Pouring concrete mixture into the sea immediately started the hardening process and rather than just dissolving in the mass of water, the substance was tough and long-lasting.

将混凝土混合物倒入大海后立即开始硬化过程，而且该物质非但不会在水中溶解，还保持坚硬耐久。

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And rather than just complain, what can we do about it?

而除了抱怨再抱怨，我们能做的又有什么？

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And rather than make the wrong choice, we end up doing nothing.

而为了避免出错，我们最终一事无成。

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"What's new is that we can actually do something to help the victims, and rather than what happened before was they may end up being prosecuted and criminalized themselves, that now it's recognized that they're victims."

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And rather than looking it as selfish-- some people may feel this ease way-- and rather than looking it as selfish i.e. -- equal immoral.

不要把它看作自私-,有人可能会这样简单考虑-,不该把自私等同于不道德。

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So to just preface what we're going to do next time, what would happen if I wanted to do sort, and rather than in sorting the entire list at once, I broke it into pieces, and sorted the pieces, and then just figured out a very efficient way to bring those two pieces and merge them back together again?

所以为了引导下一次,我们要讲的内容,如果我想做排序,而且不是一次吧整个列表排完,会发生什么，我把它拆成小的列表,然后把各个小列表排序,接着用高效的方法再把小的列表？

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And rather than trying to eliminate them, leaders try to find more of them.

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And rather than eliminate the slugger, the new bats make him look more impressive.

WSJ: College Baseball: The Ping Is Losing Pop

And rather than react to problems, we are trying to influence things before they start.

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