宁愿

For my part I prefer to live in the country, like Timmy Willie.

就我而言，我宁愿住在乡下，像提米威利一样。

They would rather make concessions to avoid trouble than stir up trouble.

他们宁愿息事宁人而不愿惹是生非。

I'd rather live life to the extreme.

我宁愿过极端的生活

However, most of us would prefer to refuse to absorb the torrents, this is not it strange?

然而我们大多宁愿吸收而不肯奔流，这不是很奇怪吗？

I would rather give up chances to touch it than keep it for only a short time.

我宁愿放弃机会，保持接触，这比它只是一个很短的时间。

I would rather travel by coach or by plane.

我宁愿坐长途客车或飞机旅行。

Well , I'm afraid I would rather travel by coach or by train .

是嘛。我倒宁愿坐大巴或火车去旅行。

We would have taken any way rather than this; but it was late and growing dark, and the trestle was a short cut home.

我们宁愿走其他任何艰难的小路，也不愿意过这座桥，但是那天已经太晚了，高架桥是回家最近的路。

I would rather have one rose and a kind word from a Friend while I am here-than a whole truckload when I am gone.

我宁愿活着时得到朋友的一朵玫瑰、一句好话，也不愿要死后的一大箩筐。

I would rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I am here, than a whole truckload when I am gone.

我宁愿在世的时候拥有一支玫瑰和一句好话，也不愿死后得到满满一车。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷