He needed a sounding board rather than thinking alone.
他需要一个参谋，而不是独自思考。
These payments are denominated as 'fees' rather than 'salary'.
付出的这几笔款子称为“费用”而不是“工资”。
The test was to assess aptitude rather than academic achievement.
该测试将评估能力而不是学业成绩。
The spicy flavours in these dishes call for reds rather than whites.
这些菜肴味道辛辣，宜配红葡萄酒而不是白葡萄酒。
In this exercise, the muscles are elongating rather than contracting.
在这项运动中，肌肉是在延伸而不是在收缩。
Older parents seem to be the norm rather than the exception nowadays.
生育较晚的大龄父母在今天似乎成了常事，而不是个例。
Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own?
你干吗非得自己干，而不请人帮忙？
She had started to devote her energies to teaching rather than performing.
她已经开始将精力投入到教学而不是表演中。
Voters elected him to represent them, rather than narrow sectional interests.
选民们选举他来代表大众的利益，而不是狭隘的群体利益。
Under certain conditions, electrons can behave like waves rather than particles.
在某些条件下，电子能像波而不是粒子那样运动。
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。
You end up with a mishmash of policies rather than a consistent national approach.
你最后得到的是一些杂会七杂八的政策，而不是统一的全国性措施。
He described himself and Altman as victims rather than participants in the scandal.
他把自己和奥尔特曼描述成这一丑闻的受害者，而不是参与者。
Consumption rather than saving has become the central feature of contemporary societies.
现代社会的主要特征是消费而不是储蓄。
The last two clauses were an exact quote rather than a paraphrase of Mr. Forth's remarks.
最后两个分句是对福思先生言论的准确引用而不是改述。
I like to make suggestions rather than setting down laws and forcing people to follow them.
我喜欢提建议而不是制定法律并强迫人们去遵守。
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。
It's his parents' choice to send him to a boarding school, rather than a convenient day school.
把他送到寄宿学校而不是去附近的走读学校，是他父母的决定。
It would have been better to have thinned the trees over several winters rather than all at one time.
当初要是分几个冬天来疏剪树木，会比一次性疏剪要更好些。
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。
However, for many Americans today, weekend work has unfortunately become the rule rather than the exception.
然而，如今对许多美国人而言，周末工作已不幸成为惯例而不是特例。
Many universities argued that students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion.
很多大学认为学生出于自愿比被逼迫上课能学到更多的东西。
It is cheaper to have extra building work done when the builder is on site, rather than bringing him back for a small job.
趁建筑工人在工地上时叫他们完成额外的建筑工作要比叫他回来做一点小工便宜。
People like to be asked rather than told!
人们喜欢被询问而不是被告知！
It was a jest rather than a reproach.
这是个玩笑而非指责。
It exists in dreams rather than actuality.
它于梦想而非实际中存在。
He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted.
他会被平级调动，而非被降职。
Mr. Wallace tries to co-opt rather than defeat his critics.
华乐丝先生试着团结而非打击批评他的人。
We urged them to sort out the problem sooner rather than later.
我们敦促他们及早解决那个问题。
All his concerns were centred around himself rather than Rachel.
他所有心思都集中在他自己而非雷切尔的身上。
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