倒不如

It was the first time he'd ever thought about that, and it seemed to me that he put all his energy into not falling rather than walking the tightrope.

这是他生平第一次担心自己摔下来，在我看来，他与其说是在全力以赴走钢丝，倒不如说是为了不摔下来而不遗余力。

You should have a man-to-man tale and have it out instead of trying to get even.

与其做无谓的报复，倒不如和他说清楚，把事情解决了。

Marriage today is less of an ego trip and more of an economic bargain for men.

今天对男人而言婚姻与其说是自我人生旅程的一部分，倒不如说是一次经济上讨价还价的结果。

When the duke occupied the Romagna he found it under the rule of weak masters, who rather plundered their subjects than ruled them, and gave them more cause for disunion than for union, so that the country was full of robbery, quarrels, and every kind of violence; and so, wishing to bring back peace and obedience to authority, he considered it necessary to give it a good governor.

当公爵占领罗马尼阿的时候，他察觉罗马尼阿过去是在一些孱弱的首领们统治之下，他们与其说是统治他们的属民，倒不如说是掠夺属民，给他们制造种种事端，使他们分崩离析而不是团结一致，以致地方上充满了盗贼、纷争和各式各样横行霸道的事情。

Ted Park Ji-won and Jehol Diary as research subject, the main purpose is not only re-evaluating its literature value, but also exploring deeply and systematically its inner cultural values and its significances on that time, and even enriching its enlightenment values and significances on the turn of the history.

在这种情况下，笔者仍选择朴趾源的《热河日记》作为研究的对象，与其说是在重新规定它的文学价值，倒不如说是为了对作品内在的文化价值和时代意义，做一些深层次的探究和系统的阐述，进而扩充《热河日记》在历史转折时期所具有的近代启蒙价值和意义。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。