prefer
vt. 更喜欢；宁愿；提出；提升
vi. 喜欢；愿意
vt.
更喜欢；提升，提拔；给予（债权人）优先权；提出（控告）
vi.
更喜欢，宁愿；
变形
过去式：preferred过去分词：preferred现在分词：preferring第三人称单数：prefers
双语释义
v.(动词)vt. 更喜欢 choose one thing or action rather than another; like better
vt. 提出; 建议 put forward for official consideration or action according to law
英英释义
prefer[ pri'fə: ]
v.
like better; value more highly
"Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"
select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative
同义词：chooseopt
promote over another
同义词：favorfavour
give preference to one creditor over another
词汇搭配
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
prefer buns更喜欢吃馒头
prefer classic music更喜欢古典音乐
prefer country life更喜欢乡村的生活
prefer new works更喜欢新作品
prefer popular music更喜欢流行音乐
prefer rice更喜欢吃米饭
prefer some requests提出要求
prefer tea更喜欢喝茶
prefer the general approach更喜欢一般性的处理方法
prefer vegetable宁愿吃蔬菜
prefer winter weather更喜欢冬天的天气
～+副词
prefer cautiously小心翼翼地提出
prefer conscientiously诚心诚意地提出
prefer emotionally激动地提出
prefer instinctively本能地提出
prefer manfully果断地提出
prefer openly公开提出
prefer overwhelmingly极其喜欢
prefer particularly尤其提出
prefer personally个人宁愿
prefer politically政治上宁可
prefer reasonably明智地提出
prefer remarkably不平常地提出
prefer ruthlessly无情地提出
prefer savagely野蛮地提出
prefer scathingly不留情地提出
prefer selectively有选择地提出
prefer sharply尖刻地提出
prefer ultimately最后提出
prefer unaccountably莫名其妙地提出
prefer unexpectedly意外地提出
prefer unthinkingly不假思索地提出
～+介词
prefer above all others最喜欢的
prefer charges against sb对某人提出控告
prefer to比起…更喜欢…
prefer fish to meat喜欢吃鱼而不喜欢吃肉
prefer to singing比较喜欢唱歌
prefer death to surrender宁死不屈
词组短语
would prefer宁愿；更喜欢
prefer to do宁可做某事；更喜欢做某事
prefer doing喜欢做某事
同近义词辨析
love, fancy, enjoy, prefer, like, adore这组词都有“喜欢、喜爱”的意思，其区别是：
love不但表示强烈的喜欢，而且含依恋之情，因此多用于能激起深厚情感的人或物。
fancy指喜爱投合自己心意、嗜好或欲望等的人或物。
enjoy指对能提供感观或智力上满足或快乐的东西表示欣赏或喜爱。
prefer指有选择性或偏向性的喜欢。
like最常用词，往往只表不太强烈的兴趣或关注，不带强烈的感情，除非另加修饰语。
adore非正式用词，口语体。指非常喜爱，带强烈的感情色彩。
elect, select, pick, prefer, choose, opt这组词都有“选择”的意思，其区别是：
elect指按照一定的规章或法律，用投票等方式进行的认真慎重的选择。
select书面用词，具有庄严、正式的感情色彩。强调精选。
pick口语用词，多指从个人角度仔细挑选，也含任意挑选之意。
prefer强调个人偏爱，不一定有选择的行动。
choose普通用词，侧重根据个人意愿和判断从众多的对象中进行选择，着重被选者的优点。
opt多指在几种可能性之间进行选择。
双语例句
用作及物动词(vt.)
I would prefer to stay home rather than go out on such a rainy day.
在这种雨天，我宁可待在家也不出门。
All this gracious living is not for me；I prefer the simple life.
这种优裕的生活对我不合适；我还是更喜欢简朴的生活。
Which one do you prefer, an apple or an orange?
你想要哪个，苹果还是橘子？
Police preferred charges against him for theft.
警方指控他有偷窃行为。
权威例句
Why companies prefer to use expatriatesDo Hungry People Prefer More Mature Mates?
Four-month-old infants prefer to listen to motherese.
Female Zebra Finches Prefer Males with Symmetric Chest Plumage
On human bonding : newborns prefer their mother's voices
Study shows patients prefer iPads to doctors when discussing surgery
Algorithm Appreciation: People Prefer Algorithmic To Human Judgment
Do Institutional Investors Prefer Near‐Term Earnings over Long‐Run Value?
DeCaspar, A.J. & Fifer, W.P. Of human bonding: newborns prefer their mothers' voice. Science 208, 1174-1176
Nouvelles sequences exprimmees de maniere preferentielle dans le developpement de semences precoces et procedes afferants
prefer
prefer: [14] To prefer one thing is etymologically to ‘carry it before’ others. The word comes via Old French preferer from Latin praeferre ‘set before’, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae- ‘before’ and ferre ‘carry’ (source of English fertile and related to bear).=> bear
prefer (v.)
late 14c., "to put forward or advance in rank or fortune, to promote," from Old French preferer (14c.) and directly from Latin praeferre "place or set before, carry in front," from prae "before" (see pre-) + ferre "to carry, to place" (see infer). Meaning "to esteem (something) more than others" also is recorded from late 14c. Original sense in English is preserved in preferment.
1. I prefer this to that.
我宁愿要这个， 不要那个。
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2. I prefer this to that.
与那个相比，我更喜欢这个。
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3. Whose do you prefer?
你更喜欢谁的?。
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4. But… : But what… but I prefer our school!
但是，但是什么…但是我更喜欢我们的学校！
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5. Which do you prefer and why?
你更喜欢哪种，为什么?。
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6. EDIT - For those of you who prefer results by region, I can do that too.
对于那些你喜欢的结果通过区域的编辑，我也能做这些。 。
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7. I prefer the smaller one.
我更喜欢较小的一种。
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8. I prefer to go out rather than stay beside the desk.
我宁愿出去外面跑也不愿意呆在桌子旁边工作。
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9. Lucy: Absolutely. Some of my friends have all such experiences. But I prefer to go out by myself.
当然了。我的一些朋友都有这方面的经验呢。但是，我还是更喜欢自己外出呢。
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10. I prefer not to go.
我宁愿不去。
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11. Which one do you prefer, this sweater or that blouse?
你喜欢哪个，这件毛衣还是那件上衣？
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12. So for me, I still prefer the arrangement of the randomness of the dormitory, because such choice, represents the possibility of more.
所以对于我来说，我还是更喜欢随机性的宿舍安排方式，因为这样的选择，代表了更多的可能性。
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13. Everyone has certain likes and dislikes, and there is no denying that we all prefer to do the things that we like.
每个人都有某些自己喜欢和不喜欢的事，而且不可否认的是，我们都比较喜欢做自己喜欢做的事。
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14. Do you prefer meat or seafood?
你更喜欢吃肉，还是海鲜？
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15. Do you prefer the red one or the green one?
你更喜欢红色那个还是绿色那个？
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16. We prefer mangoes and rice .
我更喜欢芒果和米饭。
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17. But for me, I prefer watching TV than Singing.
但是对我来所，比起唱歌，我更喜欢看电视。
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18. Some love to be doctors, while others prefer to be scientists.
有些喜欢成为医生，而另一些人更喜欢成为科学家。
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19. I prefer saying "with reason" to "rational".
相比“理性”，我更喜欢说“有根据”。
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20. I like DVDs, but I prefer seeing movies in the theater.
我喜欢看影碟，但我更喜欢在电影院看电影。
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21. Do you prefer working alone or with other people as part of a team?
你喜欢单独工作还是作为团队的一分子与其他人共同工作?。
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22. For me, maybe I will prefer novel, because I like reading all the time.
对我来说，也许我会比较喜欢看小说，因为我一直都很喜欢阅读。
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23. Which do you prefer, food from north China or south China?
你更喜欢哪一个，中国的北方食物还是南方食物？
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24. I prefer the British.
我更喜欢英国的。
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25. But I prefer to go to Sanya during that time.
但我更喜欢在那段时间去三亚。
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26. I prefer the term rampaging thugs.
我更喜欢狂暴徒这个词。
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27. We prefer packing in smaller cases.
我们宁愿用小箱子包装。
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28. Do you prefer travelling by night or by day?
你喜欢在夜间旅行，还是在白天旅行？
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29. I prefer the first one because this kind of learning is systematic and formal.
我更喜欢第一个，因为这种学习是系统的和正式的。
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30. I prefer the first one because this kind of learning is systematic and formal.
我更喜欢第一个，因为这种学习是系统的和正式的。
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31. Engineers prefer to see the gears and levers and valves because it helps them understand what is going on inside the machine.
工程师喜欢见到齿轮、控制杆和阀门，因为这样可以帮助他们理解机器内部的工作方式。
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32. Given sufficient time, we prefer more formal usability testing. Usability tests determine how well a design allows users to accomplish their tasks.
如果有足够的时间，我们更倾向于做正式的可用性测试，可用性测试可以来判断一个设计在多大程度上可以帮助用户来完成具体任务。
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33. These requirements can be thought of as consisting of objects, actions, and contexts.11 And remember, as we discuss above, we prefer not to think of requirements as identical to features or tasks.
这些需求包括对象和动作，以及情境 ①。 注意，正如先前讨论过的，我们不倾向于将需求等同于功能和任务。
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34. Idiosyncratically Modal Behavior Many times user testing indicates that a user population divides relatively equally on the effectiveness of an idiom. Half of the users clearly prefer one idiom, whereas the other half prefers another.
经过大量的用户测试显示，在一个习惯用法的有效性上，用户相对均等地分为两部分，一半用户明显喜欢一种习惯用法；而另一半更喜欢另一种。
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35. Students now prefer vocational subjects such as e-commerce.
现在的学生偏爱职业化的学科，例如电子商务。
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36. Other people find this procedure difficult and prefer a way to accomplish it without having to hold the mouse button down while they drag.
另外一些人认为这个操作规程很难，他们更喜欢不需要在拖动的同时按住鼠标的操作方式。
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37. If the data is not conclusive or the characteristic is not important to the design or its acceptance, we prefer to err on the side of gender, ethnic, age, and geographic diversity.
如果数据不是结论性的，或者特征对于设计或者可接受性来说不重要，我们宁愿选择不同于性别、人种、年龄和地理分布的另外数据。
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38. As you might guess, we prefer the evolutionary step. (Luckily, as you will see, in recent years, many other designers have already generated some momentum in this direction.) A stopgap solution
你也可能会正确地猜到，我们更喜欢革命式飞跃（令人欣喜的是，你可能也注意到了，近年来很多设计者已经在这个方向上迈出了有力的步伐）。
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39. Even beginners, not to mention perpetual intermediates, like to put their own personal stamps on a program, changing it so that it looks or acts the way they prefer, uniquely suiting their tastes.
先不用提永久的中间用户，即使是新手用户，也喜欢在程序上打上自己个性的烙印。 将其改变成他们喜欢的外观或行为方式，适合他们的独特口味。
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40. We prefer the term perpetual intermediates, because although beginners quickly improve to become intermediates, they seldom go on to become experts.
因为新手虽然能很快进步成为中间用户，但他们很少能够继续成为专家。
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