It is cheaper to have extra building work done when the builder is on site, rather than bringing him back for a small job.
趁建筑工人在工地上时叫他们完成额外的建筑工作要比叫他回来做一点小工便宜。
It's designed for beginners, actually, people who might see art as a hobby rather than as a professional opportunity.
其实这是为初学者设计的，特别是给想将艺术当作爱好而非职业的人。
You end up with a mishmash of policies rather than a consistent national approach.
你最后得到的是一些杂会七杂八的政策，而不是统一的全国性措施。
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。
It's safer to fake a tan with make-up rather than subject your complexion to the harsh rays of the sun.
用化妆来伪造棕褐色的皮肤比让皮肤暴露于强烈的太阳光线更安全。
He needed a sounding board rather than thinking alone.
他需要一个参谋，而不是独自思考。
The police presented a reactive rather than preventive strategy against crime.
警方对付犯罪的办法，不是事先加以防范，而是事后作出反应。
The last two clauses were an exact quote rather than a paraphrase of Mr. Forth's remarks.
最后两个分句是对福思先生言论的准确引用而不是改述。
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。
As a rule, however, such attacks have been aimed at causing damage rather than taking life.
然而，通常此类攻击意在造成破坏而非要人性命。
He fled to Switzerland rather than face trial for a tax swindle.
他不去面对骗税的审判而是逃到了瑞士。
It was a jest rather than a reproach.
这是个玩笑而非指责。
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。
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。
Heat the liquid in a large, wide container rather than a high narrow one, or it can boil over.
液体加热时要放进宽大的容器里，不要放进细长的容器里，否则它会溢出来。
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？
It is no part of ours to describe what was a massacre rather than a fight.
我们无法描述什么是屠杀，而不是战斗。
The scientists working on the project opted to build a 4G rather than a fifth generation or 5G network.
参与该项目的科学家选择了建设4G网络，而不是第五代或5G网络。
These days, doing omiai often means going to a computer matching service rather than to a nakodo.
如今，做omiai通常意味着参与电脑配对服务，而不是去 nakodo。
When a dark-colored cake was served on a black plate rather than a white one, customers recognized it as sweeter and more tasty.
当黑色的蛋糕放在黑色盘子里而不是白色盘子里时，顾客认为它更甜更好吃。
The undefined background also shows how Cecilia Beaux was influenced by the French Impressionists, who believed, like Beaux, in a personal rather than conventional approach to their subject matter.
这个不确定的背景也显示了塞西莉亚·波克斯是如何受到法国印象派画家的影响的，他们和波克斯一样赞同用个人而非传统的方法来处理主题对象。
Goldberg calls the problem a disorder rather than a true addiction.
戈德堡称这个问题是一种障碍，而不是真正的上瘾。
Mrs. White prefers to some voluntary work in a local hospital, rather than do nothing all day long.
怀特太太宁愿在当地医院做一些志愿工作，也不愿整天无所事事。
You interpret this as a sign—a polite one—that he is interested in you as a person rather than just in the topic of conversation.
你把这理解为一个信号，而且是一个礼貌的信号，说明他对你这个人感兴趣，而不只是对谈话的话题感兴趣。
"Rather than a case of abject failure, Rapu Nui is an unlikely story of success," they claim.
他们声称：“拉普努伊不是一个悲惨的失败案例，而是一个不太可能成功的故事。”
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。
I've been told that working with computers needs a logical mind rather than great skills in mathematics.
有人告诉我，用电脑工作需要的是逻辑思维，而不是高超的数学技能。
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。
Last year Mattel also gave Barbie a flat foot, rather than forcing her to be "in heels" all the time like the original Barbie is.
去年美泰公司也给芭比娃娃设计了平脚底，而不是像最初的芭比娃娃那样，强迫她一直“穿着高跟鞋”。
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