1、He entertained him affably with news of the day or rather of ten days previous.
他對他百般討好，給他講最近的新聞，或者不如說十天前的。

2、Sleep or rather dream on it and you'll feel better in the morning.
睡一覺或者做個夢，早上醒來你就會感覺好一些。

3、She capitulated, or rather marched our with the honours of war.
她投降了，或者更確切地說，她體面地撤退了。

4、I do not know what tramps would do without tea, or rather the stuff they miscall tea.
我不知道如果沒有這杯茶——或者說這杯他們稱之為茶的東西——流浪漢們會怎么樣。

5、He is a writer, or rather a novelist
他是一個作家，或者更確切地說是一位小說家。

6、He is very brave, or rather very bold.
他很勇敢，或者說是很大膽。

7、Oh! Then it is with Mrs Heathcliff you must settle, 'she observed;' or rather with me.
“啊，那么你一定得跟希刺克厲夫夫人接洽了，”她說，“或者還不如跟我說。”

8、It started this morning, or rather at noon -- all because it was raining.
事情是從今天上午開始的，或者更加準(zhǔn)確地說是在中午——都是因為下雨。

9、He came home very late last night, or rather very early this morning.
他昨夜回家很晚，或者更確切地說，已是今天凌晨。

10、Wade came home very late last night, or rather very early this morning.
韋德昨夜很晚才回家，更確切地說，今天凌晨才回家。

11、Or rather a fantasy amalgam of several town centres.
因其坐落于洛杉磯，更恰當(dāng)一點說，它更像是幾個城鎮(zhèn)中心的混血兒。

12、Time or rather lack of time seems to be a major inhibitor of code reviews.
時間或缺少時間看起來是進行代碼檢查的主要障礙。

13、The characteristic of the book is this combination or rather contrast of high tone and shrewdness.
該書的特點是融高調(diào)和機靈的鮮明對照于一身。

14、Dick Thompson was shot last night, or rather in the small hours
迪克·湯普森昨夜，確切地說，今日凌晨被槍殺了。

15、Or rather the new super-computer, HAL 9000, is looking after it.
或者說是超級電腦，哈爾9000在照顧它。

16、Or rather (used when making a statement more accurate or correct)
說得更確切些或加以更正

17、Are we primarily driven by what others think and do, or rather by our own evaluation?
我們是否主要為他人的想法和行為所左右，抑或是受控于我們對自身評價？

18、late last night or rather early this morning
昨晚深夜, 或者更確切地說, 今天一早

19、This is Liu Xiang,a 21-year young man, or rather a big boy.
這就是劉翔，一個年僅21歲的青年，我想也許他還是個大男孩。

20、That is no answer; or rather it is a very irritating, because a very evasive one. Reply clearly.
你并沒有回答我的問題。或是說，你回答很氣人，因為含糊其詞——回答得明確些。

21、This is Liu Xiang,a 21-year young man, or rather a big boy
這就是劉翔，一個年僅21歲的青年，我想也許他還是個大男孩。

22、Or rather (used to introduce a more precise expression)
用以提出更確切的說法

23、I know what I will say, or rather bring out nonchalantly, in the course of conversation.
在談話過程中，我知道我要說什么，或者更確切地說，我會泰然自若地把要說的話說同來。

24、Cutover is a process of upgrading a products or rather software from release to release.
轉(zhuǎn)換是將產(chǎn)品或更確切地說是將軟件從一個版本升級到另一個版本的過程。

25、It turns out that this tree is also an urban specimen or rather has become one.
原來，這棵樹也是城市的實例，更精確地說，已經(jīng)是了。

26、He had inherited an organization, or rather a congeries of organizations.
他繼承了一個組織，或者不如說一大堆組織。

27、Scientists tend to be conflicted about the science behind it, or rather the lack thereof.
科學(xué)家們趨向認為它的背后的科學(xué)是相互沖突的，或者寧愿是缺乏理論依據(jù)的。

28、Pinocchio had eaten the three pears, or rather devoured them.
皮諾喬把三個梨都吃了，更確切地說，把它們?nèi)怨饬恕?/p>