prefer

英[prɪˈfɜː(r)]美[prɪˈfɜːr]

v.较喜欢；

第三人称单数：prefers;

过去式：preferred;

过去分词：preferred;

现在分词：preferring;

例句

Please don't think I mistrust you, but I would prefer to have our agreement in black and white.请别以为我不相信你们, 不过, 我还是认为我们应把协议写成书面形式为好。

Do you prefer sweet or savoury food?你喜欢甜食还是咸食？

For holidays, I prefer the relative seclusion of the countryside.度假的时候，我较喜欢乡间相对的幽静。

Please don’t think I mistrust you,but I would prefer to have our agreement in black and white.请别以为我不相信你们,不过,我还是认为我们应把协议写成书面形式为好。

The play is okay, but I still prefer the book.戏还可以, 可我仍愿读原著。

What shampoo do you prefer?你喜欢哪种洗发香波?

We'll go to the Great Wall, if you prefer.你如果愿意的话，我们去长城。

We haven't enough evidence to prefer charges.我们没有进行起诉的充分证据。

Since they are so young, the police have decided not to prefer charges.由于他们很年轻, 警方决定不对他们起诉。

They prefer living in the suburbs.他们更愿意住在郊区。

英语六级真题

They gradually lose the habit of migrating in winterThey prefer rubbish dumps far away to those at home.

I'd much prefer to have my data used by the maximum number of people to ask their own questions, she says.

When the Pew Research Center recently asked American parents to identify their"ideal"life arrangement,47 percent of mothers said they would prefer to work park-time and 20percent said they would prefer not to work at all.

Most mothers do not aspire to (向往) elite,competitive full-time positions: the Swedish policies have given them the freedom and opportunity to live the lives they prefer.

Fathers answered differently:75 percent preferred full-time work.

Why do people in wealthy countries prefer to have fewer children?

We think this is the way the future is going to work," said Kyle Dickson, co-director of research and the mobile learning initiative at Abilene Christian University in Texas, which has bought more than 600 iPhones and 300 iPods for students Although plenty of students take their laptops to class, they don't take them everywhere and would prefer something lighter

He prefers to keep his gardening skills to himself.

She would prefer to start writing about something more interesting and less unpleasant such as local news or politics, maybe next year Florence Hayes Green Ville 32 What is Florence Hayes' main responsibility as a journalist

What would Florence Hayes prefer to do

He prefers teaching to administrative work.

"I'd much prefer to have my data used by the maximum number of people to ask their own questions," she says.

Asian women prefer to avoid the sun, because being pale or white is considered beautiful, whereas a tanned complexion is considered much more beautiful and sexy in the West.

first of all, small is beautiful: people definitely prefer working for smaller organizations or companies with less than 100 staff.

It's likely you prefer to feel happy instead of sad or confident instead of insecure.

One of the most effective ways to change an attitude is to start behaving as if you already feel and think the way you'd prefer to.

Otherwise, we can send a gift card by mail if you prefer.

That's not to say that risk is always good, but it is related to taking action, whereas decision fatigue assuredly leads to inaction and the possible chagrin of a decision maker who might otherwise prefer a new course but is unfortunately hindered.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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.

例句

英汉词典释义

vt.

选择某事物(而不选择他事物); 更喜欢

对…起诉

提升；提拔；任命；录用；；介绍

提出(请求、控诉等)；举报

优先偿付(某债权人)

建议；申请

vi.

喜欢；愿意

英英词典释义

Verb

1. like better; value more highly;

2. select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative;

3. promote over another;

4. give preference to one creditor over another

行业词典

法律： 申请；