Other defences are actions, rather than things, some of them automatic and some of them not.

其他的防护措施，不是静止的物体，有些是自动完成的过程，而有些则不是。

youdao

As predicted, romantically primed men wanted to buy items that they could wear or drive, rather than things to be kept at home.

正如预料的一样，以浪漫思想为导向的男性们这次要购买一些他们能够穿戴或驾驶的奢侈品，而不是那些只能放在家里的东西。

youdao

He said, rather hurtfully, that he had better things to do than come and see me.

他相当刻薄地说，来看我还不如去干别的事。

《牛津词典》

So I've removed the comments, the things that start with slash slash from the slides just so you have an opportunity engage more intellectually rather than just reading the answers off the screen.

我把注释去掉了，那些双斜杠,右边的文字,所以这样你你们可以做一些思考,而不是阅读屏幕上的答案。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

hey'd rather single step it through using Idol or something, than just read it and try and figure things out. The most important thing to remember when you're doing all of this is to be systematic.

比起阅读代码发现错误来他们,宁愿用内置的操作层,或者其他工具一步完成,你要记住的最重要的事情,就是要系统化的去做调试。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

.. Let me just--rather than-- maybe I'm showing too many things at once.

我们现在还是不要-,可能我一下子讲得太多了。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Always ask about things you want to do, rather than things you don't want to do, " says Carolyn C.

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People are more likely to pay attention to the things that appeal to them, rather than things that do not.

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For without getting the evidence right we cannot reach a conclusion as to which is the right method and thus risk concentrating resources on things that are ineffective rather than things which reduce poverty.

FORBES: Jeff Sach's Lancet Paper on Millennium Villages: Actual Scientists Seriously Unimpressed