1. She said nothing, preferring instead to save her comments till later. 她什么也没说，而是想稍后再作评论。
2. Although rich, Xu avoided comfortable travel, preferring to go almost everywhere on foot. 尽管很富有，徐却避免舒适的旅行，宁愿徒步去几乎所有的地方。
3. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to speaking in a difficult language. 我们坐在餐桌旁沉默不语，宁愿那样也不愿使用一种难懂的语言交流。
4. She exerted an iron hold on the culture, preferring Beethoven's Sixth Symphony to his triumphalist Fifth, disliking Respighi's "Pines of Rome". 她强硬要控制文化方面的事业，喜欢贝多芬的第六交响曲，不喜欢雷斯庇基的《罗马的松树》。
5. Preferring a smartphone to a child. 更希望给孩子一台智能手机。
