prefer的中文翻译是什么意思

prefer

US/prɪˈfɜːr/
UK/prɪˈfɜː(r)/

v. 较喜欢

prefer柯林斯释义

VERB更喜欢;偏好

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。

prefer英文释义

Verb

1. like better; value more highly;

  • Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels
  • We prefer sleeping outside

2. select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative;

  • I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
  • She opted for the job on the East coast

3. promote over another;

  • he favors his second daughter

4. give preference to one creditor over another

    prefer同义词辨析

    choose, select, elect, pick, prefer, opt

    这些动词均含有"选择"之意。

    • choose : 普通用词,侧重根据个人意愿和判断从众多的对象中进行选择,着重被选者的优点。
    • select : 书面用词,具有庄严、正式的感情色彩。强调精选。
    • elect : 指按照一定的规章或法律,用投票等方式进行的认真慎重的选择。
    • pick : 口语用词,多指从个人角度仔细挑选,也含任意挑选之意。
    • prefer : 强调个人偏爱,不一定有选择的行动。
    • opt : 多指在几种可能性之间进行选择。

    like, love, enjoy, fancy, adore, prefer

    这些动词都有"喜欢,喜爱"之意。

    • like : 最常用词,往往只表不太强烈的兴趣或关注,不带强烈的感情,除非另加修饰语。
    • love : 不但表示强烈的喜欢,而且含依恋之情,因此多用于能激起深厚情感的人或物。
    • enjoy : 指对能提供感观或智力上满足或快乐的东西表示欣赏或喜爱。
    • fancy : 指喜爱投合自己心意、嗜好或欲望等的人或物。
    • adore : 非正式用词,口语体。指非常喜爱,带强烈的感情色彩。
    • prefer : 指有选择性或偏向性的喜欢。

    prefer场景例句

    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.

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    prefer词性变形

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