prefer
v. 較喜歡
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?...
他有特別喜歡的音樂嗎?
I became a teacher because I preferred books and people to politics...
我當了老師,因為我更喜歡書本和人而不是權術。
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
這些動詞均含有"選擇"之意。
like, love, enjoy, fancy, adore, prefer
這些動詞都有"喜歡,喜愛"之意。
I would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than driving all the way to your mother's.
我覺得與其開車跑那麼遠到你母親那裡去度週末,還不如呆在家裡.
I prefer tea to coffee.
我喜歡茶而不喜歡咖啡.
Of the two choices, I prefer the latter.
在兩種中選擇, 我要後者.
What shampoo do you prefer?
你喜歡哪種洗髮香波?
I prefer quality to quantity.
我重質量勝過重數量.