prefer

preferpreferD.J.:[priˈfə:]K.K.:[prɪˈfɚ]vt.1.■选择某事物(而不选择他事物); 更喜欢She preferred that nobody should come to see her.她宁愿没有人来看她。I'd prefer vegetable.我宁愿吃蔬菜。He preferred to die instead of stealing.他宁愿死也不愿意偷窃。They prefer living in the suburbs.他们更愿意住在郊区。I should have preferred him to do it in a different way.我倒愿意他用另一种办法做。2.■对…起诉Since they are so young, the police have decided not to prefer charges.由于他们很年轻, 警方决定不对他们起诉。

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prefer[pri'fə:]vt.1.■提升；提拔；任命；录用；推荐；介绍：He was preferred to lieutenant.他被晋升为陆军中尉。2.■提出(请求、控诉等)；举报：We haven't enough evidence to prefer charges.我们没有进行起诉的充分证据。3.■宁可；宁愿(选择)；更喜欢；觉得还是…更可取：She chose Spain, but personally I'd prefer to go to France.她选择了西班牙，而我个人倒更愿意去法国。4.■优先偿付(某债权人)：a preferred share (或 stock)优先股5.■建议；申请：The young men seem to be preferring some request which the elder ones are indisposed to grant.年轻人似乎想提出某种年纪大的人不愿答应的要求。6.■倾向于要搭档所叫的两组以上牌的一组vi.1.■喜欢；愿意：We'll go to the Great Wall, if you prefer.你如果愿意的话，我们去长城。近义词choose变形vt.preferredpreferring

preferprefer[priˈfə:]vt.(preferred; preferring)1.■宁可, 宁愿(选择); 更喜欢; (比较起来)喜欢...(而不喜欢...)(to)2.■提出, 提起(声明、请求、控诉等)3.■提升, 提拔(to); 推荐, 介绍4.■【律】优先偿付(某债权人)5.■建议; 申请prefer doing to talking喜欢做而不喜欢说prefer to die rather than surrender宁死不屈prefer a charge against a person告发某人prefer a claim to property提出一项产业的要求prefer sb. for提拔某人为...preferred share [stock]【商】优先股I should prefer you not to stay [that you did not stay] there too long.我希望你不要在那儿呆得太久。Do you prefer coffee or tea?你喜欢咖啡还是茶?

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