Then we asked them: If you had to endure one of the following, which would you rather have - a broken leg or a broken arm?
然后我们问他们：如果你不得不忍受下面的一种病痛，你宁愿是哪一种？——腿部骨折还是手臂骨折？
As I sat doing paperwork, I had the thought or rather the realization that I was not meant to be a lawyer in the way that I was thinking I would be.
当我坐在那工作时，觉得自己曾认为的方式未必会真的成为一名律师。
Any place would do, of about three or four hundred a year; but however, do not speak to Mr. Darcy about it, if you had rather not.
随便什么差使都行，只要每年有三四百镑的收入。不过，要是你不愿意跟达西讲，那就不必提起。
I just wish they would have implemented all the changes for the 2013 race and given people plenty of advance notice, rather than crushing those who thought they had finally reached their goal.
我只是希望他们在2013年比赛之前将所有的变动实施完全，给人们做好预先通知，而不是毁掉那些本来以为最终达到目标的人。
Had I said "highlighted in some way" rather than "displayed in gray," I would be running the risk of writing a worthless specification.
如果我说的是“以某种方式突出显示”而不是“以灰色显示”，那我将冒险写下无意义的规范。
Had the UK concentrated on building up infrastructure and jobs rather than wasting money on the VAT cut, then we would be in a much stronger position.
要是英国集中精力搞基础设施建设和增加工作岗位而不是把钱浪费在削减增值税上，那么我们就会处于一个强得多的位置。
I would rather you had told me the truth.
我倒想你本该把事实真相告诉我。
This stone, it was believed, had the rather revolting quality that if one made a coffin out of it, and laid a body inside, the stone itself would eat the dead in a matter of weeks.
人们相信，这种石头有一种尤其讨厌的特性，如果用它造一口石棺，放一具尸体进去，这种石头将会在几周之内将死者吃掉。
It gets worse: at a subsequent family dinner, his father took him aside and told him it would have been better if he, rather than his younger brother, had died in a car accident several years earlier.
接着更糟的是：在随后的而一次家庭晚餐中，父亲将他拉到一旁，对他说，如果几年前在交通事故中死去的人是他而不是他的弟弟，那就好了。
"If I had known then, I would not have treated my friend poorly rather than harboring the thought he would run away with my money," he said this regretfully.
“如果我早知道的话，我就不会那么对待恶劣得对待我的朋友了，还以为他会带着我的钱跑掉。”他懊悔的说。
After some months, she gave up eating because she had decided she would rather die than live without dignity, because of the patronizing way in which her carers spoke to her.
几个月以后，她开始绝食了，因为她决定与其没有尊严地活着不如死了算了，因为照顾她的人俨然以恩人的方式和她说话。
And rather than listening to, or asking their customers what they wanted; Apple would solve problems customers didn't know they had with products they didn't even realize they wanted.
不是倾听或者询问消费者需要什么，苹果宁愿解决客户们所不知道关于他们还没有意识到的需要的产品的问题。
Had Paulson known what would happen next, it is likely that he would have plumped for state ownership rather than allowing the bank to founder.
如果保尔森知道接下来会发生什么，他们很可能会选择国家收购，而不是允许银行倒掉。
If my original plans had encompassed coming here rather than Iran, I'm sure I would have seen far more of what it must have to offer.
格鲁吉亚其实已经不是欧洲，而是亚洲了。假如我最初的计划不是走伊朗而是格鲁吉亚，肯定可以看到更多值得一看的地方。
I dare say she would rather I had seemed all tenderness before you: it wounds her vanity to have the truth exposed.
我敢说她宁可我当着你的面显出温柔万分的样子：暴露真相是伤她的虚荣心的。
What I'm inviting you to think about is which one, if you had to choose between these two gruesome scenarios, which one would you rather save?
这里我要请大家思考的是，哪一个，如果你必须在这两个残忍情境中作出抉择，你会救哪一个？
Around 20% of people consulted said they had already put money aside and 36% said they would save up for the expenditure rather than use a credit card.
参与调查的约20%的人说他们已经把钱存起来了，36%说他们会节省开支，而不使用的信用卡。
Had predators rather than scientists been waiting, they would have been eaten.
如果不是科学家而是掠食者等在那儿的话，它们就被吃掉了。
Being an unattached woman who would rather not be somehow meant you were a nitwit, a bubblehead who had few concerns beyond shopping, pedicures and "Will he call?"
一个没有吸引力的女人，并不见得就意味着你是傻子，没内涵，成天只想着逛街、足疗和“他会打给我吗？”
And now, rather than have had this grievous wrong to confess, she would gladly have lain down on the forest-leaves, and died there, at Arthur Dimmesdale's feet.
如今，与其把这极其严重的错误坦白出来，她宁可高高兴兴地躺在这林中落叶之上，死在阿瑟·丁梅斯代尔脚旁。
Had he focused on mainstream physics rather than challenge his contemporaries' notion of space and time, he would have undoubtedly received an academic job.
如果当初他从事的是主流的物理领域而非挑战同代人的时间空间观，那么他肯定能够谋取大学里的职位。
Even if I had the money I would rather burn everything I owned, and I wouldn't even give them the ashes.
就算是我有钱，我也宁可把我所有的一切都烧了，连灰都不会给他们。
People who had to go out would rather dress themselves like this.
不得不外出的人宁愿穿成这样。
Had Goldman admitted to fraud - that is, admitted to having a bad intent rather than just having made a mistake - the plaintiffs bar likely would be preparing their suits right now.
如果高盛承认其存在欺诈——即，承认它存在恶意而不是仅仅犯了错——原告方律师现在就会在准备起诉了。
Is that what Beaverton officials would have rather had seen happen?
这就是比佛顿的办公室人员所要见到的？
On this occasion the young man was very sure that Mr. Jackson would rather have had him dine out; but he had his own reasons for not doing so.
这一次年轻人十分肯定杰克逊先生宁愿让他外出赴宴，然而他有自己的理由不照此办理。
On this occasion the young man was very sure that Mr. Jackson would rather have had him dine out; but he had his own reasons for not doing so.
这一次年轻人十分肯定杰克逊先生宁愿让他外出赴宴，然而他有自己的理由不照此办理。
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