Local officials are urging people to donate money, rather than more items, to help defray the cost of relief efforts.

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Rather, by looking at extreme cases, they can help us best understand normal life.

相反,研究这些极端的例子,可以帮助我们理解正常的生活

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It will help, rather than all trying to do it individually.

这样做是有好处的,比每个人都单打独斗要强

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The question for me is not if government should help, but rather how it should help.

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She could have asked for help rather than abandon them to their fate.

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One possibility is that Ohio citizens may simply be more willing to seek help rather than let infestations worsen (a common and harmful response, given the stigma of bed bugs and cost of eliminating them).

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