preferred

动词 prefer:

1. like better; value more highly
   同义词：prefer
2. select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative
   同义词：choose, prefer, opt
3. promote over another
   同义词：prefer, favor, favour
4. give preference to one creditor over another
   同义词：prefer

形容词 preferred:

1. more desirable than another
   同义词：preferable
2. preferred above all others and treated with partiality
   同义词：favored, favorite, favourite, best-loved, pet, preferent

1. She had had many proposals (of marriage) but preferred to remain single.
   许多人向她求过婚，但她愿过独身生活。
2. Of those polled, seven out of ten said they preferred brown bread.
   那些被调查者十人中有七人说他们比较爱吃黑面包。
3. I would have preferred a bed, but beggars can't be choosers so I slept on the sofa.
   我本想要张床，但是叫花子不能挑肥拣瘦，所以我就睡在沙发上了。
4. He preferred to read the documents in the privacy of his study.
   他比较喜欢在书房里无干扰的情况下阅读文件。
5. He grew up in the country, but then found he preferred the bright lights.
   他在乡村长大，但後来觉得很喜欢繁华的都市生活。
6. Not wanting to make my controversial views known yet, I preferred to follow the crowd for a while.
   我还不想公开我那些会引起争论的观点，宁可暂且随大溜。
7. He said he preferred country life to city life.
   他说他喜欢乡下生活，而不喜欢都市生活。
8. In politics Britain has preferred evolution to revolution.
   在政治上，英国喜欢渐进而不喜欢革命。