She made students think for themselves, rather than telling them what to think.

她让学生们自己思考，而不是告诉他们思考什么。

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His hand shook, but it was in exultation rather than in shame.

他的手颤抖着，但那是狂喜而不是羞愧。

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Nuclear energy is developed to benefit people rather than to harm them.

发展核能是为了造福人类，而不是危害人类。

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More than seventy-five percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.

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In that case, we understand it as a sequence of cross-sections rather than something that somehow organically changes through time.

这样，我们就是在学习一个个语言的横截面,而不是语言自然的变化过程。

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It's usually best to respond in a complete sentence rather than saying yes or no which can be ambiguous.

一般来说，回答最好是完整的句子，而不是简单的模棱两可的“是”或“不是”。

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The concept of Roth IRAs: You pay your income tax going in, rather than going out.

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It's like a child, raised with hope rather than expectation, love rather than fiscal projection.

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Wardrop also leans on his suppliers to redesign any failed components rather than simply replace them.

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