I could not do otherwise than laugh.

我能笑。

They relied on brains rather than brawn.

他们靠的是脑力，而是体力。

He speaks in concepts rather than specifics.

他讲话时尽用抽象概念,而谈具体。

There are more headaches for me than for you.

让我伤脑筋的问题比你多。

Contractions are much more common in speech than in writing.

缩略词在口语里比在书写中常见得多。

It is easier to read by daylight than by lamplight.

在日读书比在读书舒适。

Harriet felt more estranged from her daughter than ever.

哈丽特感到与女儿的关系比以往任何时候都疏远。

We prefer you to work voluntarily rather than by coercion.

我们宁愿你工作出自愿,而是被迫。

The firm has less money and fewer staff than last year.

公司的资金和人员都比去年少了。

More of the land is planted to cabbages than to tomatoes.

种白菜的地比种西红柿的多。

Better unchaste than humourless, better dead than a dead weight .

如淫荡，叫人讨厌如溘然长逝。

I think she did it more in sorrow than in anger.

我觉得她这样做更多是出悲哀而是愤恨。

A fur coat has more utility in winter than in autumn.

毛皮外衣在冬天比在秋天更有用。

We judged they was studying up some kind of worse deviltry than ever.

我们断定，他们这是正在策划什么比往常更加恶毒的主意。

Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.

糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.

宁做自由民之首,居贵族之末。

Greater benefits can be achieved through diplomatic channels than by acts of aggression.

通过外交渠道要比侵略方式获得更大的利益。

There is more methane,ethane, isobutane and isopentane in shaly limestone than in marlite.

泥灰岩比纯灰岩所产气体中含有更多的甲烷、乙烷、异丁烷和异戊烷。

You can expect a higher outlay for rent in a city than in the country.

城市的房租比农村要高。

The color is lavender, thinner than ruddily of love, thicker than pink of unrequited love.

暧昧是淡紫色的，比赤红色的热恋淡一点，比粉红色的暗恋浓一点。