Better unchaste than humourless, better dead than a dead weight .

没趣，叫人讨厌溘然长逝。

A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.

巧言直说。

A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.

远亲近邻。

Gas is both cheaper and much faster at heating a tankful of water。

但是电water heatergas的加热迅速，也gas的节能省钱。

It is better to wear out than rust out.

与其懒死, 累死。

As actress Jane is not in the same class as Susan.

作为演员, 简苏珊。

The TV programme was not up to par tonight.

今晚的电视切目往常。

She accepted her inferiority to her rivals.

她接受了自己对手的现实。

After the injury the bones did not articulate as well as before.

受伤后骨的关节从前连接的。

Man’s sense of smell is much less informative than his sight.

人的嗅觉提供的信息远视觉。

As a scholar he is not in the same street with his predecessors.

作为学者, 远其前辈。

Everything goes amiss with him, he has certainly bad luck.

事事意, 运气真。

His plans are not what they purport to be.

的计划并们所声称的那样。

He always flies into a tantrum when he’s contradicted.

每当意时就会大发脾气。

All believe a cosmetologist, be inferior to asking oneself, are oneself comfortable?

尽信美容专家，问自己，自己是是舒服？

It would be truer to say that he was careless than that he was unkind.

与其说待人苛刻倒说粗心更准确。

His work is inferior to mine.

的工作我。

That’s three times he’s beaten me—I must be slipping!

已经打败我三次了——我肯定是以前了！

My English cannot compare with his.

我的英文水平。

Rab was treated like a dog.

拉布的待遇猪狗。