She prefers to act rather than direct.

她宁愿当演员，不愿当导演。

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Their problems were circumstantial rather than personal.

他们的困难是环境而非个人所致。

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It exists in dreams rather than actuality.

它于梦想而非实际中存在。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Experts at the Census Bureau estimate that more than sixty percent of Hispanic growth was from "natural increase" rather than migration.

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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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Some banks may close accounts of U.S. citizens and sell off U.S. holdings rather than comply.

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According to the OBR, it will slow the recovery a bit this year and next: GDP will grow by 1.2% rather than 1.3% in 2010 and by 2.3% rather than 2.6% in 2011.

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The three-month Libor is at 3.77%, according to UBS, and the difference between that and the overnight rate suggests "interbank lending is broken, " said William O'Donnell, the head of U.S. interest rate strategy at UBS. Rather than extend credit for longer than overnight, banks appear to be hoarding cash.

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