| 单词 | prefer |
| 释义 | Word family noun preference adjective preferable preferential verb prefer adverb preferably preferentially pre·fer /prɪˈfɜː $ -ˈfɜːr/ ●●● S2 W2 verb (preferred, preferring) [transitive] 1 PREFERto like someone or something more than someone or something else, so that you would choose it if you could 更喜欢 → preference This type of owl prefers a desert habitat. 这种猫头鹰更喜欢沙漠的生活环境。 She prefers her coffee black. 她更喜欢喝黑咖啡。 the government’s preferred option 政府倾向的选择prefer somebody/something to somebody/something a child that prefers his imaginary world to reality 喜欢自己的幻想世界甚于现实世界的孩子 Employees said they would prefer more flexible working hours. 员工们说他们希望有更具弹性的工作时间。prefer to do something I prefer to wear clothes made of natural fibers. 我更喜欢穿天然织物做的衣服。 Or, if you prefer, you can email us. 或者，你喜欢的话，可以给我们发电子邮件。prefer doing something Chantal prefers travelling by train. 尚塔尔更喜欢乘火车旅行。prefer that We prefer that our teachers have a degree in early childhood education. 我们希望我们的教师拥有儿童早期教育的学位。 RegisterIn everyday English, people often say they would rather do something instead of using prefer: 在日常英语中,表示更喜欢做某事,人们常说would rather,而不说prefer I prefer to travel by train. → I’d rather travel by train. 我更喜欢坐火车旅行。2 I would prefer it if spoken a) PREFERused to say that you wish a situation was different 我更愿意[希望] Sales have gone down, and obviously we’d prefer it if that didn’t happen. 销售下滑了，显然我们是不希望这样的。 b) NOT DO somethingused when telling someone politely not to do something 我希望〔用于礼貌地告诉别人不要做某事〕 I’d prefer it if you didn’t smoke in front of the children. 我希望你不要在孩子面前抽烟。3. prefer charges British English lawSCL to make an official statement that someone has done something illegal 起诉，提出控告n GrammarPatterns with prefer• You prefer to do something: I prefer to read a book. ✗Don’t say: I prefer read a book.• You prefer doing something: We prefer going abroad for our vacation. ✗Don’t say: We prefer go abroad.• You say that you would prefer it if someone did something: We would prefer it if you didn’t tell anyone. ✗Don’t say: We would prefer it if you don’t tell anyone.Using the progressivePrefer is not used in the progressive in meaning 1. You say: I prefer the blue one. ✗Don’t say: I am preferring the blue one.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusprefer• "Which restaurant shall we go to?'' "I really don't mind. Whichever one you prefer.''• Gina could crawl in beside them or sleep on the sofa downstairs if she preferred.• You can ask to speak to a lesbian if you prefer.• A dedicated bread eater will usually prefer a dense, sour, small, moist, round pumpernickel to a light rye.• Which color do you prefer - blue or red?• Which bread do you prefer, brown or white?• She doesn't like romantic fiction -- she much prefers detective stories.• I'm beginning to like Japanese food. I certainly prefer rice to potatoes.• Brad Pitt? Oh no, I much prefer Russell Crowe!• Dave wants to go to New York again, but I'd prefer somewhere more exotic.• If invested instead in bonds or preferred stock, that same dollar would be worth less than $ 1,000.• She preferred the sizzling animosity between them to this ... this awkwardness.• French people usually prefer to buy goods that are made in France.• He would prefer to help boost poor working families' incomes through tax breaks.• Cops and gangsters alike prefer to see pachinko remain uneasily in limbo.• Most of my friends take the bus to school, but I prefer to walk.• When I wrote to congratulate him on the latter, he telephoned, which he apparently preferred to writing.• Mark likes lying on the beach, but I prefer visiting museums.• She seems to prefer watching soap operas to talking to me.prefer that• Clearly, most men would prefer that battles pass them by completely.• I personally would have preferred that decision to already have been taken.• We prefer that famed political motto of the Reagan administration: Mistakes were made.• She would have preferred that none of this take place..• I should prefer that the appointments are not given to the governors of the banks of individual member states.• Some companies prefer that their top executives have specialized backgrounds and hire individuals who are managers in other organizations.• Be decided from the outset - they prefer that, then they know what they can expect from you.• I would however prefer that you got as much advice as possible from the books first.Origin prefer (1300-1400) French préférer, from Latin praeferre “to put in front, prefer”pre·fer verb →n GRAMMAR1 →REGISTER1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable something or someone to than Corpus more someone like |
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