而是要 in English translation

• but about
• but want
• rather it needs
• but would
• but to get
• but to do
• but should

Examples of using 而是要 in Chinese and their translations into English

不要为每件事付出代价，而是要为你每天使用的高级工具买单。
Don't try to pay for everything, but pay for the premium tools you would use daily.

这不仅仅是保持人们活着，而是要保持某人的生活质量，大脑功能和内部器官。
It's not just about keeping people alive, but you want to maintain's someone's quality of life, brain function and internal organs.".

这项倡议的目的并不是要建立新的机制，而是要使得世贸组织能够与其他机构共同努力来执行工作方案。
The initiative was not about creating new mechanisms, but rather about enabling WTO to work with others on implementing a work programme.

不，我们不会摧毁家庭，而是要首次在历史上使真正的家庭成为可能。
No, we are not going to destroy the home, but we are going to make the home possible for the first time in history.39.

谁不想执行，而是要促进其他技能，如套，服装，灯光和声音的学生，也鼓励他们积极参与。
Students who don't want to perform, but would like to contribute other skills such as sets, costuming, lights and sound, are also encouraged to participate.

学习者不会被告知去执行哪个行动，而是要他自己去发现哪种行动将产生最大的回报。
The learner is not told which actions to take, but instead must discover which actions yield the most reward by trying them.

在另一个极端，未来派说基督再来的前兆还没有出现，而是要在将来出现。
At the other extreme, futurism says that the precursors to Christ's return haven't appeared yet, but will appear in the future.

你可以向警察告密，从而发个洋财，但是，如果那样的话，你家的女儿就不是得到一个丈夫，而是要丢失一个父亲。
You can inform the police and make your fortune but then your daughter would lose a father rather than gain a husband.

经过这次的事,我学到不该相信爱情,而是要相信自己。
Through this situation, I have learned that I should not trust love, but I should trust myself.

你们瞧，我的希望从来不是创建一家公司，而是要产生影响。
You see, my hope was never to build a company, but to make an impact.”.

基督说：“我从天上下来，不是要随自己的意思，而是要遵行差我来者的旨意。
Jesus said, I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

企业建设自己的网站不是摆设，而是要从中获得效益。
Companies don't build their own website, but they need to benefit from it.

会议期间予以澄清的是，报告不提供任何现有的评估，而是要突出强调进行评估的最佳做法。
It was clarified during the meeting that the report would not provide any of the existing assessments, but rather would highlight the best practices in conducting assessments.

我在这里给出的建议是，不要花太多努力去赚一种钱，而是要以不同的方式赚钱。
What I'm suggesting here is not so much to try harder to make money but to try to make money in a different way.

这就意味着沙特君主不再给弟兄会和传统的瓦哈比派伊斯兰教自由支配，而是要控制它。
This meant the Saudi monarch could no longer give the Ikhwan and the traditional Wahhabi interpretation of Islam free rein, but had to control it.

必须强调指出，这项国际文书并不是要建立一套新的标准，而是要强化国际法的现有原则。
It is important to emphasize that such an international instrument would not establish a new set of standards but rather would reinforce existing principles of international law.

未来不是固定在那里等你趋近的，而是要靠你创造。
The future is not fixed there waiting for you to approach, but depends on you to create.

Stuxnet的目标不是要破坏，而是要控制工业过程。
The goal of Stuxnet was not to destroy but to take the control of the industrial process.

该公司强调，它的设计初衷并不是要成为一个流媒体平台，而是要整合到现有平台中。
The company stresses that it is not designed to be a streaming platform- but instead will be integrated into existing ones.

我说服了她，不要自杀，而是要让宝宝卖掉N500,000。
I convinced her that rather than kill yourself, have the baby so that you could sell it for N500,000.