would rather die than

常见例句

双语例句

• If he warns he would rather die than talk about it, you might want to take him at his word.
  如果他警告说他宁死也不愿意提及此事，那你应该按他的话去做。
• Soon they found they were surrounded by swarms of enemies. But the soldiers would rather die than surrender.
  很快他们发现他们被一群群的敌人包围，但士兵们宁死不投降。
• After some months, she gave up eating because she had decided she would rather die than live without dignity, because of the patronizing way in which her carers spoke to her.
  几个月以后，她开始绝食了，因为她决定与其没有尊严地活着不如死了算了，因为照顾她的人俨然以恩人的方式和她说话。

原声例句

• And the other would accept war, rather than let it die.

权威例句

• An oft-quoted study suggests that executives would rather die than speak.
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• These were formerly rich people who were impoverished by government attacks and injustices, but who would prefer to die rather than beg.
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• In circumstances like these, I would want to die sooner rather than later and in my own home.
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