It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road.

用铁路运送这批货物会比用公路好。

《牛津词典》

If you want your steak cooked just how you like it, would you rather talk to the busboy or the chef that's actually cooking it?

如果你想要你的牛排按照你喜欢的方式烹饪，你是宁愿和一个餐馆工说，还是应该和那个真正在烹饪牛排的大厨讲呢？

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He was not one to retreat but rather one who would take up the gauntlet.

他不是一个想退却的人，倒是一个宁愿应战的人。

《新英汉大辞典》

Condom told French radio that the mantra of this year's Paris show would likely be to maintain existing orders rather than to secure new ones.

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But rather, the best thing I suppose would be to be able to live as long as you wanted.

我想最好的情况,是想活多久就能活多久。

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Rather than trying to pursue those questions--, trying to work out the details of these views would be complicated as well.

我们不去研究这些问题，尝试分析细节,这些观点的方方面面是非常复杂的。

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And we recognize -- and we have recognized this from day one, that there will be choices to be made in spending cuts that will not be easy, to programs that the President would rather not have to cut and Democrats would rather not have to cut, but that we need to get this done.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Understandably many of those depositors would rather convert to cash than absorb the cut.

FORBES: Cyprus: Welcome To The Roach Motel

An online poll by the "Save the Alex" group found 62% of people would rather go to Birmingham's QE hospital.

BBC: Save the Alex chairman Neal Stote