他们宁愿工作而不愿靠社会保障金过活。

They would rather work than live on welfare.

她宁愿在法庭上撒谎也不愿承认她的罪行。

She would rather perjure herself than admit to her sins.

我宁愿自杀也不会出卖我的主人。

I would as lief kill myself as betray my master.

“我宁愿步行。”她答道。

'I'd prefer to walk,' she answered.

我宁愿在我自己的地盘上见他。

I'd rather meet him here on my own home ground.

“我宁愿步行。”她回答他道。

'I'd prefer to walk,' she answered him.

她回答说她宁愿步行。

She answered that she would prefer to walk.

她宁愿死也不愿意演讲。

She'd rather die than give a speech.

要是当时能跟他们一起去那儿，我宁愿放弃一切。

I'd have given my right arm to have been there with them.

我宁愿死也不道歉！

I'd die before I apologized!

我宁愿一次走完全程，中途不停。

I'd rather do the journey in one go, and not stop on the way.

我宁愿不必将此事公之于众。

I'd just as soon not have to make this public

他宁愿在烟雾缭绕的酒吧里哼唱歌曲。

He would much rather have been crooning in a smoky bar