He was preferred Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
出自: T. FullerFerdinand promised..to prefer no foreigners to municipal offices.
出自: W. H. PrescottI prefer this to that.
我喜欢这个,而不喜欢那个。
I prefer to go this evening.
As a rule I prefer going in the evening.
Her parents prefer her to study Russian and English.
她父母喜欢她学习俄罗斯语和英语。
We prefer that each new student should take this course.
I prefer my milk a little sweetened.
The first choice is preferable to the second.
第一个选择比第二个更好。