Preferring

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prefer

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• He had been to the Opera, and knew the merits of the principal actors, preferring Mr. Kean to Mr. Kemble. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I shall be too busy for whist; I shall have two parishes, said the Vicar, preferring not to discuss the virtues of that game. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Once, upon his preferring such an accusation, I turned upon him--I rose against him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was not a fashionable place, but even among the pleasant people there, the girls made few friends, preferring to live for one another. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• For the present Lord Steyne lives at Naples, preferring the view of the Bay and Capri and Vesuvius to the dreary aspect of the wall in Gaunt Square. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Several hundred refused to sign their paroles, preferring to be sent to the North as prisoners to being sent back to fight again. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It is painful and difficult to decide when we find two claimants thus directly in opposition to each other, and mutually preferring charges of falsehood and fraud. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Mrs Boffin preferring the latter course, they set off one morning in a hired phaeton, conveying the hammer-headed young man behind them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The difference, therefore, of our conduct in preferring the greater number depends not upon our passions, but upon custom, and general rules. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• I need not tell you his name, as I did not take it, preferring to be called Crispin until such time as I discovered my real parent. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I detested the trade, preferring almost any other labor; but I was fond of agriculture, and of all employment in which horses were used. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Perhaps we may be wrong; if so, you in your wisdom should convince us that we are mistaken in preferring justice to injustice. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The preferring of Apollo and his instruments to Marsyas and his instruments is not at all strange, I said. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Hence arise our common measures of duty, in preferring the one to the other. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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