A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Rather
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
不要那么惧怕死亡，而要惧怕不充足的生命。
I was always really into the music rather than the scene.
我总是喜欢音乐而不是场景。
I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
我宁愿感到懊悔，也不愿知道如何去定义它。
A lady would rather be hurt with the truth, than with a lie.
女人宁愿被真相伤害，也不愿被谎言伤害。
I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.
我宁愿被称为国王，也不愿被其他称呼。
I am not at all a chocoholic. I would rather eat anchovy toast.
我一点也不是个巧克力狂。我宁愿吃凤尾鱼吐司。
I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.
我宁愿画一幅微型画，也不愿画一本书中的泰姬陵。
Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.
很多人来教堂是为了把衣服带来而不是自己。
I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
我有一个伟大的抱负，死于疲劳而不是无聊。
You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.
亲爱的，你的脸色和你的脸不太相配。
I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.
我宁愿不知道如今人们是如何在电影中得到角色的。
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
不要说‘我发现了真理’，而要说‘我发现了真理’。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It's hard to look in the mirror these days when everyone has everything you'd rather be.
如今，当每个人都拥有你想成为的一切时，你很难照镜子。
I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
我宁愿大错特错，也不愿勉强正确。
Rather than have it the principal thing in my son's mind, I would gladly have him think that the sun went round the earth, and that the stars were so many spangles set in the bright blue firmament.
我宁愿让他认为太阳绕着地球转，星星在明亮的蓝色天空中闪烁着那么多的光芒，也不愿让他把这件事放在心上。
With the rise of cable, network is clearly floundering because the characters on cable are far more fascinating than they are on network. Network television is trying to figure it out. Network television really relies on story rather than character, and cable relies on character.
随着有线电视的兴起，网络显然陷入了困境，因为有线电视上的角色远比网络上的角色更吸引人。网络电视正试图解决这个问题。网络电视真正依赖的是故事而不是角色，而有线电视依赖的是角色。
I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
我发现刻画一个商人相当容易。对我来说，温文尔雅、相当残酷和无能是天生的。
I'd rather die tomorrow than to live a hundred years without knowing you.
我宁愿明天死去，也不愿活一百年而不认识你。