preferred

Most Chinese preferred tea to coffee.

茶和咖啡相比大多数中国人更喜欢喝茶.

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。

I asked Jack for his political views, but he said he preferred to hold aloof.

我问起杰克的政治观点, 他说他宁可避而不谈.

She had had many proposals but preferred to remain single.

许多人向她求过婚,但她愿过独身生活.

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。

He preferred to die instead of stealing.

他宁愿死也不愿意偷窃.

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。

He preferred to stick with the common herd.

他愿意紧随群众.

He preferred to remain incognito.

他更喜欢继续隐姓埋名下去。

512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.

推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。

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。

I should have preferred him to do it in a different way.

我倒愿意他用另一种办法做.

He preferred to die rather than surrender to the enemy.

他宁死也不愿向敌人投降.

He was preferred to captain.

他被提升为队长.

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。