英语例句

含「rather」的例句共 262 条

• Interest is paid gross, rather than having tax deducted.

  利息按总额来付，没有扣除税收。

• Maybe rather than investing in a whole new look you want someone to pull together the chairs, lamps and rugs you already own.

  也许您更愿意花钱让人把您已经拥有的椅子，台灯，毯子重新组排以求得焕然一新的面貌。

• Orson Welles directed and played in Citizen Kane, and actors turned directors, or directors who occasionally or often play in their own movies are rather common.

  好比奥逊·威尔斯执导并出演了《公民凯恩》，一些演员同时又是导演，一些导演也会时不时的出现在他们自己的影片中，这种现象非常普遍。

• I said "Sorry," very feebly, feeling rather embarrassed.

  我很微弱地说了句“对不起”，感到特别尴尬。

• Many children would rather eat spaghetti than squid sashimi or stewed sole.

  许多孩子宁愿吃意大利面，也不愿吃生鱿鱼片或者清炖比目鱼。

• WWF insists that it is not telling people to stop eating red meat and dairy, rather to reduce the portions eaten per week.

  WWF坚持声称他并非不让人们食用肉类奶制品，而是希望人们减少每周的消耗量。

• In order to save money, use fewer resources, and create less waste, they support using tap water and reusable bottles rather than bottled water.

  为了节省资金、使用更少的资源并减少浪费，他们支持使用自来水和可重复使用的瓶子，而不是瓶装水。

• Store refrigerated food in reusable containers rather than in plastic wrap or aluminium foil.

  用可再用容器而不是保鲜膜或铝箔纸来储存冷冻食品。

• Rather than put him in the hospital, she had been caring for him at home.

  她没有把他送进医院，而是一直在家里照料他。

• That sounds rather simple, but in fact it's very difficult.

  那听起来很简单，但实际上非常难。

• It encourages people worldwide to focus on what we have in common, rather than what divides us.

  它鼓励世界各地的人们关注我们的共同点，而不是我们的分歧。

• There is a potential educational benefit in allowing pictures to tell the story, rather than the spoken word.

  用图片代替语言来讲述故事可能会收到更好的教育效果。

• Her spirits were high with the hope of seeing Nick in minutes rather than hours.

  她很兴奋，因为只消等上几分钟而不是几个小时就有希望见到尼克了。

• Propulsion is provided by a rocket engine, rather than a propeller and rudder, which makes steering difficult.

  推进器是由火箭发动机提供的，而不是螺旋桨和方向舵，这使得转向变得困难。

• "You are a strange servant," she said from her pillows, rather haughtily.

  “你还真是个奇怪的仆人。”玛丽躺在枕头上说，表情傲慢极了。

• I'd rather get more work hours so I can get enough bucks to help out my two kids at college.

  我宁愿有更多的工作时间，就能有足够的钱来帮助我的两个孩子上大学。

• Yorkshire people seemed strange, and Martha was always rather a puzzle to her.

  约克郡的人似乎很奇怪，玛莎对她来说总是个谜。

• We climbed rather perilously down a rope-ladder to the boat below.

  我们冒着危险沿着绳梯爬到了下边的小船上。

• "I'd rather love the land, like Thomas, or the sea…" Pa patted his hand.

  “我宁愿像托马斯那样热爱土地，或者大海……”爸爸拍拍他的手。

• However Stoke are good on set-pieces generally so I wouldn't instruct my players to kick it out for a corner rather than a throw-in.

  然而，斯托克在定位球上通常也很优秀，所以我不会教导我的球员给他们一个角球而不是一个边线球。

• It's easier to toss the trash in the most convenient place—anywhere—rather than to look for the trash bin.

  更容易在最方便的地方抛垃圾——任何地方——而不是找垃圾桶。

• The rock was slippery as a ball, and they had to crawl rather than climb.

  岩石滑得像个球，他们无法爬行，只能匍匐前进。

• This is China's breadbasket where buns, dumplings, and noodles, rather than rice, are standard fare.

  这是中国的谷物主产地，包子、饺子和面条，而非大米是标准的食物。

• Instead, I agree with Oxford University philosopher Nick Bostrom, who believes that the heaviest risks from AGI do not come from a decision to turn against mankind but rather from a dogged pursuit of set objectives at the expense of everything else.

  相反，我同意牛津大学哲学家尼克·博斯特罗姆的观点。他认为，AGI 最大的风险并非源自它违反人类的决定，而是源自其不惜一切代价对既定目标的执着追求。

• Imagine a world where building the tallest skyscraper wasn't a race of height, but rather one to collect the most solar energy.

  想象这样的一个世界：建造最高的摩天大厦不再是一场高度竞赛，而是一个关于能储存太阳能更多的竞赛。

• Rather, they constantly interact with each other, mostly by instant message (IM).

  相反，他们需要不断相互配合，主要是通过及时通讯工具联系（简称IM）。

• The dual axis rotation makes for super-clean clothes, and using the drum as a laundry basket helps users make sure that they are washing full loads rather than energy-wasting partial loads.

  双轴旋转使衣物洗得更干净，而且圆鼓可以帮助用户确保衣物一次性洗完，而不是浪费能量的分批清洗。

• I firmly believe children should be taught to cooperate rather than to compete.

  我坚信应该教育孩子们学会合作而不是互相竞争。

• And when game moved out of the lowlands in early spring, the expedition decided to return east rather than face possible starvation.

  然后，猎物在早春迁徙出低地时，探险队决定返回东部，以免遇到可能出现的饥饿问题。

• Don't worry about having the occasional green potato chip, but do discard any potatoes that have green eyes, sprouts, or greenish skins, rather than prepare and serve them, especially to children.

  不用担心偶尔吃到的绿色土豆片，但一定要把长了绿芽或表皮变绿了的土豆扔掉，不要再去烧煮食用，特别要小心别给儿童吃。

• In Iran, people try to shake feet rather than shake hands.

  在伊朗，人们试着抖脚而不是握手。

• Using the so-called Maxim of Relevance we can infer things as well, or rather the speaker can imply things and the listener can make inferences.

  使用所谓的关联准则，我们可以推断出一些事情，或者更确切地说，说话者可以在话语中暗示一些内容，而听者可以从这些话语中做出推断。

• It was rather imprudent of the little girl to interrupt our conversation like that.

  这丫头，打断我们的谈话，没轻没重的。

• These are now worn by both men and women for practical purposes rather than for decoration.

  现在男女都是为了实用而穿戴这些，而不是为了装饰。

• It's better to stew rather than fry food.

  所以炖煮的食物要比煎炸的好。

• This claim seems to us to be rather dubious.

  这项声明在我们看来相当不可信。

• Rather, and what's more, I married the dressmaker!

  确实如此，而且，我娶了那位女裁缝！

• The dream is to turn ideas into commerce. But would you, as a consumer, rather be wearing the clothes of an artist or a dressmaker?

  不过，如果你作为一位消费者，是愿意穿艺术家做的衣服呢，还是裁缝做的衣服？

• It is all rather confusing.

  这是相当令人困惑的。

• Over time, people began to use the word "restaurant" to refer to a place selling soup rather than the soup itself.

  随着时间的推移，人们开始用“餐馆”这个词来指代卖汤的地方，而不是汤本身。

• It all sounded so unlike India, and anything new rather attracted her.

  这一切听起来都和印度不同，任何新鲜的东西都吸引着她。

• I live on my standard unemployment benefit—or rather, social security benefit.

  我靠我的标准失业救济金生活——或者更确切地说，靠社会保障救济金生活。

• It is a good idea to place your order well in advance as delivery can often take months rather than weeks.

  早早提前订购是个好主意，因为交货常常要花几个月的时间，而不是几星期。

• "I wish I could go to sleep before you leave me," he said rather shyly.

  “我希望在你离开我之前我能睡着。”他相当害羞地说。

• For the most part, they are rather impersonal and anonymous, and that is in many ways the characteristic of Hobbes' sovereign.

  就大多数而言，他们是非个人的和匿名的，这在很多方面是霍布斯认为君主应当具有的特性。

• He was given to using rather grown-up phrases at times.

  他有时习惯于使用相当成熟的词句。

• One characteristic of Earth's orbit is its eccentricity, the degree to which the orbit is an ellipse rather than a circle.

  地球轨道的一个特点是它的离心率，也就是轨道是椭圆而不是圆形的程度。

• Rather than falling or failing, you may have good days or better days or not so good days.

  你可能会经历不错、美好、或平淡的生活，而不是终日低沉落魄。

• 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。

• You look rather pale. What's wrong with you? — No matter. Just got a cold.

  你脸色苍白，病了吗？——没什么，有点感冒。