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prefer

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英 [prɪˈfɜ:(r)]
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  • 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;

  • 变形

    过去式:preferred过去分词:preferred现在分词:preferring第三人称单数:prefers

    双语释义

    v.(动词)
    1. vt. 更喜欢 choose one thing or action rather than another; like better
    2. vt. 提出; 建议 put forward for official consideration or action according to law

    英英释义

    prefer[ pri'fə: ]

    • v.
      • like better; value more highly

        "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"

      • select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative

        同义词:chooseopt

      • promote over another

        同义词:favorfavour

      • give preference to one creditor over another
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    词汇搭配

    用作动词 (v.)
    ~+名词
    • prefer buns更喜欢吃馒头
    • prefer classic music更喜欢古典音乐
    • prefer country life更喜欢乡村的生活
    • prefer new works更喜欢新作品
    • prefer popular music更喜欢流行音乐
    • prefer rice更喜欢吃米饭
    • prefer some requests提出要求
    • prefer tea更喜欢喝茶
    • prefer the general approach更喜欢一般性的处理方法
    • prefer vegetable宁愿吃蔬菜
    • prefer winter weather更喜欢冬天的天气
    ~+副词
    • prefer cautiously小心翼翼地提出
    • prefer conscientiously诚心诚意地提出
    • prefer emotionally激动地提出
    • prefer instinctively本能地提出
    • prefer manfully果断地提出
    • prefer openly公开提出
    • prefer overwhelmingly极其喜欢
    • prefer particularly尤其提出
    • prefer personally个人宁愿
    • prefer politically政治上宁可
    • prefer reasonably明智地提出
    • prefer remarkably不平常地提出
    • prefer ruthlessly无情地提出
    • prefer savagely野蛮地提出
    • prefer scathingly不留情地提出
    • prefer selectively有选择地提出
    • prefer sharply尖刻地提出
    • prefer ultimately最后提出
    • prefer unaccountably莫名其妙地提出
    • prefer unexpectedly意外地提出
    • prefer unthinkingly不假思索地提出
    ~+介词
    • prefer above all others最喜欢的
    • prefer charges against sb对某人提出控告
    • prefer to比起…更喜欢…
    • prefer fish to meat喜欢吃鱼而不喜欢吃肉
    • prefer to singing比较喜欢唱歌
    • prefer death to surrender宁死不屈

    词组短语

    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

    同近义词辨析

    love, fancy, enjoy, prefer, like, adore

    这组词都有“喜欢、喜爱”的意思,其区别是:

    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。

    fancy指喜爱投合自己心意、嗜好或欲望等的人或物。

    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。

    prefer指有选择性或偏向性的喜欢。

    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。

    adore非正式用词,口语体。指非常喜爱,带强烈的感情色彩。

    elect, select, pick, prefer, choose, opt

    这组词都有“选择”的意思,其区别是:

    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。

    select书面用词,具有庄严、正式的感情色彩。强调精选。

    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。

    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。

    opt多指在几种可能性之间进行选择。

    双语例句

    用作及物动词(vt.)
    1. I would prefer to stay home rather than go out on such a rainy day.
      在这种雨天,我宁可待在家也不出门。
    2. All this gracious living is not for me;I prefer the simple life.
      这种优裕的生活对我不合适;我还是更喜欢简朴的生活。
    3. Which one do you prefer, an apple or an orange?
      你想要哪个,苹果还是橘子?
    4. Police preferred charges against him for theft.
      警方指控他有偷窃行为。

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