preferring
v. 提出(请求、控诉等)( prefer的现在分词 ); 提升; 建议; 选择某事物(而不选择他事物)
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。
Guscott rarely speaks out, preferring to keep his own counsel.
古斯科特很少发表意见,他更喜欢把自己的看法埋在心里。
She scorns the visible trappings of success, preferring to live unnoticed.
她鄙视标志成功的外在之物, 更愿意默默无闻地生活.
Douglas held his tongue, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue.
道格拉斯沉默不语,不愿谈论政治敏感问题。
He cannot prevent the reader from preferring Ethan Brand to the cloddish villagers of the tale.
读者还是喜欢伊桑?布兰德而讨厌故事里那些土头土脑的乡民. 这他是阻止不了的.
I never use a single worm on the hook , preferring 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.