My wanting to... weigh up the pros and cons before rushing in.

在做决定前权衡利弊 而不是冲动行事。

And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.

这些措施或许还隐约地暗示，人们应该注重个性和智力等无形的品质，而不是通过节食来达到“零号身材”或“黄蜂腰体型”。

You've been quoted the commercial rates instead of the preferential rates.

报给你们的是门市价而不是优惠价。

Traditionally, legal learning has been viewed in such institutions as the special preserve of lawyers, rather than a necessary part of the intellectual equipment of an educated person.

传统上在加拿大的高等学府里，学习法律一直被看作是律师的专门工作，而不是一个受过良好教育的人所必须具备的知识素养。

Know that you have a chance to right wrongs, not reinforce them.

你们有机会正错误，而不是错上加错。

We can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors.

我们可以把彼此视为邻居，而不是对手。

Rigorous exercise can damage health instead of improving it.

剧烈的运动会损害健康而不是增进健康。

We'll get in and clean the exhibits and that's not such a pretty mermaid task.

我们会进去清理展间，而那可不是什么漂亮人鱼任务。

It was an evolution, not maybe a revolution.

这是一种升级，而不是大变革。

If that's true, then you should be taking the rap here, not your son.

果真如此的话，那就是你该承担法律责任，而不是你儿子。

I deal with, facts, Miss Granger, not myths and legends.

我究事实，格兰杰小姐，而不是神话和传说。

You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.

你是在看而不是在观察。这二者之间的区别是很清楚的。

After all, most people today, they live in cities, not the countryside.

毕竟目前大部分人居住在城市， 而不是农村。

Those forced to exercise their smiling muscles reacted more enthusiastically to funny cartoons than did those whose mouths were contracted in a frown, suggesting that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around.

那些被迫锻炼微笑肌肉的人比那些嘴巴收缩成皱纹的人对有趣的动画片反应更热烈，这表明表情可能影响情绪，而不是相反。

She wanted to get some personal profit out of things, and she rejected as useless all that did not contribute to the immediate desires of her heart, being of a temperament more sentimental than artistic, looking for emotions, not landscapes.

她要求事物投她所好；凡是不能立刻满足她心灵需要的，她都认为没有用处；她多愁善感，而不倾心艺术，她寻求的是主观的情，而不是客观的景。

Only if the jobless arrive at the jobcentre with a CV, register for online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit —and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly.

只有当失业者带着简到达就业中心，网上注册求职，并开始寻找工作，他们才将有资格获得救济金，然后他们应该每周报告而不是隔一周。

Others care more about the candidate’s stance on issues rather than religious zeal.

也有人更关心候选人在各种问题上的立场，而不是宗教热情。

For example, you're looking for directions and this person says, " Oh, you're mixed up. You're on first street, not second street."

例如，你在找方向，这个人说: “哦，你搞错了。你在第一街，而不是第二街。”

" The waiter arrives" at their table " a few minutes later" and Lucy and her boss " order entrees, " not " appetizers."

“几分钟后”，“服务员来到”他们的餐桌，露西和她的上司“点了主菜”，而不是“开胃菜”。

Yamaguchi says this is a marathon not a sprint.

她还说这（对抗疫情）是一场马拉松而不是短跑。