Preferred

例句/造句/用法:

• I advanced; then paused by the crib side: my hand was on the curtain, but I preferred speaking before I withdrew it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
• I am going to be a favourite: preferred before papa soon, I daresay. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
• We can give Mr. Copperfield seventy-two, sir, if it would be preferred. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
• I should have preferred writing my report, instead of communicating it by word of mouth. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
• I have little doubt he would have preferred such an employment in his heart to all others. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
• Now that he had reached a cooler moment he would have preferred a less hasty marriage; but the card was laid, and he determined to abide by the game. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
• There was a seat for Mr. Peggotty too, but he preferred to stand, leaning his hand on the small rustic table. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
• Besides it felt so uncomfortable that he quickly decided that he preferred the shame to the discomfort. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Ryland had shewn that he preferred him. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
• She, however, preferred Austin. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
• The gas pipes or water pipes are sometimes employed for the attachment of the wires instead of an earth-plate, but the latter is generally preferred. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
• And he preferred Ursula to be there, as a sort of transmitter to Gudrun. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• He would have preferred sitting alone; for he liked a silent, sombre, unsafe solitude. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
• He found that Wilbur Wright actually preferred to fly without an audience, and thought nothing of disappointing the crowds that gathered to watch him. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
• On the contrary, I had preferred to keep the matter to myself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
• She, for her part, sat upstairs when she liked, and downstairs when she preferred it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
• Then what is that joint use of silver or gold in which the just man is to be preferred? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
• When Dora was very childish, and I would have infinitely preferred to humour her, I tried to be grave--and disconcerted her, and myself too. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
• It was so that Crawley and his wife preferred to hire their house. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
• He had just received a box of new books from his London book-seller, and had preferred the prospect of a quiet Sunday at home with his spoils. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
• The small number of three volunteered to go; the rest preferred staying behind. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
• It was all right: at present I decidedly preferred these fierce favours to anything more tender. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
• But his children preferred the company of their own equals in wealth. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• Thy lover lies wounded in this castle--thy preferred lover. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• It was not a very good day for a visit, he said; he would have preferred the first day of term; but it was imposing, it was imposing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• In Virginia and Maryland, the cultivation of tobacco is preferred, as most profitable, to that of corn. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
• He had just looked into the dining-room, and as he was not wanted there, preferred being out of doors. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
• I, too, might have got, away, but I preferred to meet Madame openly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
• Therefore I make the entreaty I have now preferred, and I hope you will have sufficient consideration for me to accede to it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• But Gutenberg could not be persuaded, he preferred to work after his own fashion, and to be responsible only to himself. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.

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