Nothing gives a room a faster facelift than a coat of paint.
没有什么比一层油漆能更快地使房间面貌一新。
It's a message even more bitter than a clove cigarette, yet, somehow, a breath of fresh air.
这是一条比丁香烟草还要苦涩的信息，然而，却不知为何带来了一股清新的空气。
Living on a farm without any neighbors, I've chosen a life that is quieter than a normal family's.
生活在一个没有邻居的农场里，我选择了一种比普通家庭更安静的生活。
I am no more lonely than a single mullein or dandelion in a pasture, or a bean leaf, or sorrel, or a horse-fly, or a bumblebee.
我并不比牧场上的一朵毛蕊花、一支蒲公英、一片豆叶、一束酢浆草、一只马蝇或一只大黄蜂更孤独。
Because they're so small and light, it costs much less to get a CubeSat into Earth's orbit than a traditional communications or GPS satellite.
由于立方体卫星体积小、重量轻，将它们送入地球轨道的成本比传统通信或GPS卫星要低得多。
A bicycle is often more convenient than a car in towns.
在城镇骑自行车常常比开车更方便。
I think I put more expression into my lyrics than a lot of other singers do.
我认为我比许多其他歌手在歌词中注入了更多的情感表达。
Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realise that you are flying, higher than a bird.
想想那些转瞬即逝的瞬间，当你从飞机的窗户往外看并意识到自己正飞得比鸟还高的时候。
Nothing can be more fascinating than a smile, which can produce hope in even desperate situations.
没有什么比微笑更能吸引人的了，微笑甚至能在绝望的情况下给人带来希望。
You may be one of those guys who thinks there's nothing cooler than a superhero brooding on a rooftop or cathedral spire.
也许你也是那种认为没有什么比超级英雄在屋顶或教堂塔尖上沉思更酷的人。
To ensure that your resume works for (and not against) you, I recommend writing it more like a proposal than a job description.
为了确保你的简历对你有利（而不是不利），我建议你把它写得更像一份提案，而不是一份工作描述。
"This is more than a job," says Harrington.
“这不仅仅是一份工作。”哈林顿说。
I have more than a dream. I have thousands of dreams.
我的梦想不止一个。我有数以千计的梦。
He had been in the most beautiful places in Europe, though he had remained nowhere more than a few days.
他到过欧洲最美丽的地方，虽然他在那里只待了几天。
When we ask teens to choose a hero, they usually select an older family member rather than a remote public figure.
当我们让青少年选择一位英雄时，他们通常会选择家里的一位长辈，而不是一个关系疏远的公众人物。
The function of a public library was once described as "less a reservoir than a fountain".
公共图书馆的功能曾被描述为“与其说是水库，不如说是喷泉”。
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。
I guess the true magic at work involved her computer rather than a wand and a broom.
我猜她的电脑才是真正的魔法，而不是魔杖和扫帚。
Its lens, no bigger than a small raindrop, magnified objects hundreds of times.
它的镜头大不过小雨滴，却能使物体放大数百倍。
"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。”
In barely more than a decade, organic eggs went from being dismissed as a niche product in natural foods stores to being sold at Walmart.
在短短十几年的时间里，有机鸡蛋从天然食品店里无人问津的小众商品，变成沃尔玛大卖场的商品。
It is smaller than a finger-nail, but it can store more than a million "bits" of information.
它比指甲还小，但却能存储100多万比特的信息。
"In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago," Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life Reimagined.
芭芭拉·哈格蒂在她的新书《重新设想生活》中写道：“事实上，除了几十年前进行的一些小规模试点研究外，几乎没有确凿证据证明中年危机的存在。”
Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.
艾萨克·牛顿爵士比起河马的体型可小多了，但是我们并不会因此贬低他。
New Ne Zha in the 3D movie is more than a child.
3D 电影《哪吒之魔童降世记》中的哪吒不仅仅是一个小孩子。
The Chinese fan is more like an artwork than a tool for cooling.
中国的扇子与其说是降温的工具，不如说是一件艺术品。
An electric vehicle uses less energy than a vehicle that runs on gasoline.
电动汽车比汽油汽车耗能更少。
In the state of Iowa, Diane Ott Whealy wanted to protect historic plant varieties, like the seeds her great-grandfather brought to the U.S. from Germany more than a hundred years ago.
在爱荷华州，黛安·奥特·惠利希望保护具有历史意义的植物品种，比如她的曾祖父100多年前从德国带到美国的种子。
Though death befalls all men alike, it may be weightier than Mount Taishan or lighter than a feather.
人固有一死，或重于泰山， 或轻如鸿毛。
Though death befalls all men alike, it may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.
人固有一死，或重于泰山，或轻于鸿毛。
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