preferred

英 [prɪˈfɜːd]

美 [prɪˈfɜːrd]

v.  较喜欢; 喜欢…多于…
prefer的过去分词和过去式

过去式：preferred　过去分词：preferred　

计算机

BNC.5286 / COCA.5900

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。

英英释义

adj

• more desirable than another
  1. coffee is preferable to tea
  2. Danny's preferred name is `Dan'
  Synonym:preferable
• preferred above all others and treated with partiality
  1. the favored child
  Synonym:favoredfavorite(a)favourite(a)best-lovedpetpreferent

双语例句

• The next block defines the concept f: product, specifying a preferred label as well as optional alternates.
  下一个代码块定义了概念f：product，指定了需要的标签和可选的选项。
• He preferred the company of those who were intellectually inferior to himself.
  他喜欢与那些智力水平不如他的人共处。
• He usually preferred to train up a crew of enthusiastic young sailors from scratch.
  他通常更喜欢从零开始对一班满怀热情的年轻船员从头到脚进行训练。
• 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。
• A width and height of "-1" indicate that the figure should be given its preferred size.
  宽和高的值为“-1”，表明应当为该图提供理想的大小。
• The election may not be the traditional two-horse race between the preferred Democrat and Republican party candidates.
  这次选举有可能并非是支持率最高的民主党与共和党候选人之间的传统两方角逐。
• I would have preferred somebody who had wider ideas, and he was rather narrow.
  我会更倾向于一个思路开阔些的人，他的想法太狭隘了。
• The first value in the list is considered the browser's ( or the client's) preferred language.
  清单中的第一个值即被作为浏览器的（或者说是客户机的）首选语言。
• 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。
• He admired your insistence on understanding things and making your point, even when he preferred his own
  他敬佩你弄清楚问题、说服别人接受你的主张的那份坚持，即便有时他更倾向于自己的见解。