• vt. 更喜歡；寧愿；提出；提升
• vi. 喜歡；愿意

pre-,在前，早于，-fer,攜帶，拿，帶，詞源同bring,infer.引申詞義優先，偏好。

prefer

prefer: [14] To prefer one thing is etymologically to ‘carry it before’ others. The word comes via Old French preferer from Latin praeferre ‘set before’, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae- ‘before’ and ferre ‘carry’ (source of English fertile and related to bear).
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prefer (v.)

late 14c., "to put forward or advance in rank or fortune, to promote," from Old French preferer (14c.) and directly from Latin praeferre "place or set before, carry in front," from prae "before" (see pre-) + ferre "to carry, to place" (see infer). Meaning "to esteem (something) more than others" also is recorded from late 14c. Original sense in English is preserved in preferment.

1. I would prefer him to be with us next season.

我更希望他下一個賽季和我們在一起。

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2. I think more customers probably prefer a soft sell.

我認為更多的顧客也許更喜歡軟性推銷。

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3. They prefer to bargain with individual clients, for cash.

在現款方面，他們更愿意同散戶打交道。

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4. I prefer going to the cinema to watching TV.

我更喜歡看電影而不是看電視。

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5. They prefer, in the end, to stick with what they know.

他們最終選擇了繼續做自己熟悉的事。

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