Businessmen prefer to write e-mails to communicate with each other rather than make phone calls.
商人们更喜欢写电子邮件来相互沟通，而不是打电话。
Mr. Yang's preference for letting employees reach consensus rather than make tough decisions himself sometimes backfired, creating bickering among employees without tangible results.
杨致远倾向于让公司员工共同讨论而非独自做出艰难决定，这种做法有时适得其反，只会令员工间徒生争论，又达不成实质决定。
As Mr Isdell puts it, "rather than make public statements, we have chosen a more direct and, in our view, more effective route to help address the staggering human suffering in Darfur."
Isdell说道：就我们看来，我们选择了一条更加直接更加有效的路线来帮助解决达尔富尔地区令人惊愕的人类伤痛，而不是在公众场合作出声明。
Whether to choose a DINK family or not, you have to follow your own heart rather than make it to please your parents or rise to social pressure.
选不选丁克家庭要问问自己的心，而不是为了取悦父母或应对社会压力。
But why does a company use an agency rather than make its own arrangements? Wouldn't it be cheaper?
但是为什么一个公司愿意请一家代理公司而不靠自己来安排？这样不是更省钱？
Mind Control: Creatures immune to this spell will now cause an immediate error message rather than make it seem like the spell succeeded with no effect.
心灵控制：施放于免疫心灵控制的怪物的时候将立即显示一个错误提示，而取代之前成功施法却没有实际效果的情况。
On the third day, rather than make my way to another viewpoint from which to photograph the volcano and mountains at sunrise, I decided to purposely focus my attention elsewhere.
从第三天开始，我将视角从拍摄日出时的火山和山脉上转移开来，决定将注意力转移到其他主题。
Rather than make the disks faster, it's better to reduce the number of disk accesses needed.
加快磁盘运行速度不如减少所需的磁盘访问次数。
Rather than make it mandatory to fly with a parachute (which is quite useless because it's almost impossible to enforce), it's more important to change the outlook of pilots.
与其强制所有飞行员携带备份伞（其实也没啥用，因为几乎不具可实施性），不如逐渐改变飞行员的观念。
EXAMPLE: Rather than make a quick statement about a new patient's illness, a good doctor will take time to assess medical data in detail before expressing a considered opinion.
一个好的医生不会迅速说出病人的病情，他会花时间评估详细的医学数据，然后发表成熟的意见。
EXAMPLE: Rather than make a quick statement about a new patient's illness, a good doctor will take time to assess medical data in detail before expressing a considered opinion.
一个好的医生不会迅速说出病人的病情，他会花时间评估详细的医学数据，然后发表成熟的意见。
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