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prefer

🇬🇧/prɪˈfɜː(r)/ 🇺🇸/prɪˈfɜːr/📚 1728 148 4四级六级考研高考

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. ^更喜欢

verb [vt. 及物动词]更喜爱，宁可；<法律>举报，提出（控告）；<古>提拔（某人），提升

Does he prefer a particular sort of music?
他更喜欢某种特别的音乐吗？

过去式	过去分词	现在分词
preferred	preferred	preferring

prefer 出现在下面的课文中: Lesson 50 Taken for a ride; Lesson 92 Asking for trouble; Lesson 94 Future champions; Lesson 8 A famous monastery; Lesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace; Lesson 44 Speed and comfort

vt. 宁愿；更喜欢；提出；提升

单词造句:

网友用“Prefer”造句精选: I became a teacher because I preferred books and people to politics. 我成为了一名教师是因为我更喜欢书籍和人而不是政治。; I prefer to think of peace not war. 我更喜欢思考和平而不是战争。; I would prefer him to be with us next season. 我更希望他在下个赛季和我们在一起。; I prefer reading non-fiction. 我喜欢看纪实作品。; I prefer coffee in the morning. 我早晨喜欢喝咖啡。; They prefer walking to cycling. 他们情愿走路，不爱骑车。; I prefer orange juice to apple juice. 比起苹果汁，我更喜欢橙汁。; I prefer cookie to apple. 比这苹果我更喜欢饼干。

相关词汇

现在分词preferring/prɪˈfɜːrɪŋ/v. 偏爱；宁可；提升（prefer 的 ing 形式）

过去分词preferred/prɪˈfɜːd/adj. 首选的；优先的

复合词preferable/ˈprefrəb(ə)l/adj. 更好的，更可取的；更合意的

复合词preferment/prɪˈfɜːmənt/n.优先

复合词preferent/ˈprefərənt/adj. 优先的，享有优先权的

复合词preference/ˈprefrəns/n. 偏爱，倾向；优先权

易混淆prefect/ˈpriːfekt/n.长官,各类官员

词组	含义	例句
prefer sth. to sth.	多于...（更喜欢前者）	I prefer walking to riding. ^{我宁愿走路也不愿骑车。}

更喜爱，宁可

不比较(结论)		比较
prefer + 名词、代词	I prefer apple(s).	prefer n. to + n.	I prefer apple(s) to peach(es).
prefer + doing sth. ^{更喜欢做某事}	He prefers reading a book before bed.	prefer doing sth. to doing sth.	He prefers reading a book to watching TV before bed.
prefer + to do sth. ^{更喜欢做某事（宁可做某事）}	I prefer to cook.	prefer to do rather than do sth. ^{宁可…也不…}	I prefer to cook rather than order takeout.
prefer + 从句	I prefer that you don't tell anyone my secret. ^{(我宁愿你不要告诉任何人我的秘密。)}