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。
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。
"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）。
Every hard duty that lies in your path, that you would rather not do, that it will cost you pain and struggle or sore effort to do, has a blessing in it.
信徒啊，在你所走的道路上，你是不是常遇见困难的事、不愿意的事、痛苦的事呢？ 在每一件这样的事里面，都藏着一个极大的祝福。
Since power over human beings is shown in making them do what they would rather not do, the man who is actuated by love of power is more apt to inflict pain than to permit pleasure.
既然对人的权力表现在迫使人去做他不情愿做的事情上，那么被权力欲驱使的人就更倾向于制造痛苦而不是允许人们得到快乐。
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。
Any place would do, of about three or four hundred a year; but however, do not speak to Mr. Darcy about it, if you had rather not.
随便什么差使都行，只要每年有三四百镑的收入。不过，要是你不愿意跟达西讲，那就不必提起。
Even where you are sure, seem rather doubtful; represent, but do not pronounce, and if you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.
你甚至会在你了解的事情上感到迟疑；表现出来但不要太声张，你想要说服别人就必须相信自己。
Most women are bored with, and cynical about, the well-trodden path of romantic fiction. They do not like happy endings and would rather read a thriller or crime novel.
大多数的女性读者早已厌倦了写法老套的言情小说，她们不再喜欢言情小说的圆满结局，而更情愿看一本恐怖或者犯罪小说。
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。
When they do, it's not much fun and in most cases, those involved would just rather sweep the whole thing under the rug and move on.
出现失败时并不怎么有趣，而且在大多数情况下，涉及此项目的人都会卷铺盖走人。
The habit of doing that which you do not care about when you would much rather be doing something else, is invaluable.
在你宁愿做其他事情的时候，却仍能够从事你不感兴趣的工作，这种习惯是十分可贵的。
'Why,' said Violet, 'would you kindly inform us, do you reside in hottles? and if in bottles at all, why not rather in green or purple, or indeed in yellow bottles?'
“你们能不能好心告诉我们，”Violet说，“你们为什么住在瓶子里？ 还有，既然是住在瓶子里，为什么不能住在绿色或紫色或干脆是黄色的瓶子里？”
The Dutch would rather try to win with elan than do so ugly although unlike Arsenal, not to the exclusion of taking the three points.
荷兰人不像阿森纳，他们渴望赢得漂亮，而不是为了胜利而踢丑陋足球，拿到三分并非一切。
If the woman simply says, "I already have something to do Saturday," and offers no suggestion about trying another time, it is probable that she means that she would rather not go out with the man.
如果女的只说，“星期六我没空，”而没建议下一次再试试看，那她大概是说不愿意和那男的出去。
When you can't make a decision, let time decide for you. If you still can't decide, do it again. Would rather make mistakes, do not leave regrets.
做不了决定的时候，让时间帮你决定。如果还是无法决定，做了再说。宁愿犯错，不留遗憾。
I would rather do their own thing and failed love, is not willing to do their own thing and successful offensive.
我宁愿做自己喜欢的事而失败，也不愿意做自己厌恶的事而成功。
Do not think of a word or an idea would only occur once the students by their effects: attention to and understanding of an idea to be fleshed out, rather than simply inform.
不要以为一个词或一种思想仅仅出现一次会使学生受到其影响：注意并理解一种思想需要具体化，而不是简单地告知。
It is easier to point fingers at other country or culture because the bad things are not happening to us, but I would rather think in this way: would us do any better in their position?
对别的国家或者文化指指点点很容易，因为事情没有发生在我们身上，但是我宁愿这样想：如果我们在他们的处境，会做得更好吗？
So rather than that question, I would propose we ask some more difficult questions, questions like: How do you decide who deserves your love and who does not?
因此相对这个问题，我建议大家问一些更深的问题，比如：你如何确定谁值得你爱？ 谁不值得？
They do not like doing manual labor, and they would rather delegate these tasks to other people.
他们不喜欢做手工劳动，他们宁愿这些任务委托给其他人。
You rarely receive a lot of (if any) ice in your drink, British people would rather drink a warm coke rather than ice as they see it dilutes their drink and/or they do not get as much coke.
英国卖的杯装饮料里基本没有冰，英国人宁愿喝温可乐也不喝加冰的，他们认为冰会让饮料变淡，而且冰多了可乐就少了呀，而这一切可能是因为在英国没有“免费续杯”（南多斯烤鸡店和一些美食餐厅除外）。
If we were not in Europe, I think there would be firms and companies who would be looking to say, do they need to develop a mainland Europe presence rather than a UK presence?
如果我们脱离了欧盟，很多公司和企业可能就会想，他们是否需要开发欧洲市场，而非英国市场呢？
A: no, I will not go anywhere, I would rather do some funny things with my family.
不，我不想去哪里。我宁愿和家人在一起做些有趣的事情。
American high schoolers usually do not want to be told what they should do in the future; they would rather decide for themselves.
美国高中生通常不要别人告诉他们将来应该做什么；他们要自己作决定。
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。”
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。”
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