window manager, so you can control its behavior as much as you control the command-line interface.
我最喜欢小说家格雷格·埃文斯的一句话:“我并不比别人更聪明或者美貌,我也没有迷人的魅力或矫健的身手。”
One of my favorite quotes is by the novelist, Greg Evans, the quote goes, "I do not have superior intelligence or faultless looks."
与双手和脖颈纹丝不动的接球手相比,那些喜欢移动手套或者摇头晃脑的接球手会更容易得到坏球的判罚。
Receivers who move their gloves or bob their heads get worse calls than those who keep their hands and necks steady.
我没有骗你们——足足使用了两个星期后,我才搞清楚我到底喜不喜欢我的iPad(或者更确切地说,我为什么会不可救药地爱上它)。
I won't lie to you-it took two weeks with my iPad before I knew whether I loved it (or, to be more accurate, why I would inevitably love it).
又或者“亲爱的,我更喜欢咱们把房间打扫干净点儿。”
Or how about, “Babe, I’d like it if we could keep the house cleaner.”
我更偏向的是“在雌鼠堆里长大的雄鼠之所以不讨雌鼠喜欢,是因为它们分泌物的气味不足或者不同。”
My favorite theory is that “males reared in a female-based litter may be less attractive to females because they secrete less or different odor cues.”
它覆盖了美国大部,事实上,温度已经到了三位数(或者说三十多度,如果你更喜欢这样的说法。美国使用华氏度,三位数的华氏度为摄氏度的三十七度以上,译者注)。
It's hovering over much of America, actually, sending temperatures into triple digits (or the upper 30s, if you prefer).
现在,我可以在任何地点进行这种自我调整了,(虽然我更喜欢在沙发或者柔软的大床上,但工作时间,能凑合上2张椅子已经很不错了)也可以无视那些吵杂的环境(除了人的说话声)。
Now, I can nap in almost any position where I can relax (lying across two chairs mostly works, though I still much prefer a couch or a bed).
研究表明,与那些反对他们的信仰的咨询师相比,人们更喜欢有同样的宗教信仰并支持他们的信仰的咨询师。 信教的人经常抱怨说普通的疗法会认为信仰是造成疾病的问题或者是疾病的症状,而不会认为它是一种值得尊重的信念并贯穿于整个治疗过程。
The problem for many patients in therapy is that many patients are far more religious than their therapists.
你喜欢锻炼吗?或者,你是更情愿去做些别的事情?
Do you like to exercise? Or, would you rather be doing just about anything else?
多数人在解决一个复杂的问题时,都喜欢(或者需要)把它分解成更小的、更容易管理的问题。
When most people work on a complex issue, they like (or need) to break it down into smaller, more manageable issues.
我喜欢赚钱,但我更喜欢通过帮助别人或者提供有价值的东西赚钱,就像现在我写这篇文章一样。
I like making money, but I love making money when I’m helping someone or providing value just like I’m doing with this article.
对于实验,我特别喜欢学习教程或者文章系列,但我也知道有许多人,他们更喜欢通过创建自己的示例来深入地研究相关主题。
For experimentation, I particularly like following tutorials or an article series, but I also know many people who like to dig into the topic by creating their own examples.
大多数的女性读者早已厌倦了写法老套的言情小说,她们不再喜欢言情小说的圆满结局,而更情愿看一本恐怖或者犯罪小说。
Most women are bored with, and cynical about, the well-trodden path of romantic fiction. They do not like happy endings and would rather read a thriller or crime novel.
然而专家们还是有一点共识:有机会学习枪支,或者其他的武器,使一些人更容易对抗他们不喜欢的事物或他不喜欢的人。
There's one thing experts do agree on, though: Having access to guns or other weapons makes it easier for some people to lash out against the things or people they don't like.
跟学习或者听讲座相比,这位进化论者更喜欢射击、骑马和收集甲虫。
The evolutionist famously spent little of his time studying or in lectures, preferring to shoot, ride and collect beetles.
这个国家的货币,越南盾,是不可兑换的,而越南人民也不相信它,他们更喜欢美元或者黄金。
The country's currency, the dong, is not convertible and people do not trust it, preferring us dollars or gold.
A是的,跟田径或者游泳比起来我更喜欢体操。
娱乐性阅读时我更喜欢平装或者精装的纸质书,但如果是做研究,我更喜欢可以连入互联网的设备。
I prefer paperback or hardback books for pleasure reading but, for research, I prefer a device with access to the Internet.
另外,有一种更笨拙的失误行径,就是顾客没事前告知寿司师傅他不喜欢什么或者对什么有过敏反应。
One of the clumsier faux pas is when a customer fails to inform the master in advance of dislikes or allergies.
卡明斯先生不会出售或者受命来制作他的雕刻作品,他更喜欢将雕南瓜作为每年定期的一种爱好。
Mr Cummings doesn't sell or take orders for his sculptures, preferring to keep pumpkin carving as a seasonal hobby.
是的,跟田径或者游泳比起来我更喜欢体操。
心理变态者,或者如有些人更喜欢称呼他们的反社会者,在我们的文化中是众所周知的人物。
Psychopaths, or sociopaths as some prefer to call them, are well known figures in our culture.
心理变态者,或者如有些人更喜欢称呼他们的反社会者,在我们的文化中是众所周知的人物。
Psychopaths, or sociopaths as some prefer to call them, are well known figures in our culture.
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