好过

Although it is probably a good idea to select the candidates a bit rather than let nepotism run riot.

不过，应对要求实习的人加以挑选，这要好过任人唯亲。

The Turkish, French and Sardinian contingents had their own commanders, all independent of one another.

当然就如同丘吉尔说过的和同盟军共同作战是痛苦的但是还是好过单打独斗。

So, to find out how long ago an organism died, you might be better off using an old and far more reliable dating method -- a seance in which you conjure up an organism's spirit and simply request the precise date of demise.

因此，要找出早就有机体死亡，你或许会更好过用旧，而且更为可靠的测年方法--求索中，你堆砌出来的一个有机体的精神和根本要求的确切日期消亡。

But better a busy Waterboy than a second-string banker on the unemployment line.

也许吧。不过做个忙碌的茶水小子总好过一个徘徊在失业边远的二流银行家。

Why? For the same reason you'd choose a Martini - shaken, not stirred - over a shandy.

为什么？和你选择马爹利的理由一样——摇匀，不要搅拌——好过香蒂啤酒。

Susannah: I can't make it better for you.

苏珊娜：我都不能让你好过些。

She suggested that he sweeten the pill by thinking positively.

她建议他往正面的方向思考，这样会好过一点。

I am their lucky talisman; my business has never been so good

我是他们命运保护神，我的生意从来也没这么好过。

I,m going to throw caution to the winds and guess tha t you feel like hell today.

我豁出去了，我想你今天的日子也不会好过。

Pretty women are going to have a hard time of it later on.

漂亮女郎们今后的日子可不太好过。

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。