preferment

preferment

1. Some people like horseback ride, but I prefer golf as a hobby.

一些人喜欢马术,但是我宁愿把打高尔夫球作为一种业余爱好。

2. Generally speaking, I prefer lamb to pork.

一般地说,我喜欢羔羊肉胜过猪肉。

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

与其乘汽车旅行,我宁可走路。

4. He was hoping for preferment.

他希望获得提升。

5. His preferment pleased his many admirers.

他获升职,喜欢他的许多人都感到高兴。

6. 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。

7. 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?

8. Do you prefer milk chocolate or plain (chocolate)?

你喜欢牛奶巧克力还是纯巧克力?

9. Do you prefer grass or hard courts?

你喜欢草地球场还是硬地球场?

10. What type of house would you prefer to live in?

你喜爱住哪一类房子?

11. Do you prefer to stay at home?

你宁愿呆在家里吗?

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

你想要哪个,苹果还是橘子?

13. Do you prefer to have rice or buns?

你愿意吃饭还是吃馒头。

14. Which do you prefer, lamb chops or pork chops?

你比较喜欢小羊排,还是猪排?

15. Which brand of toothpaste do you prefer?

你爱用什么牌子的牙膏?

16. Have you settled on the wallpaper you prefer?

你选好你喜欢的壁纸了吗?

17. Of these alternatives, I prefer the former.

在这两者之间我愿选择前者。

18. The majority of people seem to prefer TV to radio.

多数人喜欢电视胜过广播。

19. Most customers prefer to choose cloth themselves, rather take the advice of the sale assistant.

大多数顾客更加愿意自己选择衣服,而不太爱采纳售货员的意见。

20. 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。

21. Nowadays, children often prefer watching TV to reading.

如今,儿童常爱看电视而不爱看书。

22. 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。

23. 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。

24. Personally, I prefer winter weather.

就个人而言,我喜欢冬天。

25. Even so, younger buyers and others who have been on the leading edge of trends continue to prefer Japanese cars in disproportionate numbers.

尽管如此,年轻的顾客以及走在时代潮流前面的人,仍然宁买日本汽车,其人数之众简直不成比例。

26. The british churchgoer prefer a severe preacher because he think a few home truth with do his neighbour no harm.

常去教堂的英国人更喜欢严格的布教者,因为他认为一些深刻的真理不至于伤害他的邻居。

27. Older people prefer ballads to pop music.

年纪大一些的人喜欢民歌,而不喜欢流行音乐。

28. Extroverts prefer lively conversation to brooding on the meaning of life.

性格外向的人喜欢高谈阔论,而不愿思索人生的意义。

29. I don't like the sick humour of some of today's comedy entertainers; I prefer the straightforward approach of a stand-up comedian.

我不喜欢当今一些喜剧表演者不健康的幽默,我喜欢滑稽说笑喜剧演员的直截了当。

30. 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。

31. I never use a single worm on the hook, prefer a cocktail of worm and maggot.

我从不单用一只虫作钓饵,而喜欢用虫和蛆的混合物。

32. We prefer to eat out.

我们比较喜欢上馆子吃饭。

33. I prefer notepaper without any line.

我喜欢不带条的便笺。

34. 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。

35. I prefer chemistry to physics.

我喜欢化学甚于物理。

36. I prefer classical music to pop music.

我喜欢古典音乐,不太喜欢流行音乐。

37. I prefer icecream and wafers.

我喜欢吃冰激凌和威化饼干。

38. I prefer vegetarian food.

我喜欢吃素食。

39. I prefer comedy to tragedy.

我喜欢喜剧而不喜欢悲剧。

40. I'd prefer a soft drink.

我喜欢喝软饮料。

41. I prefer to iron my shirts while they are still damp.

我喜欢在衬衫尚潮湿时熨烫。

42. I prefer the one in that quiet corner.

我喜欢在那安静角落里的那张桌子。

43. I prefer the quiet countryside to the noisy cities.

我喜欢安静的乡村胜过喧闹的城市。

44. I prefer the latter picture to the former.

我喜欢後一幅画甚於前一幅。

45. I prefer non-fiction to fiction.

我喜欢散文类的作品,不喜欢小说类的。

46. I prefer walking to cycling.

我喜欢步行更甚于骑自行车。

47. 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。

48. 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。

49. I prefer the dry humour of situation comedy to the slapstick of circus clowns.

我喜欢滑稽戏不动声色的幽默。不喜欢马戏小丑的低级滑稽。

50. I prefer the smaller one.

我喜欢较小的那一个。

51. I prefer this system of teaching English.

我喜欢这一种英语教授方法。

52. I prefer to sit (ie in a railway carriage) facing the engine.

我喜欢面朝机车坐(在火车车厢里).

53. I prefer landscape to still life.

我喜欢风景画,不喜欢静物画。

54. I prefer country life to city life.

我喜爱乡村生活,不喜爱城市生活。

55. I prefer seafood.

我喜爱海味。

56. I prefer science to the humanities.

我喜爱自然科学,不喜欢人文科学。

57. I prefer to live in a cold region.

我宁愿住在寒冷的地区。

58. I prefer to see animals living in their natural state.

我宁愿看处于野生状态的动物。

59. I would prefer to wait until tomorrow.

我宁愿等到明天。

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

我宁愿约翰打网球而不玩扑克牌。

61. I prefer to see animals in their natural habitat, rather than in zoos.

我宁愿观赏居住在自然栖息地里的动物,而不愿看关在动物园里的动物。

62. 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。

63. I prefer to stand on the sidelines and watch.

我宁肯当局外人旁观。

64. I've decided to resign but I'd prefer you to keep quiet about it.

我已决定辞职,你先别声张。

65. I'd prefer to too really back to normal, not seemingly so.

我希望你的身体能真正恢复正常,而不只是表面上有好转。

66. I'd prefer something secretarial.

我希望某种有关秘书事务的工作。

67. I would prefer a double-occupancy room shared with an American girl student.

我希望能和一个美国女生合用一个双人房间。

68. I tend to prefer have a holiday at seaside.

我往往更喜欢在海滨度假。

69. I prefer to travel in the front of the car.

我愿意坐在汽车的前面。

70. 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。

71. I prefer to live in small cities.

我更喜欢住在小城市里。

72. I prefer tea to coffee.

我更喜欢茶,而不是咖啡。

73. Personally speaking, I prefer the second candidate.

我本人喜欢第二个候选人。

74. 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。

75. I drink black coffee while he prefer it with cream.

我爱喝清咖啡而他喜欢加奶油的。

76. I prefer your original plan to this one.

我认为你原来的计画比这个好。

77. I prefer Gabardine.

我较喜欢华达呢。

78. I prefer fish to meat.

我较喜欢吃鱼。

79. Insert disk1 into drive A(or whatever drive you prefer).

把磁盘1插入到驱动器A中(或你想要插入的驱动器)。

80. Some people prefer sitting up to going to bed early.

有些人宁可熬夜,而不早睡。

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