What is the translation of " 上而不是 " in English?

• rather
• and not
• instead

Examples of using 上而不是 in Chinese and their translations into English

其他的差异主要是在应用上而不是在原则上。
Otherwise the differences are mainly in application rather than in principles.

总是走在曲线上而不是直线上。
Which always move in orbits and not in straight lines.

为什么要花钱在经验上而不是事物上.
Why you should spend your money on experiences rather than on things.

我们应该生活在金星上而不是火星上吗？?
Should We Colonize Venus Instead of Mars?

为什么要花钱在经验上而不是事物上.
Why you should spend money on experiences, and not things.

贸易的好处体现在比较优势上而不是绝对优势上。
The gain from trade is based on comparative advantage and not on absolute advantage.

我们的研究还表明，在社交媒体上而不是通过新闻媒体消费政治新闻会增强情感体验。
Our study also showed that consuming political news on social media, rather than via the news media, intensified the emotional experience.

为什么这种情况只发生在某些人身上而不是每个人都这样，其原因还未知。
Why this happens to some women and not others is not entirely clear.

如果是在航班上而不是订票时发生问题，客户通常需要填写投诉书才能获得补偿。
If a problem occurred on a flight rather than with a reservation, the customer typically needed to file a complaint to be compensated.

为什么这种情况只发生在某些人身上而不是每个人都这样，其原因还未知。
Why this occurs in some people and not others is still unknown.

人人复原"一词应在广义上而不是狭隘和选择性意义上理解为弱势人民。
The reference to" recovery for all" should be taken to mean vulnerable peoples in a broad sense rather than a narrow and selective sense.

这就是为什么书院在地球上而不是在投降的地方。
That was why the academies were located on Earth instead of at the Capital.

我希望有乳房,在我的胸膛上而不是两个平的薄煎饼。
And I wished to have breasts, instead of two flat pancakes on my chest.

为什么这种情况只发生在某些人身上而不是每个人都这样，其原因还未知。
Why this occurs in some people and not in others is not entirely known.

路易丝Maardh看上去好像她花了她的业余时间在高尔夫球场上而不是在烤箱前面。
Louise Måårdh looked as if she spent her spare time on the golf course rather than in front of an oven.

是申请的故事在你的手机上而不是用它来调用重写。
It was about filing stories on your phone instead of using it to call rewrite.

会有一个杀手级应用,在Android上而不是iPhone?
Will there be a killer app that is on Android and not the iPhone at all?

他完全赞同乌拉圭代表的提议，即委员会应在正式会议上而不是非正式协商中就此事作出决定。
He fully supported the proposal of the representative of Uruguay that the Committee should take a decision in a formal meeting, rather than in informal consultations.

鉴于理事会在联合国系统中的重要性，其报告应在全体会议上而不是第三委员会中予以讨论。
In view of the importance of the Council within the United Nations system, its report should be discussed in plenary meeting and not in the Third Committee.

NASA的一位代表说，她对这次失败发生在地面上而不是在飞行期间感到庆幸。
A NASA representative said she is appreciative for the failure, especially since it occurred on the ground instead of during a flight.

但是，尽管他保持了对这一问题的坚定看法，但到目前为止，他选择了在程序上而不是实质上进行斗争。
But while he has maintained his staunch views on the topic, so far he is picking a fight on process, rather than substance.

此转变是你决定的，跟所有预言相反，留在这个星球上而不是毁灭自己。
The shift is your decision, against all odds from your prophecies, to stay on this planet and not destroy yourselves.

趁着婴儿们睡觉的时候，偷偷地溜走了几秒钟，她决定躺在沙发上而不是床上。
Stealing a few quiet moments while the babies slept, she decided to stretch out on the sofa instead of on the bed.

这台机器的一个重要进步是将数据存储在磁带上而不是穿孔卡片。
One of the major advances of this machine is that data is stored on magnetic tape rather than on punched cards.

有了这个，学生的节能汽车的设计和整体构建将在道路上而不是在赛道上进行测试。
With this, the design and overall built of the student's fuel efficient vehicle will be tested on the road rather than on a race track.

同样与传统操作系统不同，DC/OS是在节点群集上而不是在单台机器上运行。
Unlike traditional operating systems, DC/OS runs on a cluster of nodes, instead of a single machine.

你会认为这是她的儿子的葬礼上而不是他的婚礼。!
You are going to HER father's funeral, and not mine?!

消极安全保证强化了国际安全必须建立在法制基础上而不是使用武力基础上的这一主张。
Negative security assurances reinforce the notion that international security must be based on the rule of law, rather than the use of force.