It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road.
用铁路运送这批货物会比用公路好。
It would have been better to have thinned the trees over several winters rather than all at one time.
当初要是分几个冬天来疏剪树木，会比一次性疏剪要更好些。
Kids would rather play than study.
孩子们宁愿玩而不愿学习。
They would rather work than live on welfare.
他们宁愿工作而不愿靠社会保障金过活。
He himself believed in freedom, so much so that he would rather die than live without it.
他本人如此信奉自由，以至于宁死也不愿没有自由地活着。
I would rather pay for a meal than watch nine friends pick over and split a bill.
我宁愿付整顿饭钱而不愿看着9个朋友仔细算计、分摊账单。
He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted.
他会被平级调动，而非被降职。
I would rather be alone than have a false friend for company.
与其拥有虚情假意的朋友的陪伴，我宁愿独身一人。
Most people would probably rather feel a positive emotion than a negative one.
大多数人可能更愿意感受积极的情绪，而不是消极的情绪。
Still, most people would probably rather feel a positive emotion than a negative one.
不过，大多数人可能更愿意感受积极的情绪，而不是消极的情绪。
Many women, according to this hypothesis, would rather work than marry.
根据这一假设，许多妇女宁愿工作也不愿结婚。
I would rather be the one sick than you.
我宁愿生病的人是我，而不是你。
A girl would rather look after the baby than learn about child care.
女孩宁愿照看婴儿也不愿学习育儿知识。
Motorists would rather pay more tax than lose the place in the corporate pecking order conferred on them by their company cars.
驾车者宁愿交更多的税，也不愿失去公司汽车赋予他们的公司地位。
Some people would rather stay at home than go traveling on holidays because it's usually very crowded in those tourist attractions on holidays.
有些人宁愿呆在家也不愿在假期出游，因为假期的时候旅游景点通常都非常拥挤。
Ben Weatherstaff says the robin is so conceited he would rather have stones thrown at him than not be noticed.
本·韦瑟斯塔夫说知更鸟太自大了，宁愿别人朝他扔石头，也要引起别人的注意。
They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.
他们说，他们宁愿在谢伍德森林当一年的亡命之徒，也不愿永远做美国总统。
One team of psychologists discovered that two thirds of men and a quarter of women would rather self-administer electric shocks than sit alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes.
一组心理学家发现，三分之二的男性和四分之一的女性宁愿自己接受电击，也不愿独自坐着思考15分钟。
I would rather be with my grandfather on the Alp than anywhere on earth.
因为我宁愿和爷爷在高山牧场上，也不愿在其他任何地方。
However, if Mona Lisa was a famous novel, few people would bother to go to a museum to read the writer's actual manuscript rather than a printed reproduction.
然而，如果《蒙娜丽莎》是一部著名的小说，可能几乎没有人会放着印刷好的副本不看，而去博物馆参观作者本人当年的手稿了。
It would be lovely to get more hand-written letters from friends and family rather than just e-mails, I think.
我想，如果能收到更多来自朋友和家人的手写信件，而不仅仅是电子邮件，那该多好啊。
A bicycle lane would encourage them to use bicycles to commute, and so would reduce rush-hour traffic rather than fostering an increase.
一条自行车道会鼓励他们骑自行车上下班，这样会减少高峰时间的交通，而不是促进增长交通量。
Therefore, it would be in our financial interest to purchase a retail space in Palm Grove rather than in Sandida Heights.
因此，购买PalmGrove比购买Sandida Heights 的零售空间更符合我们的经济利益。
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