prefer
v. 较喜欢
If you prefer someone 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.
Does he prefer a particular sort of music?...
他有特别喜欢的音乐吗?
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。
1. like better; value more highly;
2. select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative;
3. promote over another;
4. give preference to one creditor over another
choose, select, elect, pick, prefer, opt
这些动词均含有"选择"之意。
like, love, enjoy, fancy, adore, prefer
这些动词都有"喜欢,喜爱"之意。
I would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than driving all the way to your mother's.
我觉得与其开车跑那么远到你母亲那里去度周末,还不如呆在家里.
I prefer tea to coffee.
我喜欢茶而不喜欢咖啡.
Of the two choices, I prefer the latter.
在两种中选择, 我要后者.
What shampoo do you prefer?
你喜欢哪种洗发香波?
I prefer quality to quantity.
我重质量胜过重数量.