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I do not know what tramps would do without tea, or rather the stuff they miscall tea.

我不知道如果没有这杯茶——或者说这杯他们称之为茶的东西——流浪汉们会怎么样。

Rather than be surprised that Shakespeare, like Moliere, was an actor and yet wrote plays which were masterpieces, we might well ask if it would have been possible for him to write them in any other walk of life.

莎士比亚正如莫里哀一样，身为演员而写出戏剧杰作，这是不奇怪的。相反，我们倒不妨请问，假如是在别的行业。他有可能写出那些作品吗？

Rather it would seem that when the Montanist prophecies were finally disapproved at Rome, the Church of Carthage excommunicated at least the more violent among their adherents.

相反，它似乎在Montanist的预言终於被拒绝在罗马，教会的迦太基逐出教会至少更暴力之间的追随者。

We'd like to achieve a musicalization of space, and would prefer our work to follow musical law rather than a dramaturgical one.

同时我们的作品也比较习惯跟著音乐的规律铺陈，而比较不会按照戏剧的规律，我们非常想要达成一个音乐化空间的境界。

We can't help but worry that using this with anything heavier than a nano would result in a curious tightening around the throat -- not to mention a rather unattractive stretching of our neckwear.

然而，倘若用来放比 nano 要稍重一点的随身听，可能会造成使用者颈部的不适，甚至衣领上出现诡异的绉褶。

We have too much stuff for the duplex and would much rather pad our nest egg for the future.

我们有太多的东西的复式宁愿垫的积蓄未来。

I'm also a non-smoker and would prefer to share with other non-smokers although this is a preference rather than a request.

我不吸烟，所以希望与其他不吸烟者合住，虽然这只是一个倾向而非要求。

Would you rather be a poor old maid?

你真的想做老处女吗？

Or would you rather I kill him?

或者你要我来杀他？

It puzzled me rather why what would count as a good point in an ordinary person should be used against an accused man as an overwhelming proof of his guilt.

但我不太明白，平常人身上的优点到了罪犯的身上，怎么就能变成沉重的罪名。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。