中英互译
prefer
英 /prɪˈfɜː(r)/美 /prɪˈfɜːr/
基本释义
- v.更喜爱,宁可;<法律>举报,提出(控告);<古>提拔(某人),提升
第三人称单数prefers
现在分词preferring
过去式preferred
过去分词preferred
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词语例句
更喜爱,宁可vt.
I prefer walking to climbing.
我喜欢散步多于喜欢爬山。
They prefer to use more spatial language.
他们更喜欢使用空间语言。
Perhaps they prefer going into a nursing home and can select one in advance.
也许他们更喜欢去养老院,也希望可以提前做选择。
<法律>举报,提出(控告)vt.
We will prefer charges against him for forcible rape.
我们将控告他犯暴力强奸罪。
<古>提拔(某人),提升vt.
Eventually, she was preferred to that position.
最终,她被提拔到那个职位上。
- I prefer reading non-fiction.我喜欢看纪实作品。来自《牛津词典》
- I prefer walking to climbing.我喜欢散步多于喜欢爬山。来自《牛津词典》
- Would you prefer red or white?你喜欢喝红葡萄酒还是白葡萄酒?来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- prefer sth. to sth.喜欢……多于……
- prefer to do sth.更喜欢做某事
- prefer doing sth.更喜欢做某事
- prefer charges提出控告
- would prefer宁愿;更喜欢
- prefer to do宁可做某事;更喜欢做某事
- prefer doing喜欢做某事
- prefer to do rather than do sth.宁愿做某事而不愿做某事
- prefer … to … 喜爱……而不喜爱……
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes绅士爱美人;绅士喜爱金发女郎;绅士爱金发女郎;碧眼儿日记
- prefer doing sth宁愿做某事;更喜欢做某事;乐意做某事;喜欢做某事
- prefer to更喜欢;宁愿;宁可;更喜欢做某事
- prefer to do sth更喜欢做某事;宁愿做某事;喜欢做某事;更喜欢马上去做某事
- Prefer To Do宁可做某事;更喜欢做某事
词语扩展
- love/fancy/enjoy/prefer/like/adore
- elect/select/pick/prefer/choose/opt
词义分布
喜欢
47.3%
更喜欢
33%
宁愿
6.4%
比较喜欢
5.8%
愿意
2.9%
更愿意
1.7%
更倾向
1.5%
较喜欢
0.9%
更喜爱
0.3%
更加喜欢
0.2%
英英释义
- v.like better; value more highly
- v.select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative
- v.promote over another
- v.give preference to one creditor over another
- v.to like someone or something better than another person or thing
偏爱;更喜欢- Does he prefer a particular type of music?他偏爱某一种音乐吗?
- I preferred books to TV.我更喜欢读书而不是看电视。
- He would prefer to be in Philadelphia.他更喜欢待在费城。
词源
- prefer借自盎格鲁-诺曼语preferer和借自中世纪法语preferer, (法语préférer), 来自拉丁语praefero.
- prefer更喜欢,宁愿词根词缀: pre-前,先 + -fer-拿取
- prefer优先,偏好pre-,在前,早于,-fer,携带,拿,带,词源同bring,infer.引申词义优先,偏好。