never progressive to like or want someone or something more than someone or something else 更喜爱;钟爱 | Which do you prefer, the red or the blue one? 你更喜欢哪一个,红的还是蓝的? |
| much prefer sb/sth I much prefer your hair like that. 我更喜欢你那样的发型。 |
| prefer sb/sth to sb/sth Even today, most Americans prefer coffee to tea. 甚至在今天,大部分美国人喜爱咖啡尤胜于茶。 |
| prefer to do sth Do you prefer to exercise indoors or out of doors? 在室内锻炼或是到室外锻炼你更喜欢哪一种? |
| prefer doing sth I prefer working on my own. 我更喜欢自己干。 |
| prefer sb to do sth I’ d prefer you to drive, if you don’ t mind. 我更想让你来开车,如果你不介意的话。 |
| prefer sth (to be) sth I prefer my curry a little spicier. 我希望我点的咖喱饭再辣一点。 |
| would prefer (that) I’ d prefer that the job were a little closer to my home. 我宁愿工作(地点)离家更近一些。 |
| sb would prefer it if The doctor would prefer it if you could come a little earlier. 医生希望你能早一些来。 |
| sth is to be preferred to sth The original is definitely to be preferred to this inferior new version. 原著肯定比这本较为逊色的新版更受人喜爱。 |