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Rather than backing every film put out by a studio, they are investing in producers with good records.
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他们不随便投资，只认一些业绩不错的制片公司。 |
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Rather than be forced to play arbitrary guessing games.
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这要比你被迫去玩随意的碰运气的游戏要好得多。 |
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Rather than be scolded, he left.
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他不想被责骂，便走了。 |
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Rather than being a code or creed, the test appears in the form of questions.
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四大考验不是法规，也不是教条，而是以问题的方式呈现。 |
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Rather than being a standing sea slowly accumulating sediment, Meridiani seems to have the characteristic chemistry of transient lake beds in a terrestrial desert, or salt flats on a seashore.
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梅里蒂亚尼平原的化学表征使它看上去更像是内陆沙漠中短期存在的湖泊的沉积矿，或海岸上的盐带平地，而非长期存在的海洋中缓慢聚集的沉积物。 |
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Rather than being annoyed at having to tip the doorman who greets you, consider it part of the cost of travel and be prepared with the dollar bills you will need to hand out before you even get to your room.
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不要对付给服务员小费感到愤愤不平，而应该把它看作是旅游消费的一部分，并应做好准备在进入饭店之前就随时掏出钞票。 |
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Rather than business school teachers, the professors come across as zoologists contemplating the hunting, feeding (but, thankfully, not mating) habits of a rare and rapacious species.
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与其讲这些教授是`商学院教师，不如讲这些人是`动物学家，钻研—种稀有食肉动物的猎食及进食的习惯（谢天谢地，不用研究其交配习惯）。 |
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Rather than buy out a number of parcel holders - who might ask exorbitant prices, or simply hold out and refuse to sell - the government can take the land necessary for the highway or pipeline, and pay fair (but not exorbitant) compensation.
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政府可以在支付适当(不是太高的)补偿后，征用该高速公路或管道铺设而必需的土地，而不是买通那些可能漫天要价或拧是不卖的土地所有者。 |
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Rather than buying the cheapest house in a wealthy neighborhood, settle for a town where people have similar salaries.
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还有，与其在富人区里买幢最便宜的房子，不如和那些与你生活水平相当的人住在一起。 |
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Rather than cause trouble，he went away.
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他宁可走开而不愿惹麻烦。 |
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Rather than ceasing to exist, it became dormant and in that state — unbound from any particular fuel — it became diffused throughout the cosmos.
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它并非停止存在，而是处于静态，在这个不受燃料束缚的状态下扩散开来，弥漫于空间。 |
