Other defences are actions, rather than things, some of them automatic and some of them not.
其他的防护措施，不是静止的物体，有些是自动完成的过程，而有些则不是。
Finn: So, his mum said that she would rather feed Tom something healthy rather than things like crisps and biscuits.
小汤姆的妈妈说，她每天要准备健康的食品，而不是像薯片、饼干这种不太健康的东西。
As predicted, romantically primed men wanted to buy items that they could wear or drive, rather than things to be kept at home.
正如预料的一样，以浪漫思想为导向的男性们这次要购买一些他们能够穿戴或驾驶的奢侈品，而不是那些只能放在家里的东西。
That's no surprise to happiness expert David Myers, who sees happiness as more closely correlated with people rather than things.
这对于快乐专家大卫·梅尔斯来说一点儿也不奇怪，他认为快乐与人本身紧密相连，程度远胜于和事物之间的联系。
He said, rather hurtfully, that he had better things to do than come and see me.
他相当刻薄地说，来看我还不如去干别的事。
These variations are normal, and it's more useful to think of life as something that is ever evolving and changing, rather than a high risk enterprise where things could go wrong with one misstep.
这些变化很正常，我们不应把生活看作是运营一家高风险公司，一步错就步步错，而应把生活视为一个持续发展和变化的过程，这将会大有裨益。
He is puzzled, rather than vengeful when other children snatch things from him or push him around.
当其他孩子从他手里抢东西或把他推来推去时，他感到困惑，而不是报复。
Facing up to your problems rather than running away from them is the best approach to working things out.
直面问题，而不是逃避问题，这才是解决事情最好的办法。
Frank didn't understand why Jack would rather do artistic things than play ball.
弗兰克不明白为什么杰克宁愿投身艺术也不愿打球。
This is because of the following three reasons: Firstly, the thief only stole things from me but did not hurt me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things instead of all my things; thirdly, most luckily for me, it was the man rather than me who became a thief.
这是因为以下三个原因：第一，小偷只偷我的东西，而没有伤害我；其次，小偷偷走了我的一些东西，而不是我所有的东西；第三，对我来说最幸运的是，成为小偷的是那个人，不是我。
Rather than helping him to do things himself, it assigned a helper to follow him around and do everything for him.
学校没有帮助他学会自己处理事情，反而指派了一个帮手到处跟着他，替他做事情。
Perhaps they are just saying things that are a reflection of their own pessimism or negativity rather than of how things actually work.
也许他们宁愿说一些反映自己的悲观主义或消极性的事情而不说实际上可行的事情。
I also learned more about management from making mistakes than from doing things right, from losing rather than winning.
我同样从犯错误上学到了关于管理的知识多于在做对事情上，损失上多于胜利。
What we called realism turned out to be a way of avoiding things rather than facing them.
我们所谓的现实主义其实是想逃避现实，而非要面对现实。
We process computer records of people, organizations, places, ideas, and the like, rather than the actuality of these things.
我们处理人员、组织、地点、观念等的计算机记录，而不是这些事物的客观存在。
Try thinking of these things as a colleague rather than an object.
尝试去思考这些内容，并把它比作你的同事，而不是一个对象。
Learn to note, to record things rather than keep it all in your head or on scraps of paper.
学着做一些记录，用笔记录下来，而不是把所有的东西都记在脑子里或是零零碎碎的纸片上。
How to practice it: Work on having an opinion or asking for the other person's view of things rather than just throwing a remark out there.
怎样实行：自己要有对事物的看法或者你可以询问别人对某事的看法，而不是自己说完一句话就完了。
But the fact remains that those visions are driven by dreams about the way things should be rather than by a cool assessment of the way things really are.
然而，事实依旧是，他们的这些愿景建立在事情应该如何如何做的梦想上，而不是基于对实际事情方式的冷静估评。
In the real world, the random noise is often more subtle and various-a hundred little things rather than one big thing.
在现实世界中，随机噪声往往是更加微妙和多变的，它有可能体现为一百个微小事件而不一个大事件。
Although performance of a database application can influenced by many factors, we focus on configuration rather than on such things as capacity planning, database design, or application design.
虽然数据库应用程序的性能会受许多因素影响，但是我们着重讨论配置而不是诸如容量规划、数据库设计或应用程序设计之类的因素。
Rather than let things clutter up your drawers they could be doing good in the world.
而不是要让这些东西堆满你的抽屉，这些东西可以用来做好事。
You learn to be content with what you already have, with the necessities, with doing things you love rather than having things.
你应该学着对自己拥有的东西感到满足，对必需品感到满足，对你喜爱做的事情而不是你的拥有感到满足。
This may seem to support the theory that Britain would do better to concentrate on supplying services rather than on making things.
上面所述可能会支持这样一个观点：相比制造产品，英国在集中精力提供服务方面更为擅长。
You don't need to use it in a negative way at all; rather, you can use it effectively to do only those things you want to do rather than the things you feel obligated to do.
你并不需要消极的使用它，相反，你可以挺有效率的使用它，让自己只做那些你愿意做的事，而不是那些你觉得有义务做的事。
The interface will be tuned to help the user understand what the trends are, rather than just on how things are organized.
界面将能够进行调整，以帮助用户理解趋势究竟如何，而不只是信息是如何进行组织管理的。
Preciseness is one of the big reason why people like to use software rather than get things done by a human.
精确性是人们喜欢使用软件而不是由人来完成一件事情的最主要理由之一。
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator — who is forever praised.
他们将神的真实变为虚谎，去敬拜事奉受造之物，不敬奉那造物的主。主乃是可称颂的，直到永远。
Do you find yourself wasting your time doing things that aren't important rather than focusing on completing the things that are very important?
你发现你浪费在做那些无关重要的事情上的时间远远多于很重要的事情上的时间吗？
Historically, they say, women have preferred careers that center around living things, rather than inanimate ideas or objects.
历史上，他们说，女性比起没有生命的想法或东西是偏爱围绕有生命的职业的。
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