People are not interested in beautiful chemical structure, but rather in its properties.

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But rather for the use that she would make of them.

而是她如何使用它们。

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At the age of only 22, the young businessman has sold his company for over a million pounds. But rather than basking2 in his achievements, he has already started a new business!

这名年仅22岁的年轻商人以100多万英镑的价格卖掉了他的公司，但他并没有沉浸在成就感中，而是已经开了一家新公司！

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We're not speaking here about the kind of busyness associated with scraping by near the poverty line, of course, but rather the kind associated with lives of material privilege.

我们这里说的忙并不是那些挣扎在贫困线上忙着谋生的人，而是与具有物质优越感的人有关。

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And a person's character isn't determined1 by how he or she enjoys victory ， but rather how he or she endures defeat.

一个人的品行，不取决于这人如何享受胜利，而在于这人如何忍受失败。

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Not really "holes," but rather hugely dense12 objects with massive gravitational pull.

黑洞其实不是“洞”，而是能产生巨大引力的密度极高的物体。

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Albert Einstein once said, "Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value."

爱因斯坦曾经说过："不要试图成为一个成功的人,而要努力成为一个有价值的人。"

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"But rather I see it as an area of freedom ．"

"但我认为这是一个自由的领域。"

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Post wants to make clear that she's not talking about legal rights, but rather personal preferenc.

波斯特想澄清的是，她讨论的不是法律权利，而是个人喜好问题。

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In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through you& how many you can make your own.

就好书而论，关键不是看你（能）读完多少本，而是要看多少本你能弄明白，即你能把多少本变成自己的东西。

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You should not be troubled by the failure of others to appreciate your abilities; but rather by your own lack of them.

不患人之不己知，患其不能也。（《论语》）

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He accepted our suggestion, but rather grudgingly.

他接受了我们的建议，但是很勉强。

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There are no hard and fast rules, but rather traditional guidelines as to who pays for what

关于谁来支付什么费用并没有明确的规定，只是遵循传统的准则罢了。

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They abide here for a year.

他们在这里住了一年。

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She couldn't abide to live in poverty.

在贫困中度日，她忍受不了。

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I abide my time.

我等待时机。

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I can't abide such people.

对这种人我不能容忍。

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The boy was too young to abide such heavy work.

这孩子太小，干不了这样的重活。

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I cannot abide that fellow any more.

我再也没法容忍那个家伙了。

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One of my abiding memories of him is of his singing to a small private party

我对他难以忘怀的一幕是他在一次小型私人派对上献歌的情景。

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Her account makes interesting reading.

她的叙述读起来趣味横生。

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