Airlines would prefer to update rather than retrain crews.

航空公司宁愿增添新机组人员而不愿对老的机组人员进行再培训。

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Rather than travel by car, I prefer to take a train.

比起乘车旅行，我更喜欢坐火车去。

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I prefer to do housework rather than sit there doing nothing.

我宁愿做家务也不愿坐在那里无所事事。

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So Captain America needed to be someone we could all believe Robert Downey, Jr. would respect and defer to, and someone the God of Thunder would prefer to follow rather than lead.

FORBES: Chris Evans Shines As 'Captain America: The First Avenger'

But top managers on both sides seemed to prefer sidling up to potential hurdles rather than meeting them head on.

ECONOMIST: The DaimlerChrysler emulsion

In general, say the organisers, people still prefer to be moderate rather than militant.

ECONOMIST: An unusual civility brought to civil protest