That could easily be just the right amount of time to make things worse rather than better.
将事情搞得更糟所需要花费的时间更少。
Reacting to market panic with panicky rate cuts is likely to make things worse rather than better.
以惊惶失措的降息来应对市场恐慌很有可能使情况恶化。
"The world may be making a mistake, and it may turn out to make things worse rather than better," Mr. Posen said.
“全世界可能正在犯一个错误，结果可能会使事情更糟，而不是更好，”波森先生说。
The audio quality of voice calls on any phone, through any carrier, seems to have gotten worse rather than better.
不管是哪一款手机，也不管是哪一家通信运营商，语音通话的话音质量好像并非越来越好，反而是越变越差。
Despite this, he says U.S. sanctions must continue because the situation has been getting worse rather than better.
不过他说，美国的制裁必须继续下去，因为缅甸的局势更加恶化而不是好转了。
Financial happenings still fill the headlines, and at each turn it seems that matters get worse rather than better.
金融事件依旧占据着头条位置，每次都显得事情变得更糟，而不是更好。
And judging by the recent rise in applications for unemployment benefits, the situation may soon get worse rather than better.
而考虑到近来失业津贴的发放力度加大，状况可能很快就会变得更糟而不是好转。
On the contrary, it is likely that paying employees by the brush will lead to lower quality rather than better quality brushes.
相反，很可能计件付酬这一做法将导致低质量的而非高质量的刷子。
But another part can be attributed to the slow-down in the US and most of Europe that seems to be getting worse rather than better.
但另一部分可以归因于美国及大部分欧洲国家的经济放缓，而这些国家的经济似乎正在趋向恶化而非好转。
Mr Lampl acknowledges that the universities are trying to widen their intake, but he says: "Despite these efforts and good intentions, the situation is if anything getting worse rather than better."
兰普尔先生指出各大学都在试图扩大他们的生源，但他还说：“虽然人们做出了努力，愿望也是好的。但是，情况非但没有好转而是越来越糟。”
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。
It's better to let the learners wrestle with the materials on their own rather than offer assistances at the start.
最好先让学习者自己处理材料，而不是一开始就提供帮助。
As a keen netizen, she thinks there should be better ways for the government to deal with the Internet cafes rather than to shut them down.
她作为一个热心的网民，认为政府应该有更好的方式来处理网吧，而不是将网吧关闭。
It is reported that reading on paper rather than an electronic screen is better for memory and focus.
据报道，在纸上阅读比在电子屏幕上阅读更有利于记忆和集中注意力。
When you fail a test, it's better to tell your mom the truth rather than find out another way.
考试不及格时，你最好告诉你妈妈真相，而不是动其他心思。
A bestseller Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength, suggests that willpower (意志力) is the ability to make decisions that are better for us in the long term, rather than in the short term.
《意志力：重新发现人类最伟大的力量》这本畅销书表明意志力是做决定的能力，从长远而非短期来看对我们更有益。
One advantage of acoustic detection is that sound travels rather better in water and ice than light does.
利用声学原理探测中微子的一个优势就是：与光相比，声音在水或冰中更容易传播。
The more often that the data requested by applications is in memory rather than out on DASD, the better overall performance will be.
应用程序所请求的数据出现在内存中（而不是外面的DASD上）的概率越大，总体性能就越好。
I realized Google was way cooler than alta vista and better at finding unknown things rather than Yahoo's directory.
我意识到Google要比AltaVista酷毙，在搜索未知方面要比雅虎目录好。
But, like most bug patterns, it is much better to prevent bugs rather than to fix them.
但是，象大多数的错误类型一样，阻止它们的出现总比修补它们要好的多。
Those who are working often stay with the jobs they have rather than jump to better paying but less secure ones, as young people seeking advancement normally do.
有工作的人通常呆在原来的位置上，而不是像正常情况下寻求晋升的年轻人那样，跳到工资更高但是缺乏安全感的职位上。
From her grandmother, she had learned that emeralds looked better with pink saris rather than green.
她在她祖母身上就曾学到，绿宝石和粉红色而不是绿色的莎莉服更搭配。
Couples who learn to talk things out in the first place rather than argue, usually have better relationships.
情侣们需要学习，在第一时间说出秘密，而不是在争吵的时候，这样会促进双方的关系。
Some people say that technology transfer rather than direct grants is a better model of cooperation between Africa and the rest of the world.
问：有人说，并非争取直接的援款，而是技术转让才是非洲同世界各国开展合作的最佳途径。
And aid supporters spend little time addressing the mystery of why a country in good working order would seek aid rather than other, better forms of financing.
援助支持者也很少去探究为什么一个有正常工作秩序的国家会努力寻求援助，而不是其他更好的财政支持方式。
And aid supporters spend little time addressing the mystery of why a country in good working order would seek aid rather than other, better forms of financing.
援助支持者也很少去探究为什么一个有正常工作秩序的国家会努力寻求援助，而不是其他更好的财政支持方式。
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