而不是

• Ideas of earthly superiority are educational, not innate .
  尘世上优越的观念是来自教育，而不是与生俱来。
• Congress is a collegial and not a hierarchical body .
  国会是一个学院式的机构，而不是一个等级制度的机构。
• They guide their lives by reasoning more than by moral feeling .
  他们靠理性而不是靠道德感指导自己的生活。
• I was hoping for a lasting affair , not just a one-night stand .
  我希望的是长久恩爱，而不是一夜露水之欢。
• Deposition is usually episodic rather than smoothly continuous .
  沉积作用通常是周期性的而不是平稳连续的。
• He got his job through favouritism, not through ability .
  他是通过裙带关系而不是由于自己的能力找到工作的。
• You'll have to make a positive decision, not just let things slide .
  你必须作出积极的决定，而不是听其自然。
• It is the principle i contend for, not individual or private benefit .
  我奋斗争取的是原则而不是个人的私利。
• Their steps and movements were formal rather than difficult .
  芭蕾的舞步和舞姿有正规的形式，而不是难度很大。
• The abnormality mitral stenosis was in myocardium, not in the valve .
  二尖瓣狭窄的病变是在心肌而不是在瓣膜。