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During an on-site interview, when dining out, I always rest my soup spoon and butter knife on the saucer or plate rather than on the table.

参加一个午餐面试时，当我吃完后，总是把汤匙、面包刀放在托、盆上而不是直接放在桌上。

Litzenberg was called "Litz the Blitz" by some, but this was more an alliteration—and maybe a little derisive at that—rather than a description of his command style, which tended to be cautious and buttoned-up.

里特森伯格被一些人称为"里氏闪击战"，但这个昵称更多是缘于谐音而不是对其指挥风格的表述，而里特森伯格相对更为谨言慎行的性格使得这个昵称听起来多少有点开玩笑的意思。

Today's telecommunications market is more a case of buyer's market rather than of seller's.

今天的电信市场是买方市场而非卖方市场。

When the parties manifest their agreement by conduct rather than by words, it is said to be implied-in-fact.

当双方通过行为表现的协议，而不是言词，它被认为是暗示，在实际。

Why do you think people would choose to travel by airplane rather than by ship? Page 49

你认为人们为什么宁愿选择乘坐飞机而不愿乘船去旅游吗？

Over the years I have been considering how those disputes could be solved by peaceful means, rather than by war.

我多年来一直在想，找个什么办法，不用战争手段而用和平方式，来解决这种问题。

Rather than mismatch their pen with their PDA, the converted are already buying into the whole package:"A fountain pen and fine stationery tend to go hand in glove – they're both investments and you don't want to have fine paper and then use a Bic," says Paddy Byng, chief executive of Smythson.

那些想法已经改变的人不会把笔和掌上电脑胡乱地搭配，他们已经在成套购买。"钢笔和优质文具往往有密切联系——它们都是投资，你不可能希望拥有优质纸张却用一支比克圆珠笔写字。"

Robert had directed the cabman to drop him at the corner of Chancery-lane, and he ascended the brilliantly-lighted staircase leading to the dining saloon of The London, and seated himself at one of the snug tables with a confused sense of emptiness and weariness, rather than any agreeable sensation of healthy hunger.

罗伯特指示马车夫在大法官法庭巷的一个角落上让他下了车，他登上通往伦敦餐厅的灯光辉煌的楼梯，在一张舒适的桌子旁坐下，心中是一团空虚和疲倦的混乱感觉，却不是由于健康的食欲而引起的惬意之感。

I believe it's more to caching rather than speed.

我相信它的更多的缓存，而不是速度。

Under normal circumstances the other party are busy, so you will have to talk as quickly as possible into the question, rather than do cackle for not busy.

一般情况下对方都很忙，所以你要尽可能快地将谈话进入正题，而不要尽闲扯个没忙。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！