Bob prefers making original pieces rather than reproductions.

A scholar prefers death to humiliation.

士可杀,不可辱.

This plant prefers a lightly shaded position.

这种植物适宜放在略微阴凉的地方.

He preferred the company of those who were intellectually inferior to himself.

他喜欢与那些智力水平不如他的人共处。

He was preferred to captain.

他被提升为队长.

He preferred to die rather than surrender to the enemy.

他宁死也不愿向敌人投降.

I should have preferred him to do it in a different way.

我倒愿意他用另一种办法做.

The woodwork's green now. I preferred it blue.

这个木制品现在是绿色的。我更喜欢它是蓝色的。

one of the most prolific periods in her career

她的创作生涯中成果最丰的时期之一

Extra staff have been taken on to cover busy periods.

额外雇用了一些员工来应付繁忙时期。

During peak periods, reservations are difficult to make at some of the hotels.

在高峰时期，有些酒店很难预订到房间。

He has spent periods in prison, where he was gruesomely tortured.

他坐过几次牢，在牢里受到非人的折磨。

Long dry periods wasted the land.

长期干旱使土地荒芜了.

Life often seems to be marked off into different periods: schooldays, marriage, old age.

生命似乎分为三个不同时期: 学生时代, 结婚, 老年.

The tainted Sisters are seldom caught alone, preferring to attack in groups.

这些受污染的姊妹们很少单独出现, 通常是成群结队出没.

At least three years work experience in Finance area, preferring in multinational company.

至少三年以上财务工作经验, 跨国公司从业经历优先.

Though he owned a large car, he hardly ever used it, preferring always go on foot.

虽然他有一辆大车子, 但他极难得乘坐一次,常常宁愿步行外出.

I never use a single worm onhook, preferring a cocktail of worm and maggot.

我从不单用一只“虫”作钓饵, 而喜欢用“虫”和蛆的混合物.

I never use a single worm on the hook , preferring a cocktail of worm and maggot.

我从不单用一只虫作钓饵, 而喜欢用虫和蛆的混合物.

But politicians are not good with balances of risk and reward, preferring black-and-white answers.

但政客们并不善于权衡风险与回报, 而更喜欢黑白分明的答案.

However, it does not usually welcome foreign aid workers, preferring to rely on its home-grown skills.

但是, 中国通常并不欢迎国际救援团队, 而倾向于依靠其自己的国内专家.