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

• 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。
• 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。
• Some employers look upon a GED as inferior, preferring instead an actual high school diploma.
  有些雇主看待一个总部低贱，宁愿不要一个实际高中文凭。
• Dwarves are strong fighters, some preferring to forego armor and shields to wield two axes and pure rage.
  矮人是强壮的战士，有些甚至抛弃了战甲与盾牌的保护，而直接手舞双斧，狂怒般地作战。
• Retail investors remain extremely cautious on equities, preferring to flock to high-quality corporate bonds.
  散户投资者仍对股市极为谨慎，他们更愿意涌向高质量的公司债券。
• Characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life.
  有隐士特征的或宁愿选择孤独生活方式的。
• He hated the telephone, preferring to conduct a business discussion face to face.
  他讨厌电话，宁愿面对面地谈生意。
• I found myself preferring this style to pairing side-by-side in front of a screen.
  与在屏幕面前肩并肩地结对编程相比，我倾向于这种新的做法。
• Sellers, meanwhile, are reluctant to lower their prices, preferring to bide their time.
  同时，卖方也不愿降低他们的价格，宁愿等待他们的时机。
• First way code is more simple, but second way optimizes stack usage, which I am preferring in all my cases to deal with huge data without affecting the stack and the performance.
  第一种方法代码更简单，但第二种方法优化堆栈的使用，而我更喜欢我的所有案件处理不影响堆栈和性能庞大的数据。