preferred

Do you prefer to have rice or buns?

你愿意吃饭还是吃馒头。

One in ten say they preferred their old brand of margarine.

有十分之一的人说比较喜欢老牌子的人造黄油。

I can give you a round neckline if you prefer.

如果您喜欢我可以给您开个圆领口。

I prefer a sandy beach to a shingly one.

我喜欢沙滩，不喜欢遍布小圆石的海滩。

Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.

有的人不愿承认失败，而是宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。

I prefer the taste of chicken to that of other kinds of fowl.

我比较喜欢吃鸡而较不喜欢其他种类的家禽。

He preferred be treated as an ordinary worker.

他宁愿被当成普通工人看待。

I tend to prefer have a holiday at seaside.

我往往更喜欢在海滨度假。

Do you prefer grass or hard courts?

你喜欢草地球场还是硬地球场？

I prefer soccer commentator to report a match blow by blow.

我宁愿足球比赛广播实况播音员详尽地报导比赛。

He said he preferred country life to city life.

他说他喜欢乡下生活，而不喜欢都市生活。

I prefer chemistry to physics.

我喜欢化学甚于物理。

I prefer to travel in the front of the car.

我愿意坐在汽车的前面。

He preferred to read the documents in the privacy of his study.

他比较喜欢在书房里无干扰的情况下阅读文件。

Of those polled, seven out of ten said they preferred brown bread.

那些被调查者十人中有七人说他们比较爱吃黑面包。

I prefer to see animals living in their natural state.

我宁愿看处于野生状态的动物。

I prefer non-fiction to fiction.

我喜欢散文类的作品，不喜欢小说类的。

I prefer notepaper without any line.

我喜欢不带条的便笺。

I prefer the latter picture to the former.

我喜欢後一幅画甚於前一幅。

Of these alternatives, I prefer the former.

在这两者之间我愿选择前者。

I'd prefer something secretarial.

我希望某种有关秘书事务的工作。

Generally speaking, I prefer lamb to pork.

一般地说，我喜欢羔羊肉胜过猪肉。

For various reasons I'd prefer not to meet him.

由于各种原因，我不愿见他。

I drink black coffee while he prefer it with cream.

我爱喝清咖啡而他喜欢加奶油的。

I prefer to live in small cities.

我更喜欢住在小城市里。

I would prefer to wait until tomorrow.

我宁愿等到明天。

I'd prefer a shower to a bathtub, if possible.

如果可能的话，我更喜欢带淋浴的房间。

In politics Britain has preferred evolution to revolution.

在政治上，英国喜欢渐进而不喜欢革命。

I prefer to keep clear of town during the rush-hour.

我不愿意在交通拥挤的时间去市区。

I prefer John's playing tennis to his playing cards.

我宁愿约翰打网球而不玩扑克牌。

I prefer classical music to pop music.

我喜欢古典音乐，不太喜欢流行音乐。

I prefer your original plan to this one.

我认为你原来的计画比这个好。

The majority of people seem to prefer TV to radio.

多数人喜欢电视胜过广播。

Rather than travel by car, I'd prefer to walk.

与其乘汽车旅行，我宁可走路。

Which do you prefer, life on land or life afloat?

你喜欢哪一种生活，陆上生活还是水上生活？

Personally, I prefer winter weather.

就个人而言，我喜欢冬天。

I prefer science to the humanities.

我喜爱自然科学，不喜欢人文科学。

I prefer icecream and wafers.

我喜欢吃冰激凌和威化饼干。

Personally speaking, I prefer the second candidate.

我本人喜欢第二个候选人。

I prefer landscape to still life.

我喜欢风景画，不喜欢静物画。

I prefer the one in that quiet corner.

我喜欢在那安静角落里的那张桌子。

I prefer a sandy beach to a shingle one.

我喜欢沙滩，不喜欢遍布小石子的海滩。

Of those poll, seven out of ten say they preferred brown bread.

那些被调查者十人中有七人说他们比较爱吃黑面包。

Which one do you prefer, an apple or an orange?

你想要哪个，苹果还是橘子？

Nowadays, children often prefer watching TV to reading.

如今，儿童常爱看电视而不爱看书。

He chose Germany, but personally I'd prefer to go to Spain.

他选择了德国，而我个人倒更喜欢西班牙。

He grew up in the country, but then found he preferred the bright lights.

他在乡村长大，但後来觉得很喜欢繁华的都市生活。

I prefer to snack when I'm travelling rather than have a full meal.

我旅行时喜欢吃小吃而不吃正餐。

A/The majority of people seem to prefer TV to radio.

大部分人似乎喜欢看电视而不喜欢听收音机。

I prefer Burgundy to claret.

我喜欢勃艮第葡萄酒，不喜欢波尔多产的葡萄酒。