The decision was based on emotion rather than rational thought.

这个决定不是基于理性的思考而是基于感情作出的。

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She thought it best to humour him rather than get into an argument.

她想最好是顺他的意，而不和他争吵。

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He thought he would rather die than touch it again.

他想他宁死也不愿再碰它。

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I then click on the shell, rather than hitting F5, try and run it and say, it's not doing what I thought I should do.

然后我点击了命令解释程序，而不是按F5，我运行了程序而它，并没有按照我认为的那样做。

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Rather than show it to you though first in chart form, I thought I would show it to you in CS50 program style.

我不想用最初你们想到的图表形式，而是通过CS50的程序风格来展示这些数据。

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History, along with basic economic logic tell us that emotion, rather than rational thought, is driving this latest bout of low economic self-esteem.

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It studies the organization rather than the thought leader.

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