They prefer to discipline themselves rather than be disciplined by others.

他们宁愿自我约束，也不愿受。

I would rather have shown him my love.

我宁愿向他表露我爱。

He would much rather keep time for his hobbies.

他宁愿把时间花在自己业余爱好上。

I'd rather forfeit the bail than risk having two of my kids go to jail.

我宁愿被没收保释金 也不能冒 让我两个孩子都进监狱危险。

Many graduates prefer a safe civil-service career to the vicissitudes of starting a business.

许多德国毕业生宁愿有一个安稳公务员职业，也不愿经历创业沧桑。

So you prefer to be an optimist rather than pessimist?

因此，您宁愿做一个乐观主义者，而不是悲观主义者？

In a storm, you'd much prefer to be under the lee than under the weather.

在暴风雨中，你宁愿待在背风处，也不愿待在恶劣天下。

I have to work overtime quite regularly and I would prefer not to.

我经常要加班，我宁愿不加班。

Hamilton himself comes over as what he was—an awkward, naive but deeply sincere individual with a scientist's passion for arriving at the truth no matter what friendships might be upset, or egos (including, on occasion, his own) broken.

Hamilton自己就是一个笨拙天真，无比诚挚。他对科热情让他宁愿牺牲友谊，伤害朋友自尊（偶尔也会自我诋毁）只为寻求真相。

" I wish he were here." " If only I were taller." " I would rather he played outside more often instead of always sitting on the computer." These are examples of the subjunctive mood.

“我希望他在这里。”“要是我再高一点就好了。”“我宁愿他经常在外面玩，而不是总是坐在电脑前。”这些是虚拟语子。

I myself, prefer to have my excess epithelial cells slough off naturally, but I don't condemn those who seek to accelerate the process.

我倒是宁愿表皮细胞自己慢慢脱落。但我也不责怪那些想加速这一进程啊。

Oh, thanks for the invitation, but this is how I relax. I'd rather not make it something formal and structured.

谢谢你邀请，但是这是我放松方式。我宁愿我花园没那么多条条框框。

So, he'd rather come to us and keep things quiet.

所以，他宁愿来找我们，不想声张。

The next one, to me, I would rather binge watch TV episodes than watch one or two episodes per week.

下一个，对我而言，我宁愿一口看完所有剧集，而不是每周看一两集。

It's where car care looks like " car scare" making you wince with the rinse, leave tread with your dread and never want to steer back through the ghostly scene thinking your scared car is better left unclean.

在这里，洗车保养变成了“洗车惊吓”，你宁愿车子洗不干净也不想再回到那恐怖洗车间去了。

It is for this reason that most of us would rather love than be loved.

正因如此，我们大多数都宁愿爱而不愿被爱。

He would rather shut it down and hold it hostage for his beloved wall.

他宁愿为了他自己心爱那堵墙而将、关闭政府作为要挟。

Professors McGonagall and Moody kept them working until the very last second of their classes too, and Snape, of course, would no sooner let them play games in class than adopt Harry.

麦格教授和穆迪也不让生们闲着，直到下课前最后一秒钟。期内普就更不用说了，他宁愿收养哈利当干儿子，也不愿让同们在课堂上做游戏。

You'd rather be walking on home than walking on air and you'd rather play " Go Fish" instead of " Bridge" , this may be a " Bridge to Far" .

你宁愿走在回家路上也不愿走在空中，你宁愿玩" Go fish（扑克游戏类似金钩钓鱼）" 而不是" 桥" ，这可能是一座" 通往远方桥" 。

Some would rather walk the " plank" than " plank" down the time to break the " plank" record but if you've got the strength, it all comes down to " isometrics" .

有些宁愿走" 木板" 而不是打破在木板上下支撑着时间记录，但如果你有实力，这一切都归结为" 静力锻炼法" 。