He is now one of the city's notables-but he prefers to remain out of the limelight.
他现在成了该市的名人之一,但他宁可像过去一样避免引人注目.
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I would rather pay for a meal than watch nine friends pick over and split a bill.
我宁可掏钱请客,也不愿看到9位朋友算来算去分摊账单。
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She preferred quarreling with Joseph in the kitchen to sitting at peace in her solitude.
她宁可跟约瑟夫在厨房里拌嘴,也不愿意独自一人安安静静地坐着.
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I said, " Daniel is a rough-and-ready character; he'd rather fight than talk thing over. "
我说, “ 丹尼尔是个爆脾气, 他宁可通过打架来解决问题,也不会坐下来跟人商量的. ”
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Ishida: Hum, I would rather be spied on than spend time with him.
三成: 哼, 我宁可被监视也强过跟他在一块儿浪费时间.
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He would have preferred sitting alone, for he liked a silent, sombre, unsafe solitude.
他真宁可独自坐在那儿, 因为他喜欢一种寂静 、 暗黑而不安全的孤独环境.
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