宁可

He had rather be damned with Plato than saved with those who anathematized him.

他宁可让自己的灵魂与柏拉图道被罚入地狱, 愿和谴责他的人升入天国。

I choose rather to hesitate my opinion than to assert it roundly.

我宁可犹疑地表示我的意见而愿 直率地断言这件事。

It is better to err on the side of mercy.

宁可失之过于怜悯。

I would rather go moldy in fastuous than hold the love in grievance.

宁可高傲地发霉，委屈的恋爱。

Better a glorious death than a shameful life.

宁可光明磊落地死,卑鄙无耻地生。

Better have no war for a thousand days than slacken your vigilance for one day.

宁可千日战,可日备。

He was so vain and reckless that he would break a friendship, rather than not break a jest.

他是如此虚荣狂妄, 宁可和人翻脸, 有笑话却能说。

It's much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion, and unchecked desire.

宁可在没有哀伤和恐惧的情况下饿死，过富裕的生活却充满烦恼、恐惧、猜忌、以及无法控制的欲望。

Say your boss wants a page to have a zappy marketing title you'd rather not have, because it doesn't exactly describe what's on the page, and pushes your most important keyword to the second heading.

比如，你老板希望个页面能有个吸引人的销售标题，而你宁可，因为，它能完全地描述这个页面上的内容，而且这会将你认为最重的关键词放在第二个标题内。