I mean, isn't it more sensible to think that a smaller heavenly body would orbit a larger one, rather than the opposite?
我的意思是，如果一个更小的天体会绕一个更大的天体运行，而不是大的围着小的转，不是更合理吗？
Some uniforms are also expensive to maintain, requiring professional dry cleaning rather than the home laundering possible with many types of civilian clothes.
一些制服的维护费用也很昂贵，它们不能像许多类型的便服一样在家里清洗，而是需要专业的干洗。
However, for many Americans today, weekend work has unfortunately become the rule rather than the exception.
然而，如今对许多美国人而言，周末工作已不幸成为惯例而不是特例。
Older parents seem to be the norm rather than the exception nowadays.
生育较晚的大龄父母在今天似乎成了常事，而不是个例。
His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.
他的音乐并不是那种用来吸引古典音乐的听众而包装设计的流行音乐；他的音乐是为那些沉迷于摇滚音乐而不是古典音乐的听众而打造的高级艺术。
Only recently have some Civil War historians begun to make Unionists and their experiences, rather than the Confederate state, the center of inquiry.
直到最近，一些内战历史学家才开始把统一主义者和他们的经历作为调查的中心，而不是南部邦联。
The artist is depicting subjective emotions, showing the inner reality as interpreted by the artist rather than the outward form.
画家描绘的是主观的情感，表现的是画家所理解的内在的实质，而不是外在的形式。
Successive governments have permitted such increases on the grounds that the cost of investing in and running the rail network should be borne by those who use it, rather than the general taxpayer.
历届政府都允许这种增长，理由是投资和运营铁路网络的成本应由使用者承担，而不是一般纳税人。
In simple terms, I think it is the student rather than the teacher who can decide what the student should learn.
简而言之，我认为是学生，而非老师，才是决定学生应该学什么的人。
If you rap it with your knuckle, you hear the thwack of gypsum rather than the ring of cold metal.
如果用指关节击之，你能听见石膏的闷响，而非冷冰冰的金属发出的鸣响。
There is a potential educational benefit in allowing pictures to tell the story, rather than the spoken word.
用图片代替语言来讲述故事可能会收到更好的教育效果。
The problem isn't the technology itself, but that the technology is being used to create more flexibility for the employer rather than the employee.
问题不在于技术本身，而在于这项技术被用来为雇主而非雇员创造更多的灵活性。
It was the culture, rather than the language, that made it hard for him to adapt to the new environment abroad.
他很难适应国外的新环境是因为文化问题而不是语言问题。
The key to healthy praise is to focus on the process rather than the outcome.
正常合理的表扬的关键在于关注过程而不是结果。
Yet rather than the to-be-expected socialist harangue, Allende subtly works her political message within the fabric of the compelling narrative she weaves.
然而，阿连德并没有像人们所期待的那样发表社会主义的长篇大论，而是将她的政治信息巧妙地融入了她编织的引人注目的叙事结构中。
Project managers evaluate the performance of the team members in terms of what they produce for projects, rather than the amount of time they spend on them.
项目经理根据团队成员为项目所做的贡献来评估他们的表现，而不是他们花在项目上的时间。
It felt like being part of the future rather than the past.
我们融入了未来而不是过去。
So you become the hero, rather than the victim, of the joke.
就这样，你成了那个笑话中的英雄，而不是受害者。
This is the life you designed, rather than the one you've fallen into.
这是你所设计的生活，而不是你不得不投入的生活。
Far too often we focus too much on the idea rather than the execution.
我们常常都太专注于那个想法，却不是实现想法的行动。
It is the right to feed oneself in dignity, rather than the right to be fed.
它是有尊严地养活自己的权利，而不是被养活的权利。
As the saying goes, the truth arrives through one's hands rather than the mouth.
有一句话叫做“真理不是说出来的，而是干出来的”。
As the saying goes, the truth arrives through one's hands rather than the mouth.
有一句话叫做“真理不是说出来的，而是干出来的”。
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