But the final resting place where there would be not, if you like,a heavy mark of the person, but rather the person is consigned to dust from where they came."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Last week, you'll be writing your second paper and I'd rather spend time on that than doing any outside reading.

最后一周，你们会写第二篇论文,我宁愿花时间在那上面,而不愿做一些课外阅读。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

You can be very indirect and just express what you'd rather do instead.

你可以非常间接地表达你宁愿做其他一些事情。

I'd rather 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But rather, the best thing I suppose would be to be able to live as long as you wanted.

我想最好的情况,是想活多久就能活多久。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

In a high-level language, square root might simply be a primitive that you can use rather than you having to go over and code it.

一个高级的语言，平方根可能仅仅,只是你能使用的一个基本要素,而不是你需要去编译它。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

I'd rather go and if you're going to be stubborn i'd rather go see Bourne Ultimatum with you than not go on a date at all.

如果你固执己见毫不动摇的话,那我就陪你去看《谍影重重》吧,这总比约会失败要好吧

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

So you should drop the homework before you come into class, rather than furiously work on it during class, and the solutions will be posted the same afternoon.

所以你应该在进教室之前交作业,而不是在上课的时候乱写一通,作业答案会在当天下午发布到网上

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

That would be putting it in a real frame and-- wouldn't that be more sensible, because you would be specifying the contract in real terms rather than money terms?

那样的话就是一种实物框架理念-,那样不是更合理吗，因为在你拟定合约时,会更倾向于用实物而非货币来计算？

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

On the 30th day, I will be getting from you in total, including the first 29 days-- no, rather on the 30th day, I'll be getting from you 5,368,709 dollars and 12 cents.

在第30天，我将从你那里一共得到，包括前29天-,不，在第30天，我将从你那里得到5368709。12美元。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Rather, you'll be biased in certain ways.

你的观念已经偏向了一边。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

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

And the challenge for scheduling is to pick the things that you want the president to be working on and the president wants to be focusing on proactively rather than just reacting to whatever the crisis on the day was.

安排日程的难处在于,选择事情,选择你要让总统去做,选择总统需要积极投入,而不仅仅是消极回应的,每天发生的大事情。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

You'd rather be in the state of nature, at least on April 15th.

所以至少在四月十五日，你宁愿处于自然状态。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Now I think you may be rather happy to hear that this is the last time --I'm pretty sure that this is the last time - that we will have to discuss, at least at any length, Milton's worries about his unreadiness and his un-preparation.

你们可能会很高兴知道,这是我们最后一次-我对此非常确信,最后一次需要仔细的讨论，弥尔顿对他自身的犹疑和毫无准备的焦虑感。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Rather, you've got to be a wonderful class citizen A to get an A for discussion section.

而是，你需要成为一个很棒的学生,能够在课堂讨论环节得到。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I'm narrowing it down. It's getting a little silly but you know I'm going to really be persistent and just follow the rules here of binary search, rather than jumping to conclusions.

按照二分法的规则来做的,而不是直接得出某种结论,很明显这儿我的目的是什么？,显示这两个相同的东西。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

They mean to be saying rather,even if there are others around you, even if there are others with you,dying is something that you're doing alone.

他们是要说，即使身边有他人的存在，即便身旁有其他人，你还是在孤独中死亡。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Well, you could imagine a view like that, but it would be rather a silly view.

你当然可以那样想,不过那是一个相当愚蠢的看法

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选