“We would rather he died than give it to you.”
我們寧願他死,也不願把它交給你。
用最極端的兩害相權表明立場:寧可以命相抵,也不讓步。一句話把「信念高於生死」說到極致,也把對手逼到沒有談判空間。
We would rather he died than ... .
表明寧願付出代價也不退讓時用,語氣決絕,日常慎用。
We would let him die before we hand it over. / Losing him is better than giving in.
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would rather 連讀,he died 重讀,than give it to you 放慢收尾。
We would rather lose the deal than break our word. 我們寧願丟了這個單子,也不違背承諾。
