would rather die than
常见例句
- If he warns he would rather die than talk about it, you might want to take him at his word.
如果他警告說他甯死也不願意提及此事，那你應該按他的話去做。 - Soon they found they were surrounded by swarms of enemies. But the soldiers would rather die than surrender.
很快他們發現他們被一群群的敵人包圍，但士兵們甯死不投降。 - 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.
幾個月以後，她開始絕食了，因爲她決定與其沒有尊嚴地活著不如死了算了，因爲照顧她的人儼然以恩人的方式和她說話。 - And the other would accept war, rather than let it die.
- An oft-quoted study suggests that executives would rather die than speak.
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