rather than 不是 ; 而不是 ; 而不
rather than forget 而不是忘却 ; 而非有意去忘却
would rather than 宁愿 ; 会而不是 ; 而不是
pudding rather than praise 宁要实惠不要恭维 ; 与其恭维不如实惠
sooner rather than later 宜早不宜迟 ; 尽早
Recognition rather than recall 识别而不是回忆 ; 减轻低用户的记忆负担 ; 识别比记忆好 ; 辨识而非记忆
choose rather than 更喜欢 ; 宁愿
Rather Than Being Friends 成为朋友
walk rather than ride 安步当车 ; 慢慢地走
She prefers to act rather than direct.
她宁愿当演员,不愿当导演。
Their problems were circumstantial rather than personal.
他们的困难是环境而非个人所致。
It exists in dreams rather than actuality.
它于梦想而非实际中存在。
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。
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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