I'd rather read than do housework or laundry, and sometimes I'd rather read than talk to friends or husband or family.
我情愿阅读而不是做饭和洗衣，甚至有些时候，我宁愿阅读而不是与朋友、丈夫或家人交谈。
He would call on us to assume the best in each other rather than the worst, and challenge one another in ways that ultimately heal rather than wound.
他会呼吁我们相信彼此最好的一面，而非最坏的一面，并且以最终能愈合而非伤害的方式挑战彼此。
So far, ALADDIN's researchers have limited themselves to tests that simulate disasters such as earthquakes rather than warfare; saving life, then, rather than taking it.
到目前为止，“阿拉丁”项目的研究者已经做了一些有限的灾难模仿测试，比如地震，而不是战争。都是在挽救生命，而非夺取生命。
Yet perhaps the clearest argument in favour of poker being skill - rather than chance-dependent comes from Mr Sklansky, and it has to do with losing rather than winning.
但是，支持扑克依赖技术而非运气的最清晰的论证，可能来自斯克兰斯基。他的论证和输有关，而非和赢有关。
The tax- deductibility of mortgage interest encourages people to buy houses rather than rent flats, buy bigger properties rather than smaller ones and therefore to spread out.
按揭利息的减税政策鼓励人们买房而非租房，而且鼓励买大房产而非小房产，所以人们越来越往郊区搬。
Then again, most of the rest of the distributions assumed I wanted to run X11 at 1024x768 rather than 1280x768 -- I'd rather get the choice than have the CD get it wrong.
另一方面，其余发 行版本大部分都假定我希望以 1024x768的分辩率来运行X11，而不是 1280x768 —— 我宁愿自己来选择，而不愿让CD弄错它。
The man eventually stepped forward: he turned out to be 51, rather than 40, and had served for six years rather than 30-but he is worried about immigration.
该名男子最终站出来说：他实际年龄51岁，而非40岁，并且曾服役6年而不是30年，但是他对移民表示担心。
But GDP will rise next year by 2.1% rather than 2.3%; and in 2012 by 2.6% rather than 2.8%.
但是明年GDP将仅上升2.1%而不是2.3%，2012年GDP将增长2.6%，而非2.8%。
Second, it takes two arguments rather than one: it operates on a range of elements, rather than on a container.
第二，它有两个参数而不是一个：它作用在一系列的元素上比一个容器要好。
For example, Ericsson had to agree to be paid by the minute rather than for selling and installing the equipment, and rival mobile companies to rent their towers rather than own them outright.
例如，爱立信不得不同意按照每分钟付费而不是出售和安装设备，而其他移动公司不得不租赁他们的传输塔而不是全部拥有它们。
Focus on understanding rather than on being understood; on loving rather than on being loved.
注重于理解别人而不是被理解，注重于爱别人而不是被爱。
He was one of the first to appreciate that workers can be more productive if they are managed rather than governed; if they are left to their own devices rather than being continually given orders.
管理工人比同志工人更能让其生产力增加，欧文是第一个提倡这种观点的人，他认为让工人自己支配自己的生产器具要优于不断地派给他们订单。
They will go with the market leader rather than hottest technology and seek continuous improvement rather than radical paradigm shifts.
他们将站在市场领导者一边而不是最火热的技术一边，他们会寻找持续的改进而不是激进的范式转换。
If the relationship between the two classes were one of reference rather than of inheritance, then the error would be thrown on the first active use of a, rather than during the loading of a.
如果两个类之间的关系是引用关系而不是继承关系，那么会在第一次使用a时抛出错误，而不是在装入a时抛出。
The world is composed of many different cultures, among which there should be respect rather than hostility, integration rather than discrimination, tolerance rather than fight.
世界本来就是多元文化的组合体，各种文化之间应该相互尊重而不是对立，相互吸收而不是排斥，相互包容而不是取代。
There is a new kind of information: electronically processed binary information rather than memes. There is also a new kind of copying machinery: computers and servers rather than brains.
在新技术背景下，存在着一种新型的信息：电子化二进制信息（不同于模因），还存在着一种新型复制装置：计算机和服务器（不同于大脑）。
Rather than resenting the newcomers, many Irish were proud that their country had become a place people wanted to enter rather than leave.
比起憎恨新来者，许多爱尔兰人更多的是为此感到自豪，因为他们的国家已经成为人们巴望着想进入而不是离开的地方。
They will also buy cheap chicken rather than dear beef, potatoes rather than mangetout and plain milk rather than fancy yogurt concoctions.
另外，人们还会多买便宜的鸡肉、土豆和纯牛奶，少买较贵的牛肉、豌豆和花式酸奶混合物。
It would be a lot easier to arrange if we changed our lifestyles to ones based on quality of life rather than consumption, measured by a happiness index rather than GDP.
如果我们改变生活方式，以生活质量而不是消费为基础，以幸福指数而不是GDP来衡量，就更容易安排了。
Rather than declaring a variable, you're free just to start using it; rather than express all of the possible permutations of the types of arguments, you can just enter a list of names.
变量无需声明即可直接使用。您也不必表达参数类型的所有可能排列，只需输入一组名称。
In their new book they address two subjects that are usually given short shrift: established companies rather than start-ups and the implementation of new ideas rather than their generation.
新书中主要阐述了平时没有认真去反思的问题——执行新想法的结果重于新想法的产生。
Yet, rather than being a sign of panic, the closures may be evidence that Mr Schultz means to return the company to its focus on quality, rather than growth.
然而，关闭门店的举措并非星巴克恐慌的征兆，反而可能证明了Schultz先生打算让公司重新专注于品质，而不是扩张。
National output had grown by a heady 1.2% rather than the 0.6% it had forecast for the second quarter of 2010, and by 0.8% rather than 0.6% in the three months to September.
全国产出量已令人兴奋地增长了1.2%，而不是2010年二季度曾预测的0.6%，三季度全国产出量增长了0.8%，而不是0.6%。
But rather than ascribing it to any sort of malicious intent he said it's likely a "cockup rather than a conspiracy."
不过他并没有把它归咎为任何一类的恶意行为，相反他说着这可能是个“错误而非阴谋”。
There is also a cultural bias toward ability rather than effort, infused from an early age, when children are praised for being "smart" rather than doing a good job.
加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）的一项研究指出，美国人还存在着一种文化偏见，从小就重视“能力”，轻视“努力”。 美国人在表扬小孩子的时候，往往夸他“真聪明”，而不是夸他“干得好”。
Man as a yawning rather than thinking ape - Homo oscitans rather than sapiens - may lack dignity, but reveals a new and attractive side to his personality.
作为打哈欠而不是思想模仿者的人(Homooscitans rather than sapiens)也许缺少尊严，却显示出其个性新的具有吸引力的一面。
Connectedness at Diigo is rather more interesting than at most sites in that the atmosphere is a "thinking" one rather than a reactive one.
Diigo中的互联比其他站点更加有趣的一点是其氛围是“思考”而非反应性的。
Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
把市场的变动当作你的朋友而不是你的敌人；利益来自于愚蠢的想法而不是参与其中。
Is tolerance rather than connivance, is induced rather than command.
是宽容而不是纵容，是诱导而不是命令。
Is tolerance rather than connivance, is induced rather than command.
是宽容而不是纵容，是诱导而不是命令。
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