The Badger told him rather sharply to leave off.
獾子班杰相当严厉地叫他住手。
Rather than rushing off to locate the DVD for the woman, I asked her to walk with me so I could show her where she could find it.
我没有急着去找那个女人的DVD，而是让她和我一起走，这样我就可以告诉她在哪能找到它。
Alice said to herself, rather sharply: "I advise you to leave off this minute!'
爱丽丝严厉地对自己说：“我劝你马上停下来！”
To take their minds off the pain, the boys tell jokes in the house, rather than just stay silent.
为了让他们忘却痛苦，男孩们在家里讲笑话，而不是一味地保持沉默。
Unlike a thorn, a prickle can be easily broken off the plant because it is really a feature of the outer layers rather than part of the wood, like a thorn.
与刺不同，皮刺能够被轻易地从植物茎上剥落，因为它仅仅是植物外层的一种特征，而不像刺那样是树木的一部分。
The goal is to gradually wean the dieter off meat rather than demand an overnight change.
其目的在于逐渐脱离肉食，而不仅仅是戒掉在晚上吃东西的习惯。
There is, however, at least one electromagnetic weapon that is designed to attack enemy soldiers directly-though with the intention of driving them off, rather than killing them.
但是至少有一种电磁武器是直接针对敌方士兵的，虽然目的是将他们撂倒而不是杀了他们。
The robot supply teacher was capable of catching students passing notes and copying homework as well as giving them a rather stern telling off.
这位机器人代课老师能抓住传纸条和抄作业的学生，也能相当严厉地教训他们。
They take a day of sick leave rather than admit to being off because of pet bereavement.
他们宁可请病假而不愿承认因为痛失宠物而请假。
It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it should pay off in the long run.
安装这套机械代价很高，但从长远来看它会赚钱的。
I've got rather a headache, but it will probably go off when I've had a rest.
我头痛得很，但休息一会儿后，头痛可能会消失。
Hence, competition for advantage indicates a 'process' rather than a 'state' or 'one-off' action.
因此，追求优势的竞争是指一个“过程”，而不是一个“状态”或“一次性”行动。
An open workspace works well when the people on the team respect each other enough to work in that workspace, rather than goofing off.
当团队中的成员相互足够尊重，以致可以在开放式工作区一起工作，而不是滥竽充数时，开放式工作区就会发挥作用。
Teams practicing am would rather hold off on the abstractions and allow for change by relying on automated tests to enable refactoring.
实践am的团队宁愿迟些使用抽象，通过重构并依赖于自动化测试来允许变更。
One explanation of the rejectionist strategy is that human psychology is adapted for repeated interactions rather than one-off trades.
对于拒绝者策略的一个解释为人类的心理更习惯重复的交互作用，而不是一次性的交易。
But rather than let that scare me off from parenthood altogether, I did the alternative.
但与其被它吓得完全不敢做父母，倒不如做另外一种选择。
Provided, of course, they remembered to switch off the TV rather than leaving it on standby.
当然，那要假设他们在不用电视的时候记着关掉它而不是让电视一直保持待机状态。
I'd rather do it on my night off... but Tuesday's not my night off.
我宁愿在不上班的晚上干……可是星期二晚上要上班。
If you are serious about reducing your emissions, opt for a staycation rather than jetting off on an exotic holiday.
如果你真想减少你的碳排放量，你可以选择就近度假，而不是飞到国外度假。
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
比起100%靠我自己的努力来获利，我更愿意通过从100个人身上每人赚取1%来获利。
Because of her parents' opposition and their financial difficulties, the marriage got off to a rather rocky start.
因为父母的反对和经济上的拮据，他们的婚姻一开始就有些不稳固。
Mr Obama proposes to increase the programme's flexibility. Benefits could be used to supplement wages at businesses that cut hours rather than lay off workers, for instance.
奥巴马还提议增加就业政策的灵活性，例如，对采取减少工时而不是解雇员工的企业，可将失业救济金用做员工的工资补助。
Mr Obama gave warning to Asian exporters that they must stand on their own feet in the future rather than feeding off us markets.
奥巴马先生向亚洲的出口业者发出警告说，他们将来必须自食其力而不是靠美国市场养肥。
Rather than slipping off to a gilded retirement of golf or gallivanting, as many other accomplished men of his age do, he is still spoiling for a fight.
像他这把年纪，又功成名就，其他许多人都风光退位，打打高尔夫、四处走走看看，安度晚年去了。他却仍不服老，还时刻准备着大干一场。
Planning decreases stress because you focus your energy on solving a problem rather than being caught off guard.
这样的计划可以帮助你减轻压力，因为你可以集中精力去解决一个问题而不至于措手不及。
Planning decreases stress because you focus your energy on solving a problem rather than being caught off guard.
这样的计划可以帮助你减轻压力，因为你可以集中精力去解决一个问题而不至于措手不及。
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