And the other would accept war, rather than let it die.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

He would also regard the peculiar American practice of elections rather than the Greek practice of appointing political offices by lot.

他也将关注,奇怪的美式选举方式,那有别于透过抽签决定的,希腊式指派政治官位模式。

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rather than buying them purely as an investment. But again, that would be...

而不是纯粹为了投资。但是，那样的话……

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"I would be more comfortable with the results coming out before the winter, yes,sooner rather than later,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

But that would get very boring, so rather than do that, let's draw a picture.

不过这样做会很枯燥,与其一个一个地算,不如我们画张图吧

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Condom told French radio that the mantra of this year's Paris show would likely be to maintain existing orders rather than to secure new ones.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

So, there would be some inclination to capture men rather than to kill them.

因此就有某些倾向,要抓住他们而不是杀了他们

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Pinheiro says it is almost certain the court will find Aung San Suu Kyi guilty, but would likely put her back under house arrest rather than prison.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

They would rather be in a line than dance two-by-two.

他们宁可在一列中而不是一对一对地运动。

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But over a lifetime, I think I would think almost a complete majority here would agree that they would rather be a human with higher pleasure than be that rat with intense pleasure for a momentary period of time.

但是就一生而言,我觉得，在场绝大部分人都会同意,他们更愿意做拥有更高级快乐的人,而不是只图一时快乐，做那只享受一时快感的鼠。

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The sovereign, he says, or Leviathan, this great artificial man, the sovereign is something more like what we would call today an office, rather than a person, as when we speak of the executive as an office.

他说，君主，或者“利维坦，这个人造的人，君主更像是,我们今天称之的“职务“，而不是一个人，就像我们说某个职务的执行官一样。

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