preferred

he was preferred to the post.

他被提拔到那个职位上。

preferred plain living.

偏爱简朴的生活

the preferred look for this fall.

今年秋天的流行打扮

preferred Lafon to Talma.

而不称赞塔尔马④。

He was preferred to captain.

他被提长。

place a cross against the preferred choice.

在选择的答案前画个叉。

they would have preferred to keep on working.

他们本想继续工作。

his preferred mode of travel was a kayak.

他喜欢的旅行方式是爱斯基摩划子。

preferred the suit in a higher court.

向高一级法院提起诉讼

He preferred to stick with the common herd.

他愿紧随群众。

She preferred that nobody should come to see her.

她宁愿没有来看她。

He preferred to die instead of stealing.

他宁愿死也不愿偷窃。

a simple admittance of ignorance was much to be preferred to any amount of flannel.

爽爽快快地承认无知比任何花言巧语都更得心。

mother preferred to grind up the rice prior to boiling.

妈妈喜欢把米磨碎后再煮。

he preferred walking to other forms of locomotion.

比起其他运动来，他更喜欢走路。

she preferred not to run the risk of encountering his sister.

她宁可不冒与他姐姐发生冲突的危险。