prefer是什么意思？

prefer

英[prɪˈfɜ:(r)] 美[prɪˈfɚ]

• vt. 更喜欢，提升，提拔，给予（债权人）优先权，提出（控告）；
• vi. 更喜欢，宁愿；

过去式：preferred;

过去分词：preferred;

现在分词：preferring;

第三人称单数：prefers;

例句

• Please don't think I mistrust you, but I would prefer to have our agreement in black and white. 请别以为我不相信你们, 不过, 我还是认为我们应把协议写成书面形式为好。
• Do you prefer sweet or savoury food? 你喜欢甜食还是咸食？
• For holidays, I prefer the relative seclusion of the countryside. 度假的时候，我较喜欢乡间相对的幽静。
• Please don’t think I mistrust you,but I would prefer to have our agreement in black and white. 请别以为我不相信你们,不过,我还是认为我们应把协议写成书面形式为好。
• The play is okay, but I still prefer the book. 戏还可以, 可我仍愿读原著。
• What shampoo do you prefer? 你喜欢哪种洗发香波?
• We'll go to the Great Wall, if you prefer. 你如果愿意的话，我们去长城。
• We haven't enough evidence to prefer charges. 我们没有进行起诉的充分证据。
• Since they are so young, the police have decided not to prefer charges. 由于他们很年轻, 警方决定不对他们起诉。
• They prefer living in the suburbs. 他们更愿意住在郊区。

同义词

• vt.
  prefer的同义词之：选择;偏爱
  favor, fancy, pick, desire, select, choose,
• prefer的同义词之：其他释义
  propose, aggrandize, fancy, desire, pick, rather, select, favor, single, choose,

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均含有"选择" 的意思
  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。
• 以下这些动词都有"喜欢，喜爱" 的意思
  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。

英语四级真题

He prefers a full-time job with more responsibility.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
He usually prefers ice-cream to sandwiches.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
Oh, actually grey is my favorite color, but I prefer something made from cotton, 100% cotton I mean.
出自-2012年6月听力原文

英语六级真题

When the Pew Research Center recently asked American parents to identify their"ideal"life arrangement,47 percent of mothers said they would prefer to work park-time and 20percent said they would prefer not to work at all.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Most mothers do not aspire to (向往) elite,competitive full-time positions: the Swedish policies have given them the freedom and opportunity to live the lives they prefer.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Fathers answered differently:75 percent preferred full-time work.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  选择某事物(而不选择他事物); 更喜欢
  She preferred that nobody should come to see her. 她宁愿没有人来看她。 I'd prefer vegetable. 我宁愿吃蔬菜。 He preferred to die instead of stealing. 他宁愿死也不愿意偷窃。 They prefer living in the suburbs. 他们更愿意住在郊区。 I should have preferred him to do it in a different way. 我倒愿意他用另一种办法做。
  对…起诉
  Since they are so young, the police have decided not to prefer charges. 由于他们很年轻, 警方决定不对他们起诉。
  提升；提拔；任命；录用；推荐；介绍
  He was preferred to lieutenant. 他被晋升为陆军中尉。
  提出(请求、控诉等)；举报
  We haven't enough evidence to prefer charges. 我们没有进行起诉的充分证据。
  建议；申请
  The young men seem to be preferring some request which the elder ones are indisposed to grant. 年轻人似乎想提出某种年纪大的人不愿答应的要求。
• vi.
  喜欢；愿意
  We'll go to the Great Wall, if you prefer. 你如果愿意的话，我们去长城。

英英词典释义

• 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

行业词典

• 法律： 申请；