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Sometimes the questions you ask yourself are the hardest ones to answer...Laura Quick's life is as out of control as her mop of unruly curls. With her shabby-chic flat on Portobello Road - complete with psychic neighbour - and her work for a chaotic TV company, Laura is anything but conventional.

生活在满是神经质邻居的波多贝罗路上的一间与其说是时髦还不如说是破旧不堪的公寓中的Laura在一家同样也是乱七八糟的电视台上班，这样的Laura当然就很独树一帜喽。

The division of positive law and the Natural law is the inevitable result of applying the utilitarianism into legislation.

当我们透过纷繁缠绕的文本和复杂的逻辑论证背后会发现：作为功利主义者的边沁和奥斯丁与其说是将实际存在的法与应当如何的法做了截然二分，还不如说是将功利主义的立法原则付诸实践。

He said that postponement are detrimental to all, not as price, and quickly sold to as well.

他说，拖下去对谁都不利，还不如降价，尽快卖出去为好。

But global finance will not be remade in a five-hour powwow hosted by a lame-duck president after less preparation than many corporate board meetings.

全球金融体系不可能通过低能总统主办的土著会议实现重建，更何况会议的准备工作还不如一些公司的董事会议充分。

J.R.Lowell, for instance,"can overflow with American humour when politics inspire his muse ; but in the realm of pure poetry he is no more American than a Newdigate prizeman".

比如说洛威尔，"当政治激起他的诗兴时，他的作品洋溢着美国人的幽默；但是在纯诗的领域里，他的美国气质还不如一个地道的英国人"。

This time round, the bond market has been more pussycat than tiger.

这一回，债券市场与其说是只老虎，还不如说是只猫。

The Pythian games -- more a celebration of the arts than sport -- began in the 6th century BC and included musical and literary contests.

特尔斐竞技会开始于公元前六世纪，比赛项目包括音乐和文学，所以与其说它是体育盛事，还不如说是文艺庆祝。

He felt a qualm in his stomach, and it was more in memory of his own loneliness than anticipation of hers.

他感到胃部有一些不适，与其说是因为料到了她的孤独无助，还不如说是想起了自己的形单影只。

You may be a treasure," quoth Master Cock,"to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.

大公鸡有些失望地说：对珍爱你的人类来说，你是宝贝；而对我来说，你还不如一啄大麦粒。

The real function of language is to hide the demand rather than to express it.

1：语言的真正作用与其说表达需求，还不如说是隐藏需求。

According to the clear water experiment, aeration performance of the new equipment is good with high total oxygen transfer coefficient and oxygen utilization ratio.

曝气设备的动力效率在叶轮转速为120rpm～150rpm时取得最大值，此时氧利用率和充氧能力也具有较高值。

The environmental stability of that world - including its crushing pressures and icy darkness - means that some of its most famous inhabitants have survived for eons as evolutionary throwbacks, their bodies undergoing little change.

稳定的海底环境─包括能把人压扁的压力和冰冷的黑暗─意谓海底某些最知名的栖居生物已以演化返祖的样态活了万世，形体几无变化。