Ok, maybe I would rather not have the warts. But I would really like to be as wise as her and as calm.

她还说，“可能我不想脸上长那些痔，但我真的想变得像她那样睿智冷静。”

youdao

Rather than simply enduring my time on the plane, I enjoyed a real sense of peace and calm.

我不是简单地在飞机上消磨时间，而是享受了真正意义上的宁静。

youdao

Rather just a line of calm, single men with small cases, waiting patiently to be told what to do and where to go.

他们只是静静地排队，只身携带一只小旅行箱，耐心地等着被告知做什么，到哪儿去。

youdao

You do need to have rather calm nerves and look at these things in a considered way.

BBC: News | BREAKFAST WITH FROST | Sir Edward George

He is gambling that his referendum promise will calm rather than stir the fury of Eurosceptics both inside and outside his party, that he can persuade 26 other European leaders to give the UK the deal he wants and that voters will then choose to back it.

BBC: David Cameron speech: UK and the EU

Quite so, at least for those who want to calm passions rather than to raise them.

ECONOMIST: The Euro-confusion in France