What made you choose the one rather than the other?

你怎么选了这个而不是那个？

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You have a choice, and I always choose to work days rather than nights.

你可以选择，我总是选择白天工作而不是晚上工作。

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Thus lots of people choose to put money in Alipay rather than in banks.

所以很多人选择把钱放在支付宝而不是银行。

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More than seventy-five percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.

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And once I know that she's going to choose Alpha, it's clear that I should choose Alpha and get 0 rather than Beta and get -3. So I should choose Alpha also.

一旦我意识到她会选α的时候,很显然我应该也选α来得到0单位效用,而不是选β只得到-3,所以我也选α

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It is better for an individual organization to choose one focus and perform well, rather than choose both SME and IDE, leaving the organization unfocused and unsuccessful.

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At those hearings, Mr Schumer said that he plans to ask Microsoft president Steve Ballmer why the company will not allow consumers to "choose the best application, rather than letting Microsoft choose Microsoft applications for them".

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Increasingly, independent workers choose their freedom rather than ending up there after a job loss.

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