I would rather not take chances to be scared out of daylights.
我不会冒险去被吓个半死的。
If the outcome is not what I want, then I would rather not participate in this process.
如果结局不是我想要的，那么我宁愿不去参与这个过程。
"I would rather not say just now," said Dumbledore. "However, I shall tell you in due course."
“目前我还不想说，”邓布利多说，“不过，以后在适当的时候我会告诉你的。”
If I don't have something worthwhile to say, I don't write. I would rather not add to the noise.
如果我没有什么值得说的事，我就不会写出来，我不愿增加噪音。
1:"Irene f*cked up my weekend. Next available flight is in economy. " #2:"I would rather not fly. "
台风艾琳搞砸了我的周末，下一班飞机只有经济舱。#2：那我宁愿不飞…
Ok, maybe I would rather not have the warts. But I would really like to be as wise as her and as calm.
她还说，“可能我不想脸上长那些痔，但我真的想变得像她那样睿智冷静。”
I have to apologize for contacting you via this method but situation has made me seek alternatives I would rather not have thought of.
我必须就通过这种方式联系你向你道歉。但是，如果我有其它选择的话，我绝不会想这个办法的。
Yeah, if I can not sing, I compose and I play guitar, or at least sing what I want to sing about, then I would rather not be a singer.
如果我写不了歌，弹不了吉他，唱不了自己想唱的歌的话，我宁愿不做歌手。
The fellow answered, "If I could drink up all that water, I would do it. Since there is more water than I can finish, I would rather not drink it at all."
愚蠢的人回答说：“如果能将水喝干，我就喝，可这河水滔滔不绝，不可能喝完，因此才不喝。”
I am a Liberal Art student, although machinery and computer areas are not my strong suit, I can still learn. However, I would rather not incline toward technology area.
我是文科，所以对于机械，电脑等领域虽然接触过，也能学会，但是毕竟不是强项。所以希望不要偏向理工方向。
As I sat doing paperwork, I had the thought or rather the realization that I was not meant to be a lawyer in the way that I was thinking I would be.
当我坐在那工作时，觉得自己曾认为的方式未必会真的成为一名律师。
If you are building a bridge that is half completed, the customer is not going to say, "Gee, I think the bridge would be more useful at the next bend in the river rather than over here."
假设你正在建造一座桥梁，如果工程已经进行到一半，那么客户就决不会说：“天哪，我想这座桥要是建在河流的下一个弯口的话就更加实用了。”
I do not know what tramps would do without tea, or rather the stuff they miscall tea.
我不知道如果没有这杯茶——或者说这杯他们称之为茶的东西——流浪汉们会怎么样。
This, he claimed, was the result of my not having adjusted the microscope properly, so he would readjust it for me, or rather, for himself. And I would look again and see milk.
我告诉他，而他则声称，这是由于我没能调好显微镜所致，因而他就为我调试，更确切的说是为他自己调试，而我再次观看，又看见牛乳。
Most Turkey does not taste all that special anyway, and I would rather fill up on the good stuff.
大多数火鸡尝起来根本没有特色，我情愿吃那些填在火鸡内的不错的配菜。
But until then I would rather climb away, not wait for the last piece of ice to melt, but climb into the airless cold of outer space where I too can be a witness to what happens next.
不过，在那之前，我宁愿攀升，不等最后一片冰融化，就爬上空气稀薄、寒冷的外太空。在那里，我也能成为目击随后发生事情的见证人。
They expressed, somehow, that they would rather not, and then I urged that the Duke was very handsome.
她们不知为何表现的不想去，然后我就告知他们公爵十分英俊。
There was long stretch when I did not dare ask myself whether I would rather be at the swimming pool or with Hanna.
有好长一段时间我都拿不定主意，我是该呆在游泳池呢，还是跟汉娜呆在一起。
Monsters have thick hides and not too many things hurt our feelings, though I would like to share with you one particular day when I did feel rather unhappy.
怪兽的脸皮本来就厚，才没那么容易伤自尊呢，不过我要跟你说说那一天的事儿，我是真的生气了。
Honesty-if you tell lies or does not keep your words, no one will rely on you. I would rather be scolded than cheat (others).
诚实？如果你说谎或不守信，没有人会信赖你。我宁愿挨骂不愿欺骗人。
Personally, I'm pretty lazy so I would rather have customers and clients come to me, and not have to do much work to seek them out.
就个人而言，我非常懒，所以我宁愿让客户来找我，而不用做太多的工作去寻找他们。
I could understand that she was ashamed at not being able to read or write, and would rather drive me away than expose herself.
我清楚，她羞于不会识字和写字，宁愿把我赶走也不愿暴露她自己的无知。
After the day of this experiment the Professor rather avoided me, as I gradually came to perceive. He would not sit on the same side in the carriage, and altogether seemed to fight shy of me.
打那天的实验后，我渐渐察觉教授有点躲着我，不愿再和我坐在马车的同一边，似乎总在畏避着我。
I would rather see you give it to charity because then you're actually doing some good, not taking credit for having done something that you didn't.
我宁愿看到你把它们捐给慈善机构，这确实是在做好事，别怕会受到表扬而不去做。
I would much rather go through that gangly, awkward phase where you're not sure about certain social boundaries than spend the rest of my life feeling disconnected from the society I live in.
我宁愿参与进可能并不怎么适合的集体，也不远把余下的生命用来感受与我所在社会的遥远。
I would much rather go through that gangly, awkward phase where you're not sure about certain social boundaries than spend the rest of my life feeling disconnected from the society I live in.
我宁愿参与进可能并不怎么适合的集体，也不远把余下的生命用来感受与我所在社会的遥远。
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