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preferred

preferred
[英] [priˈfə:d] [美] [prɪˈfɚd] 生词本

adj.

v.

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1. VERB 更喜欢；偏好 If you prefer someone or something, you like that person or thing better than another, and so you are more likely to choose them if there is a choice. 

  • Does he prefer a particular sort of music?...

    他有特别喜欢的音乐吗？

  • I became a teacher because I preferred books and people to politics...

    我当了老师，因为我更喜欢书本和人而不是权术。

  • I prefer to go on self-catering holidays...

    我喜欢膳食自助的度假。

Usage Note :

Note that prefer can often sound rather formal in ordinary conversation. Verbal expressions such as like…better and would rather are used more frequently. For example, instead of saying 'I prefer football to tennis', you can say 'I like football better than tennis', instead of 'I'd prefer an apple', you can say 'I'd rather have an apple', and instead of 'I'd prefer to walk', you can say 'I'd rather walk'.

注意，prefer在日常对话中听起来往往很正式，像like…better和would rather这样的口头表达更为常用。例如，我们一般用I like football better than tennis（我更喜欢足球，而不太喜欢网球）代替 I prefer football to tennis，用 I'd rather have an apple（我宁愿吃苹果）代替 I'd prefer an apple，用 I'd rather walk（我宁愿走路）代替 I'd prefer to walk。

Adjective

1. more desirable than another;

  • "coffee is preferable to tea"
  • "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"

2. preferred above all others and treated with partiality;

  • "the favored child"

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1. He preferred to die instead of stealing.
他宁愿死也不愿意偷窃。

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2. He preferred to die rather than surrender to the enemy.
他宁死也不愿向敌人投降。

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3. He preferred to stick with the common herd.
他愿意紧随群众。

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4. He was preferred to captain.
他被提升为队长。

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5. I asked Jack for his political views, but he said he preferred to hold aloof.
我问起杰克的政治观点，他说他宁可避而不谈。

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6. I should have preferred him to do it in a different way.
我倒愿意他用另一种办法做。

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7. Most Chinese preferred tea to coffee.
茶和咖啡相比大多数中国人更喜欢喝茶。

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8. She had had many proposals but preferred to remain single.
许多人向她求过婚，但她愿过独身生活。

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9. She preferred that nobody should come to see her.
她宁愿没有人来看她。

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10. Summer was alright,but he much preferred the autumn.
夏天还可以，但他更加喜欢秋天。

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11. You may well need to look outside your preferred area to find affordable accommodation.
你或许需要到你心仪的地区以外的地方去看看是否有能住得起的房子。

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