Since power over human beings is shown in making them do what they would rather not do.

既然对人行使的权力体现在迫使他们做不情愿做的事情。

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Larkin: Students would rather not do their homework by hand. They'd rather use computers.

拉金：学生们不愿再手写作业了，他们更愿意用计算机。

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"Be systematically ascetic . . . do . . . something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it" (William James).

有计划地克制…做…某事，没有别的理由只因你最好别做它” （威廉·杰姆森）。

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Mr. JARRETT: Anything I'm doing on stage that looks like it's part of a circus act is something I would rather not do.

NPR: Keith Jarrett's Audience Connection

He notes that some who are not inclined to do it would rather the process does not happen.

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Reliable numbers are hard to come by, not least because people would rather not admit to having been defrauded, nor do websites welcome publicity about crime.

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