It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road.
用铁路运送这批货物会比用公路好。
It would have been better to have thinned the trees over several winters rather than all at one time.
当初要是分几个冬天来疏剪树木，会比一次性疏剪要更好些。
Kids would rather play than study.
孩子们宁愿玩而不愿学习。
They would rather work than live on welfare.
他们宁愿工作而不愿靠社会保障金过活。
He himself believed in freedom, so much so that he would rather die than live without it.
他本人如此信奉自由，以至于宁死也不愿没有自由地活着。
I would rather invest time in Rebecca than in the kitchen.
我宁愿把时间花在丽贝卡身上，也不愿花在厨房里。
I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.
我宁可把钱付给个人，也不会毫无选择就把钱交给国家。
I would rather pay for a meal than watch nine friends pick over and split a bill.
我宁愿付整顿饭钱而不愿看着9个朋友仔细算计、分摊账单。
He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted.
他会被平级调动，而非被降职。
Airlines would prefer to update rather than retrain crews.
航空公司宁愿增添新机组人员而不愿对老的机组人员进行再培训。
When the winter winds blow, some of us would rather hibernate than work out.
当冬天的风吹来的时候，我们中的一些人宁愿冬眠也不愿出去工作。
I would rather be alone than have a false friend for company.
与其拥有虚情假意的朋友的陪伴，我宁愿独身一人。
A lot of people are in a rush, and it's very difficult to keep careful, for they would rather care for their speed than your safety.
很多人都在赶时间，很难保持小心谨慎，因为他们更关心自己的速度，而不是你的安全。
One team of psychologists discovered that two thirds of men and a quarter of women would rather self-administer electric shocks than sit alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes.
一组心理学家发现，三分之二的男性和四分之一的女性宁愿自己接受电击，也不愿独自坐着思考15分钟。
Most people would rather stay up late than get up early to finish their work, which definitely would do harm to their heath.
多数人比起早前工作更喜欢熬夜工作，这必然会损害健康。
I would rather be the one sick than you.
我宁愿生病的人是我，而不是你。
Most people would probably rather feel a positive emotion than a negative one.
大多数人可能更愿意感受积极的情绪，而不是消极的情绪。
Still, most people would probably rather feel a positive emotion than a negative one.
不过，大多数人可能更愿意感受积极的情绪，而不是消极的情绪。
He would, for example, rather die in the battle than risk living in a different way and being called a "coward" or "not a man".
例如，他宁可在战斗中死去，也不愿冒险换一种方式生活，并被称为“懦夫”或“不像个男人"。
He thought he would rather die than touch it again.
他想他宁死也不愿再碰它。
Many women, according to this hypothesis, would rather work than marry.
根据这一假设，许多妇女宁愿工作也不愿结婚。
He would rather stay alone than gossip with his co-workers in his spare time.
他宁愿一个人呆着，也不愿在业余时间和同事们闲聊。
A girl would rather look after the baby than learn about child care.
女孩宁愿照看婴儿也不愿学习育儿知识。
Motorists would rather pay more tax than lose the place in the corporate pecking order conferred on them by their company cars.
驾车者宁愿交更多的税，也不愿失去公司汽车赋予他们的公司地位。
Some people would rather stay at home than go traveling on holidays because it's usually very crowded in those tourist attractions on holidays.
有些人宁愿呆在家也不愿在假期出游，因为假期的时候旅游景点通常都非常拥挤。
Ben Weatherstaff says the robin is so conceited he would rather have stones thrown at him than not be noticed.
本·韦瑟斯塔夫说知更鸟太自大了，宁愿别人朝他扔石头，也要引起别人的注意。
They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.
他们说，他们宁愿在谢伍德森林当一年的亡命之徒，也不愿永远做美国总统。
Unfortunately, that message has not gotten through to the average American, who would rather try switching to "light" beer and low-calorie bread than increase physical exertion.
不幸的是，在美国，那信息并没有被普通人所接受，他们宁愿选择“清淡的”啤酒和低卡面包，也不愿增加体育运动。
I would rather be with my grandfather on the Alp than anywhere on earth.
因为我宁愿和爷爷在高山牧场上，也不愿在其他任何地方。
It would be lovely to get more hand-written letters from friends and family rather than just e-mails, I think.
我想，如果能收到更多来自朋友和家人的手写信件，而不仅仅是电子邮件，那该多好啊。
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