而不是

The spicy flavours in these dishes call for reds rather than whites.

这些菜的味道辛辣，应该配红酒而不是白葡萄酒。

I prefer going to the cinema to watching TV.

我更喜欢看电影而不是看电视。

Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.

比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。

We ate in the restaurant, as opposed to the bistro.

我们是在餐厅吃的饭，而不是在小饭馆。

They focus on overt discrimination rather than insidious aspects of racism.

他们关注的是公开的歧视，而不是种族主义的一些潜在问题。

They are borrowing just to stay afloat, not for investment.

他们借钱只为了周转，而不是投资。

The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism.

总统坚持说他如此做是出于同情而不是为了投机。

I live for the moment, day by day, not for the past.

我活在当下，过一天算一天，而不是活在过去。

This is a European, and not a specifically British, problem.

这是全欧洲面临的问题，而不是英国独有的问题。

Mr Wallace tries to co-opt rather than defeat his critics.

华莱士先生竭力拉拢而不是击败他的批评者们。

The effect is soft and pretty rather than drop-dead sexy.

给人的印象是柔和俏丽而不是吸人眼球的性感。

He probably erred on the conservative rather than the generous side.

他可能过于保守，而不是过于宽宏大量。

He wore the garb of a scout, not a general.

他身着童子军制服，而不是将军的制服。

They use opium as a sedative, rather than as a narcotic.

他们把鸦片用作镇静剂而不是毒品。

It was me she didn't like, not what I represented.

她不喜欢的是我，而不是我的陈述。