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It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road.

用铁路运送这批货物会比用公路好。

I would rather never allude to the past for it is very painful to me.

我不愿再提到过去,因为那使人痛苦.

It would seem more sensible to apply standards flexibly rather than rigidly.

灵活地运用标准比死守标准会显得更合情合理。

I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.

我宁愿把这些钱付给个人，也不愿它们因未作任何处置而自动地归国家所有。

Airlines would prefer to update rather than retrain crews.

航空公司更愿意换新员工而不是对旧员工重新进行培训。

She would rather perjure herself than admit to her sins.

她宁愿在法庭上撒谎也不愿承认她的罪行。

Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency.

大多数男人宁死都不愿承认有依赖感。

It would have been better to have thinned the trees over several winters rather than all at one time.

当初要是分几个冬天疏剪树木，会比一下子疏剪完效果好。

It would have been better to have thinned the trees over several winters rather than all at one time

当初要是分几个冬天疏剪树木，会比一下子疏剪完效果好。

I would rather be honest with people than tell them that there is going to be some pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

我宁肯实话实说也不愿意给予他们不切实际的期望。