All of the men say they never intended to bring down any planes, but rather they wanted to unleash a series of harmless stunt explosions on famous landmarks here to in their words, "expose the failings of Western foreign policy."

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

No,according to the personality theory, what personal identity requires isn't item-for-item the same personality, but rather the same evolving personality.

不，根据人格理论，个人认同感并不需要一个完全相同的人格，而是同样在进化的人格。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

They decided to set up individual competitions like the Olympics where they--where people wouldn't compete as Eagles or Rattlers but rather they would compete as individuals.

然后他们决定进行个人比赛,就像奥运会一样,不是以老鹰队或响尾蛇队的身份比赛,而是以个人的身份比赛。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But,in his words, "A smart entrepreneur should spend his time developing the business rather than the business plan."

VOA: special.2009.06.26

As I say, there's a certain instability which could never apply in the semiotics of the stoplight because there it's not so much a question of but rather the insistence that the color is just that color.

我承认，颜色的选择有时候是有规律的,但是在语义学上这解释不通,因为他们不考虑,但是语义学家认为颜色只单纯表示颜色。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

He also said: "We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it."

VOA: special.2009.08.30

If we want to get anyplace on the question about the nature of the good life, what we need to focus on is not the instrumental goods and bads, but rather the intrinsic goods and bads.

如果我们想在,何为“好的人生的本质“问题上得出结论，我们需要专注的不是利用价值的好与坏，而是固有价值的好与坏。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But one of them would make war rather than let the nation live.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

The decay of Christian belief and practice is not a loss but rather an opportunity for poetry, in Crane.

基督教信仰和践行的衰败,在克莱恩看来，并不是损失，反而是诗歌新生的机会。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

"The best antidote to intolerance is not the 'Defamation of Religions' approach of banning and punishing offensive speech, but rather a combination of robust legal protections against discrimination and hate crimes, proactive government outreach to minority religious groups, and a vigorous defense of both freedom of religion and expression."

VOA: special.2009.10.31

But the state of nature, for him, is rather a kind of thought experiment after the manner of experimental science.

但是对他来说，自然状态，是一种思想的实验,这是在科学实验之后。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility Ca recognition on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task."

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Second thing we've been doing, I want to highlight for you is, we've along the way, mostly just verbally rather than writing it down, but we've been talking about good style.

我们一直在学的第二件事情是,我想给大家强调下，我们一直在口头上说，而没有把它写下来，但是我们一直在说优秀的风格。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

But the matter is far from settled. President Sarkozy wants parliament to pass a nonbinding resolution, rather than a law.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

And then, they're proud of it and they insist that I, not inflict, but rather induce you, invite you to do the same thing.

然后，他们引以为豪并且坚持认为，我不是强迫，而是说服，邀请你去做同样一件事。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Fukuda notes a pandemic has nothing to do with the severity of the disease, but rather with its geographic spread.

VOA: standard.2009.05.14

I'll present my view of the situation, but maybe it's a rather idiosyncratic view that I have.

我会讲讲我的观点，可能我的观点不同寻常。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told delegates at the conference that this transition is not an ending, but rather,a new beginning.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Because if someone changes, " the question is no longer "is it possible to change" " but rather "how is it possible to change".

因为如果一个人在改变，问题已不再是“是否可能改变？,而是“怎样才可能改变。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

not the usual enhancement, but rather qualitative enhancement - above all through the strategic nuclear forces.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

Rather than the military's power that does nothing but focuses on where is the next war.

军事力量则不同,除了带给我们下一场战争，什么也办不到。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The aim is neither to judge nor to force forgiveness, but rather to foster understanding.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

Now, you don't have to buy that and individuals undoubtedly found the strain too much from time to time, but what's interesting, is rather the ideal, the claim, the theory.

你不必非得接受这些理论,况且现代社会常充斥着个人主义倾向,但是那些理想,主张和理论却更意味深长

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The journalist says he is not a hero, but rather a man of principle.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

When you do Sitting Meditations and Buddhism, this medical school teach, you have your eyes open a reminder, that first of all, you don't fall asleep but also to remind you that you are supposed to be engaging the world as you do it, rather than having your eyes closed and isolating yourself.

当你学习佛教，进行坐禅时，据医学院的方法，你要睁开双眼,提醒自己，首先不要睡着,也是为了提醒自己,冥想时也要参与到这个世界中来，而不是闭上双眼,与外界隔绝。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

(Speaking in Russian) Umarov claims the operation carried out on his orders was not directed against the poorest of Russians, but rather against residents of Moscow.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

But not for the sake of hashing through the history of philosophy not for the sake of analyzing philosophical concepts the way analytical philosopher would, but rather,with that kind of background preparation, seeing things that others might not.

不是为了深入讨论,哲学的历史,不是为了像,一个分析哲学家那样,分析哲学概念，而是在有了那种背景知识的准备后，看到一些别人可能看不到的东西。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

It said this left the decision to the military. The army said it did not wish to wield power but rather wanted Mr.Rajoelina to take charge.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

So nevertheless, even having given you that historical example, we're going to come back and we'll look later on in the class at a model in which politicians cannot choose their positions, but, rather, you know their positions ahead of time.

尽管如此,尽管我列举了一个历史上的例子,我们还是要回到课堂上来,我们接下来要来探讨一个,政客不能自己选立场的模型,但是当然你们可以提前获知他们的立场

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Once you're doing this on your own, -- especially, for example, on exam 2, which is a ways down the road, you won't be able to look at those steps, so you need to make sure that you can go through them without looking at them, but for now we can look at them as we are actually learning how to draw the Lewis structures, and rather just go through them step-by-step, it's more interesting to do it with an example.

每当你要画一个路易斯结构的时候，特别是，比如，在第二次考试中，在不远的将来，你将看不到这张表，因此你需要确保自己在不看这张表,的情况下也能按照上面的流程来画，但是目前我们是可以看着这张表,来学习如何画路易斯结构的，而相比于一步一步地讲，通过例子来演示一下会更有意思。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选