大学英语四级常用短语 would rather...than
释义:
would rather...than 宁愿...而不愿...
例句:
It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road.
用铁路运送这批货物会比用公路好。
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。
Kids would rather play than study.
孩子们宁愿玩而不愿学习。
They would rather work than live on welfare.
他们宁愿工作而不愿靠社会保障金过活。
He himself believed in freedom, so much so that he would rather die than live without it.
他本人如此信奉自由,以至于宁死也不愿没有自由地活着。
I would rather invest time in Rebecca than in the kitchen.
我宁愿把时间花在丽贝卡身上,也不愿花在厨房里。
I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.
我宁可把钱付给个人,也不会毫无选择就把钱交给国家。
I would rather pay for a meal than watch nine friends pick over and split a bill.
我宁愿付整顿饭钱而不愿看着9个朋友仔细算计、分摊账单。
He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted.
他会被平级调动,而非被降职。
Airlines would prefer to update rather than retrain crews.
航空公司宁愿增添新机组人员而不愿对老的机组人员进行再培训。
When the winter winds blow, some of us would rather hibernate than work out.
当冬天的风吹来的时候,我们中的一些人宁愿冬眠也不愿出去工作。
I would rather be alone than have a false friend for company.
与其拥有虚情假意的朋友的陪伴,我宁愿独身一人。
Most people would rather stay up late than get up early to finish their work, which definitely would do harm to their heath.
多数人比起早前工作更喜欢熬夜工作,这必然会损害健康。
He would, for example, rather die in the battle than risk living in a different way and being called a "coward" or "not a man".
例如,他宁可在战斗中死去,也不愿冒险换一种方式生活,并被称为“懦夫”或“不像个男人"。