These variations are normal, and it's more useful to think of life as something that is ever evolving and changing, rather than a high risk enterprise where things could go wrong with one misstep.
这些变化很正常，我们不应把生活看作是运营一家高风险公司，一步错就步步错，而应把生活视为一个持续发展和变化的过程，这将会大有裨益。
Really it's a workmanlike conference rather than a dramatic one.
会议的确开得有板有眼，但并没有什么戏剧性。
They opted to put an executive committee in charge of the project rather than a single person.
他们选择由一个执行委员会而非个人来负责这个项目。
It was a jest rather than a reproach.
这是个玩笑而非指责。
Let us make Sunday a day of rest and renewal rather than a day of travel and toil.
就让我们把星期天定为休息和恢复精力日，不要把它作为旅行和劳累日吧。
Earthquake sites should be regarded as a sad memory rather than a tool to bring in money.
地震遗址应被当作悲伤的回忆，而不应沦为赚钱的工具。
It's his parents' choice to send him to a boarding school, rather than a convenient day school.
把他送到寄宿学校而不是去附近的走读学校，是他父母的决定。
You'll have to make social media an occasional activity rather than a daily, time-consuming habit.
你将不得不让使用社交媒体成为一项偶尔为之的活动，而不是每天都要做的、耗费时间的习惯。
One characteristic of Earth's orbit is its eccentricity, the degree to which the orbit is an ellipse rather than a circle.
地球轨道的一个特点是它的离心率，也就是轨道是椭圆而不是圆形的程度。
When we ask teens to choose a hero, they usually select an older family member rather than a remote public figure.
当我们让青少年选择一位英雄时，他们通常会选择家里的一位长辈，而不是一个关系疏远的公众人物。
I guess the true magic at work involved her computer rather than a wand and a broom.
我猜她的电脑才是真正的魔法，而不是魔杖和扫帚。
Traditionally, legal learning has been viewed in such institutions as the special preserve of lawyers, rather than a necessary part of the intellectual equipment of an educated person.
按照传统的观点，在这些大学里学习法律一直被看作是律师的专门工作，而不是一个受过良好教育的人所必须具备的知识素养。
We often think of drawing as something that takes inborn talent, but this kind of thinking stems from our misclassification of drawing as, primarily, an art form rather than a tool for learning.
我们经常认为绘画需要天赋，但这种想法源于我们的错误分类——绘画主要是一种艺术形式，而不是一种学习工具。
Recognising obesity as a chronic disease with severe complications rather than a lifestyle choice "should help reduce the stigma and discrimination experienced by many people with obesity," he adds.
认识到肥胖是一种伴有严重并发症的慢性疾病，而不是一种生活方式的选择，“应该有助于减少许多肥胖人士所经历的耻辱和歧视。”他补充道。
The exoplanet is a few times the mass of Earth, but it should still be small enough to be rocky rather than a gas giant like Jupiter.
这个系外行星的质量是地球的几倍，但是它足够小，能够由岩石构成，而不是像木星是一团巨大的气体。
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 is a poem rather than a picture.
与其说那是一幅画，不如说那是一首诗。
DA: I am a naturalist rather than a scientist.
大卫·爱登堡：严格说来，我更像是一位博物学家，而非科学家。
Embrace change as an opportunity rather than a threat.
拥抱变化，把它当作机会而不是威胁。
This should be an asset rather than a debt of mankind.
这是人类的财富，绝非负担。
This should be an asset rather than a debt of humanity.
这是人类的财富，绝非负担。
History should be an engine for progress rather than a burden.
历史应该成为前进的动力，而不应该成为包袱。
So we would like to say he is a father rather than a hero.
所以，我们更愿意把他看作一个父亲而不是一个大英雄。
XSLT is a functional language rather than a procedural one.
XSLT是一种函数式语言而不是过程性语言。
Use a wide-toothed comb rather than a brush to untangle hair.
使用宽齿的梳子来梳理头发。
Focus on important things rather than a bunch of little things.
专注于重要的事情而不是一堆琐碎的事情。
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