preferring

英 [prɪˈfɜːrɪŋ]

美 [prɪˈfɜːrɪŋ]

v.  较喜欢; 喜欢…多于…
prefer的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 更喜欢；偏好
  If youprefersomeone 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.
  1. Does he prefer a particular sort of music?...
     他有特别喜欢的音乐吗？
  2. I became a teacher because I preferred books and people to politics...
     我当了老师，因为我更喜欢书本和人而不是权术。
  3. I prefer to go on self-catering holidays...
     我喜欢膳食自助的度假。
  4. I would prefer him to be with us next season...
     我更希望他下一个赛季和我们在一起。
  5. Bob prefers making original pieces rather than reproductions...
     鲍勃更喜欢创作原创作品，而不是制作复制品。
  6. The woodwork's green now. I preferred it blue...
     这个木制品现在是绿色的。我更喜欢它是蓝色的。
  7. Her own preferred methods of exercise are hiking and long cycle rides.
     她自己喜欢徒步旅行和骑自行车长途旅行这样的运动方式。

Note thatprefercan often sound rather formal in ordinary conversation. Verbal expressions such aslike…betterandwould ratherare used more frequently. For example, instead of saying 'I prefer football to tennis', you can say 'I like football better than tennis', instead of 'I'd prefer an apple', you can say 'I'd rather have an apple', and instead of 'I'd prefer to walk', you can say 'I'd rather walk'.
注意，prefer在日常对话中听起来往往很正式，像like…better和would rather这样的口头表达更为常用。例如，我们一般用I like football better than tennis（我更喜欢足球，而不太喜欢网球）代替 I prefer football to tennis，用 I'd rather have an apple（我宁愿吃苹果）代替 I'd prefer an apple，用 I'd rather walk（我宁愿走路）代替 I'd prefer to walk。

双语例句

• We read and studied out of doors, preferring the sunlit woods to the house.
  我们通常都会到户外阅读和学习，沐浴在阳光摇曳的树林里要比待在房子里好得多。
• Mr McCombe also likes China, preferring economies that are diversified and have a proactive approach to fiscal stimulus.
  麦国彬也看好中国，他青睐那些多样化并积极施行财政刺激的经济体。
• He eschewed market researchers and focus groups, preferring to trust his own instincts when evaluating potential new products.
  他在评估和开发潜在新产品的时候总是拒绝使用市场调研以及观察机构，而更乐意相信他自己的直觉。
• Oh dont be silly, Grandmother said. I wont think about your grandfather preferring his coffee any differently.
  噢，别傻了，奶奶说，我从来没想过你爷爷会喜欢什么不一样的咖啡。
• Mr Yang, who by all accounts is pleasant and unassuming in private, has always left management blocking and tackling to others, preferring to be a cultural and technological guardian.
  在所有人的描述中，杨致远私下里表现的令人愉快和谦逊，他一直把管理设计和处理交给其他人，他更乐意做一个文化和技术的守护人。
• They will not find consumers ignorant or preferring to disregard issues such as safety and emissions.
  中国本土品牌遇到的海外消费者，不会对安全与排放这些重要指标不明就里或者视而不见。
• Douglas held his tongue, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue.
  道格拉斯沉默不语，不愿谈论政治敏感问题。
• Guscott rarely speaks out, preferring to keep his own counsel.
  古斯科特很少发表意见，他更喜欢把自己的看法埋在心里。
• I'm more of a freewheeling adventurer preferring to travel in the mountains all by myself.
  我是一个独来独注的冒险家，喜欢一个人在山中闲逛。
• HP seems less willing-at least for now-to embrace such openness, preferring to use its in-house operating system.
  惠普则似乎不大愿意接受这种开放性，至少目前不情愿，它宁愿采用内部操作系统。