He would much rather have been crooning in a smoky bar.

他宁愿是在充满烟气的酒吧里低声哼唱。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Do too much rather than too little.

宁可多做也决不少做。

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"No. We'd much rather you never died".

不，我们宁可要您永远不死。

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"When she was much younger, she actually made rather hateful comments about Irish immigrants that were pouring into the country, escaping famine conditions in Ireland."

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So they'd much rather just stay the way they are and not have another electron come on, and it turns out that halogens have the highest electron affinities.

所以它们更愿意保持在原来的状态,不愿意再增加一个电子,结果卤族元素具有最高的电子亲和能。

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I personally don't like swings that much and it's the B-/B+ range, so I'd much rather prefer that to a swing from A to C, and that's my reason.

我不喜欢成绩波动很大的,比如B-/B+这个范围,所以我还是喜欢像A到C这样小点的,这就是我的原因

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"I would much rather not have them see my stuff right now, " Sabathia said.

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All of them would much rather leave their notebooks behind and only carry a tablet.

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Their sales guys are going, 'Don't get me zombies, I'd much rather sell The Voice.

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