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Prefer

英式发音:[prɪ'fɜː] or [prɪ'fɝ] 美式发音

    (verb.) like better; value more highly; 'Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels'; 'We prefer sleeping outside'.

    (verb.) promote over another; 'he favors his second daughter'.

    (verb.) give preference to one creditor over another.

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Prefer

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  • I prefer unlucky things. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
  • If I must disgrace myself by such a bargain with any man, I prefer that it be one I already despise. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
  • I ask for information; I ask YOUR daughter; I prefer to speak to her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
  • Some prefer a preparation in the form of a paste, as follows: =Cherry Tooth Paste. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
  • Even at this day the ignorant denizens of the neighboring country prefer not to sleep in it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
  • Nothing could be more natural and proper than for my Professor to open a school, and for me to prefer to reside in my own estate. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
  • I prefer trying to report Mr. Franklin's discoveries, as nearly as may be, in Mr. Franklin's own words. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
  • I advanced; then paused by the crib side: my hand was on the curtain, but I preferred speaking before I withdrew it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
  • I am going to be a favourite: preferred before papa soon, I daresay. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
  • We can give Mr. Copperfield seventy-two, sir, if it would be preferred. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
  • I should have preferred writing my report, instead of communicating it by word of mouth. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
  • I have little doubt he would have preferred such an employment in his heart to all others. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
  • Now that he had reached a cooler moment he would have preferred a less hasty marriage; but the card was laid, and he determined to abide by the game. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
  • There was a seat for Mr. Peggotty too, but he preferred to stand, leaning his hand on the small rustic table. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
  • He had been to the Opera, and knew the merits of the principal actors, preferring Mr. Kean to Mr. Kemble. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
  • I shall be too busy for whist; I shall have two parishes, said the Vicar, preferring not to discuss the virtues of that game. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
  • Once, upon his preferring such an accusation, I turned upon him--I rose against him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
  • It was not a fashionable place, but even among the pleasant people there, the girls made few friends, preferring to live for one another. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
  • For the present Lord Steyne lives at Naples, preferring the view of the Bay and Capri and Vesuvius to the dreary aspect of the wall in Gaunt Square. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
  • Several hundred refused to sign their paroles, preferring to be sent to the North as prisoners to being sent back to fight again. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
  • It is painful and difficult to decide when we find two claimants thus directly in opposition to each other, and mutually preferring charges of falsehood and fraud. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
  • They say he will eat any thing he can get between meals, but he prefers oakum. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
  • Your mamma prefers other accomplishments, I fancy. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
  • It prefers the rule of its fri ends to the rule of a despot. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
  • He prefers to take as few people as possible into his confidence. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
  • They give one a lemon to squeeze into it, or iced milk, if he prefers it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
  • He prefers a mixture of forms of government to any single one. 柏拉图. 理想国.
  • Prefers carriage exercise. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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