宁可

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

宁可犹疑地意见而不愿 直率地断言这件事。

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

他宁可让自己灵魂与柏拉图一道被罚入地狱, 也不愿和谴责他人们一起升入天国。

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，不要委屈恋爱。

Better a glorious death than a shameful life.

宁可光明磊落地死,不卑鄙无耻地生。

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

宁可千日不战,不可一日不备。

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, 有笑话却不能不说。

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情况下饿死，也不要过富裕生活却充满烦恼、恐惧、猜忌、以及无法控望。

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，你老板希望一个页面能有个吸引人销售标题，而你宁可不要，因为，它不能完全地描述这个页面上内容，而且这会将你认为最重要关键词要放在第二个标题内。