查询词典 would rather

Would you rather I lied to you?

你想要我对你说谎？

The central bank believes that the authorities would act to prevent such a scenario in the short term, because of the resultant systemic risk, but, in contrast to the rather lily-livered approach towards re-regulation being adopted in the UK and US, is now demanding a medium- to long-term reduction in systemic risk.

因为是后果性的系统风险，央行认为政府会采取行动防止在短期内发生这样的事态发展，不过相较之下，英国和美国就采纳了颇有点胆怯的办法针对重新调整银行业的问题，就是要求在中长期内减小系统风险。

Fortunately it was a rather young affair and I hoped it would give Lindbergh some pleasure.

幸运的是参与者都是年轻人，希望这能让林白感到愉快。

We then follow the trend of farmland pattern evolution and take 2001 as the baseline year to forecast the farmland pattern in 2002 through 2010 using linear extrapolation. The result shows that the clustered rather than scattered farmhouse development type would create more integrated farmland pattern through patch integration and form more regular patch shapes that in turn have better effects on farmland utilization.

而在农地利用的变化趋势中，以民国九十年为基准年，采直线之比例关系，推估民国九十一年至民国九十九年建筑总面积，发现若将个别农舍开发改采集村农舍开发方式后，对於块区具有聚集与整合的效果，使农业用地完整性增加，形成较规则的块区形状，对於农业用地利用的确有较佳的影响。

She hated reading, or study of any kind, and loved society; rather than be alone she would admit Phoebe Marks into her confidence, and loll on one of the sofas in her luxurious dressing-room, discussing a new costume for some coming dinner party, or sit chattering to the girl, with her jewel box beside her, upon the satin cushions, and Sir Michael's presents spread out in her lap, while she counted and admired her treasures.

她厌恶读书或作任何钻研，她热爱社交；与其独自一人，她宁可把菲比·马克斯引为心腹；她在她奢华的化妆室里，懒洋洋地靠在一只沙发上，跟这姑娘讨论她要在某一个宴会上穿的一件新衣裳，或者坐着和这姑娘闲谈，珠宝匣放在身旁绸缎垫子上，迈克尔爵士送的少物摆在她的裙兜里，而菲比·马克斯则一件又一件的数着女主人的珍品，无限羡慕。

Last year, however, our look-through earnings did not grow at all but rather declined by 14%. To an extent, the decline was precipitated by two forces that I discussed in last year's report and that I warned you would have a negative effect on look-through earnings.

然而去年我们的透视盈余不但没有增加，反而减少了 14%，这样的下滑主要导源于去年年报就曾经向各位提过的两项因素，那时我就曾经警告各位那对我们的透视盈余将会有负面的影响。

Mayo would probably rather be in Miami this season, and not because of the beaches or bikinis.

梅奥这赛季可能会选择待在迈阿密，不是因为那里的美女和海滩。

That may spare Charlie and me some embarrassment, since you don't see these errors; but their invisibility does not reduce their cost. In this mea culpa, I am not talking about missing out on some company that depends upon an esoteric invention, high-technology, or even brilliant merchandising. We will never develop the competence to spot such businesses early. Instead I refer to business situations that Charlie and I can understand and that seem clearly attractive - but in which we nevertheless end up sucking our thumbs rather than buying. Every writer knows it helps to use striking examples, but I wish the one I now present wasn't quite so dramatic: In early 1988, we decided to buy 30 million shares (adjusted for a subsequent split) of Federal National Mortgage Association, which would have been a $350-$400 million investment.

通常我们很多重大的错误不是发生在我们已经做的部份，而是在于我们没有去做的那部份，虽然因为各位看不到这些失误，所以查理跟我可以少一点难堪，但看不到不代表我们就不必付出代价，而这些我公开承认的错误，并不是指我错过了某些革命性的新发明，高科技或是更优秀的通路零售商，我们永远不可能拥有在早期发掘这些优秀公司的能力，反而我指的是那些查理跟我可以很容易就了解且很明显对我们有吸引力的公司，无奈在当时我们只是不断地咬着指甲犹豫不决，就是不能下定决心把他们买下来。

This empty vessel never connotes meaninglessness, but rather its opposite; it implies the possibility that something would be inspired to enter the vessel.

这决不意味空容器无意义，而是它的对立面，它意味着的东西将受到启发，进入该船的可能性。

The meliorative technique is simple and low cost, it needn't special equipments and consumables,it has rather good practicability and reliability that would have a great future in spread and application.

该技术无需特殊设备及耗材，成本低廉，操作简单，实用性强，具有较好的应用推广价值。

Singer Leona Lewis and former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page emerged as the bus transformed into a grass-covered carnival float, and the pair combined for a rendition of "Whole Lotta Love".

歌手leona刘易斯和前率领的飞艇的吉他手吉米页出现巴士转化为基层所涵盖的嘉年华花车，和一双合并为一移交&整个lotta爱&。

This is Kate, and that's Erin.

这是凯特，那个是爱朗。