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基本解釋

Scientists tend to be conflicted about the science behind it, or rather the lack thereof.
科學家們趨向認為它的背后的科學是相互沖突的，或者寧愿是缺乏理論依據(jù)的。
To be like God is to be without time, or rather in time with no concern for time, free of the passions and troubles of the soul, experiencing something like calm in the face of things and of oneself.
像神一樣，就是要沒有時間或身在時間之中而不必考慮它，就是要遠離靈魂的種種熱情和麻煩，就是要在自我和事物面前體會到什么是冷靜。
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。

(JANIS JOPLIN - "BALL AND CHAIN") The music ended on Sunday night or,rather,the early hours of Monday, August eighteenth.
Well,you're in some battle,or rather, your troop is in some battle, and people are being killed left and right.
比如你在戰(zhàn)場上，或者說你的軍隊在戰(zhàn)場上，周圍的人被殺死。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選
It's usually best to respond in a complete sentence rather than saying yes or no which can be ambiguous.
一般來說，回答最好是完整的句子，而不是簡單的模棱兩可的“是”或“不是”。
Do you mind 課堂 - SpeakingMax英語口語達人

Pretty slim margins for dishing out meat loaf and Jell-O (or rather, sesame-crusted tuna).
FORBES: At your service