prefer to

• I prefer to do it myself .
  我宁愿自己做这件事。
• Stranded wire is usually preferred to solid wire .
  最好是用多股绞合导线，而不用单股导线。
• His temper would have preferred to buffet the angry weather .
  他的性格正好喜欢与坏天气拼搏。
• So she preferred to kiss him formally and go .
  所以，她宁愿正正式式地吻他一次，然后拔腿离开。
• He much preferred to spend idle time in solitary reflection .
  他宁可用闲暇的时间去单独地反省。
• She might prefer to give him the cash and call it square .
  她也许可把钱还给他，从而了结这笔人情债。
• He preferred to work over hoodlums wherever he might encounter them .
  他总是喜欢遇到流氓就当场制服他们。
• Israel preferred to be raped than to make a decision of its own accord .
  以色列宁愿接受强迫而不愿自行决定。
• Some prefer to describe this as part of what is interpreted as development .
  某些人愿意将它说成是发育的一部分。
• He preferred to dwell upon the recognized barriers between them .
  他还是宁愿把他们两个之间共同承认的障碍谈一谈。