宁可

我宁可凝视繁星满天的晴朗夜空也不愿盯着电视机。

I would rather stare at a clear , star-filled sky than a TV set

主席风趣地说，他宁可卖掉他的航空公司，也不愿出售他的计算机系统。

The chairman quipped that he would rather sell his airline than his computer systems .

我认为宁可过于谨慎也不要冒风险。

I thought it was better to err on the side of caution .

她宁可和其他学生合住，也不愿跟父母住在家里。

She 'd sooner share a house with other students than live at home with her parents .

我宁可不睡觉，也不愿错过晚上的课。

I would sooner give up sleep than miss my evening class

要是你不介意的话，我宁可不这样做。

I 'd sooner not , if you don 't mind .

宁可自亡，不可行凶。

It is better to die oneself than to kill .

我宁可你把那玩意收起来。

I 'd just as soon you put that thing away

我本来就宁可去电影院看，而不是看录像。

I 'd rather see it at the pictures than on video anyway .

和所有十几岁的孩子一样，有一样东西她宁可没有——青春痘。

Like all teenagers there 's one thing she 'd rather do without — spots .

她宁可把盘子砸到你脸上也不愿伺候你。

She 'd just as soon throw your plate in your face as serve you .

我宁可不去谈论它。

I 'd sooner not talk about it

我宁可让他一个人去烦恼。

I 'd rather let him stew

我宁可掏钱请客，也不愿看到9位朋友算来算去分摊账单。

I would rather pay for a meal than watch nine friends pick over and split a bill

他说他宁可永远坐在那里，也不会付给他们一分钱。

He says he 'll sit there until hell freezes over before he 'll pay them one cent .

福特郑重声明他宁可把自己的工厂付之一炬，也不愿意生产一辆用于战争的车辆。

Ford vowed that he would sooner burn his factory to the ground than build a single vehicle for war purposes

守财奴爱财如命，宁可饿肚皮，没衣穿。

Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets .

宁可让人妒忌，不可让人怜悯。

Better be envied than pitied .

宁可失足，不可失言。

Better the foot slip than the tongue .

宁可虚位以待，也不要让不称职的人滥竽充数。

We 'd rather leave the place vacant than have someone incompetent fill the position .

也许官僚们把威信押在一种政策上之后，他们就宁可看它失败，也不愿放弃它。

Perhaps when enough bureaucratic prestige has been invested in a policy it is easier to see it fail than to abandon it .

为了避免路上交通拥挤，有些人宁可夜间驱车远行，白天休息。

In order to avoid the heavy traffic on the roads , some people prefer to travel by night and rest during the day .

宁可贫穷而无人问津，也不要富贵而责任缠身。

Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations .

杰拉得：我宁可要半个。

Teacher : Would ? Gerald : I 'd much rather have the half .

你知道么？我宁可要一个懦弱的孩子，也不想要一个死的

I 'd rather have a wimpy kid than a dead one , you know ?

在人们的印象中，他们宁愿写代码也不愿交流，如果他们不得不交流，他们宁可在网上交流，而非面对面。

According to the stereotype1 , they ’ d rather code than converse2 , and if they must do the latter , they 'd rather do it online than in person .

但是，海豚轻蔑地对他说：“我们宁可争斗到同归于尽，也不会让一条像你这样的西鲱鱼来调解”。

But one of the dolphins said to him contemptuously , " We would rather go on fighting till we 're all killed than be reconciled2 by a sprat like you ! "

他刨出出来的是一颗不知什么时候遗落在庭院里的珍珠“你也许这是个宝贝”，公鸡大人说，“对于人类来说，他们会珍惜你，但在我看来，我宁可要一粒大麦也不想琢一粒珍珠。”

What did it turn out to be but a pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard ? " You may be a treasure , " quoth master pock , " to men that prize you , but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls . "

我发现许多朋友都遇到了相同的问题：他们宁可整天泡在facebook上，也不愿意做点儿有意义的事。

I have observed the same problem manifesting itself in many of my friends : they would much rather sit around on Facebook all day than do anything useful .

看来亚马逊宁可在利润上承受一笔巨大的损失，也要把尽可能多的KindleFire平板送进消费者手中，好让他们去使用自己海量的在线服务。

The e-commerce giant appears willing to take a hit on profit so it can get as many Kindle Fires into customers'hands as possible and hook them onto its myriad online services .