preferred

1. 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.
   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 that prefer can often sound rather formal in ordinary conversation. Verbal expressions such as like…better and would rather are 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。

1. Ian Ferguson was preferred to Stuart McCall, who was on the bench.
   伊恩·弗格森比坐在替补席上的斯图尔特·麦考尔更受器重。
2. He preferred to remain incognito.
   他更喜欢继续隐姓埋名下去。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. As a fuel it is preferred by top chefs and is used in the majority of British homes
   这种燃料得到了顶级大厨的青睐，并得以在英国大多数家庭里广泛使用。
6. 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。
7. An A-level pass in Biology is preferred for all courses
   不管读什么课程，生物学高级证书考试最好都要及格。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. He also had made it a practice to dine there regularly, though he would have preferred being at home.
    他也习惯了经常在那里就餐，虽然他原本更喜欢在家吃的。
14. To start with, when the level of cineole was low, possums preferred the first enclosure.
    开始桉树脑的浓度很低，袋貂都喜欢第一棵桉树。
15. He preferred the general approach.
    他喜欢一般性的处理方法。
16. There exists in the cosmos a preferred frame of reference.
    宇宙中有一个从优参照系。
17. For ultraviolet, nanometer is a preferred term.
    对于紫外区通常用毫微米这一名词。
18. This is the preferred way of integration.
    这是集成的首选方法。
19. If unix_auth is preferred, you may omit the "-A ldap_auth" from this example.
    如果希望使用unixauth，那么您可以从这个示例中省略“-Aldapauth”。
20. 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。
21. This gives the author of both the Web Service and the client the flexibility to choose his preferred solution.
    这就给了Web服务的作者和客户端的作者选择他首选的解决方案的灵活性。
22. In these cases, the value that is used is the one in the register's preferred slot.
    在这些情况下，所使用的值是在寄存器的首选槽中的那个。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. This is generally the preferred method.
    这通常是首选方法。
26. For most applications, this is the preferred option because it can be scripted.
    对大多数应用程序来说，这是首选项，因为它可以通过编写脚本来实现。
27. Implementing passive objects as EJBs is preferred because it provides much better availability and scalability characteristics for the service.
    将被动对象实现为EJB是首选的，因为它为服务提供好得多的可用性和可伸缩性特征。
28. I will recommend my preferred store as a brand to others when they seek for my advice.
    当别人询问我的意见时，我会向他们推荐我偏好的品牌商店。
29. You have strong and specific tastes in art, music, and in preferred life styles.
    在艺术、音乐和自己喜欢的生活方式上，你有着强烈而又特殊的口味。

adj

1. more desirable than another
   1. coffee is preferable to tea
   2. Danny's preferred name is `Dan'

   Synonym:    preferable

2. preferred above all others and treated with partiality
   1. the favored child

   Synonym:    favoredfavorite(a)favourite(a)best-lovedpetpreferent