Africa is a continent, but Greenland is not.

非洲是大陆, 而格陵兰是。

My brother is of the acquiescent rather than the militant type.

我弟弟是属于服从型而是好斗型。

So I gave it up – cold turkey, because I'm an abstainer not a moderator.

于是，我戒了--完全斩断，因为我是一名"戒除者“而是”适度者“。

They differ in degree but not in kind.

他们是程度同, 而是同。

I'm working on the broad business vision here, not pettifogging little details.

我做是关于业务总体前景工作，而是些鸡毛蒜皮事儿。

They sensibly invested their prize money rather than spending it.

他们明智地把奖金用于投资而是花掉。

In review a novel, you shall try to titillate rather than satiate the reader’s interest.

评论一本小说时候，你应想办法刺激而是满足读者兴趣。

The opposite problem—an excess of patriotism, not xenophilia—may scupper Bharti's deal with MTN.

另外一个问题，过度爱国主义而是崇洋媚外，可能使巴哈提和MTN谈判成为泡影。

In the art world good publicity is the name of the game, not talent.

在艺术界，做好宣传是关键，而是才华。

Her niece, an extremely voluble young woman,engages in soliloquies, not conversations.

她侄女是一个极其善谈、说起话来绝年轻妇人，她总是在独白，而是对话。

"This well-known linguistic learned tribal languages in the field, not from books in the library."

"这位著名语言学家是在实地学会部落语言,而是在图书馆书籍上学会。"

In this factory the bottles are filled mechanically; no hand touches them.

这个工厂是用机器装瓶, 而是用手。

Soon Jonas will have to learn to accept euro coins instead of escudos.

牠马上就得学着接受欧元，而是葡币。

Do you start the day with a yawn instead of a smile?

你每天是是以一个哈欠开始工作,而是满面笑容?

As a qualified lawyer, he has to assimilate the facts, not just remember them.

作为一名称职律师,应该理解这些事实,而是仅仅记住它们。

His efforts involved thought experiments and analogies, rather than detailed experimentation.

他所进行是思维实验及类推，而是细致实验。

Lethal dwarfism syndromes are associated with brachycephaly or clover-leaf skull deformity rather than dolichocephaly.

致死侏儒与短头畸形、三叶草头有关，而是长头。

Our party believes in encouraging cultural diversity, not diversion.

我们党鼓励多种文化，而是文化分歧。

I had waded ditches instead of attempting to find easier crossing places.

我蹚过水沟，而是试图寻找更容易穿越地方。

Sports, and not learning, seem to dominate in the school.

似乎是运动而是学习在那所学校占重要地位。