I prefer tea rather than coffee.

我喜歡茶甚於喜歡咖啡。

What shall we have to drink?...red wine?...white wine?—I should prefer red wine rather than white wine.

我們喝點什麼酒?…紅葡萄酒?…白葡萄酒?——我願喝紅葡萄酒,不願喝白葡萄酒。

The old man was still in good health. He preferred to work in the garden rather than to sit idly.

那位老人仍然很健康,他願在花園中做活而不願閑坐著。

She preferred to keep her troubles to herself rather than to allow them to trouble others.

她寧願不讓別人知道自己的困難,也不肯讓自己的困難去麻煩別人。

They preferred to stay at home rather than go to the movies.

他們寧可呆在家裡,也不願去看電影。

They preferred to die rather than surrender to the enemy.

他們寧死也不願向敵人投降。

I would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than driving all the way to your mother's.

我覺得與其開車跑那麼遠到你母親那裡去度周末,還不如呆在家裡。

He preferred rather to take the whole blame himself than to allow it to fall on the innocent.

他寧肯自己承擔全部責任,也不願把責任推在清白的人身上。

He would prefer to meet me downstairs rather than upstairs.

他寧願在樓下見我,而不願在樓上。

I prefer red to blue.

我更喜歡紅色而不喜歡藍色。

Most Chinese preferred tea to coffee.

茶和咖啡相比大多數中國人更喜歡喝茶。

I much prefer dogs to cats.

我喜歡狗甚於喜歡貓。

I prefer country life to town life.

我更喜歡鄉村生活而不喜歡城市生活。

I prefer skiing to skating.

我喜歡滑雪勝於滑冰。

He was very diligent; even on holidays, he preferred doing something to doing nothing.

他很勤勞,即使在假日里,他也寧願做點什麼事,而不願閑著。

She is very traditional; she prefers dressing formally to wearing sport clothes.

她很守舊,喜歡穿正式的服裝,而不喜歡穿運動裝。

He was preferred to captain.

他被提升為隊長。