He might have gone, but preferred to remain.
他本来可以去的，但他宁愿留下来。
She has many proposals but preferred to remain single.
向她求婚的人很多，但她宁愿单身。
Good English reading and writing skills, not required, but preferred.
良好的英语读写能力更佳，但不是必须的。
In ancient Roman times, the Italian peninsula had great forest of fir preferred for warships, but scarcity was apparent as early as the early fourteenth century.
在古罗马时期，意大利半岛上有大面积的冷杉林，是建造军舰的首选材料，但是，冷杉的稀缺性早在14世纪早期就出现了。
The owner of this small cafe used to cook all kinds of food, but then she realized she preferred chocolates to anything else.
这家小咖啡馆的老板过去常做各种食物，但后来她意识到她最爱巧克力。
But a preferred environment doesn't always seem to correlate with greater reproductive success.
但理想环境并不总与更大的繁殖成功相关。
But I think people should be able to choose their preferred format, and competition is good.
但是，我认为人们应该能够选择他们偏爱的格式，而且竞争是件好事。
The pattern should support efficient updates of the preferred source, but this is somewhat problematic.
该模式应该支持对首选源的高效更新，但是这可能会带来问题。
At first glance, this may seem the preferred approach to DSL definition, but closer scrutiny reveals that there can be serious drawbacks to this approach.
乍看上去，这种方式似乎是DSL定义的首选方式，但是进一步的观察会发现这种方法存在严重的缺陷。
I particularly wanted to talk to him about Mathematica as a computer language. He always preferred user interfaces to languages, but he was trying to be helpful.
我特别想谈谈数学作为一种电脑语言，他的首选总是用户界面语言，但他是有尝试帮助的。
There are roads, of a sort, beyond the capital, but their scarcity makes helicopters the preferred, if less economical, alternative.
虽然城外有某种道路，但路网稀少，直升飞机还是出游的首选，尽管价格不菲。
Conservationist tenant preferred, but extractive forestry also considered.
保育人士优先考虑，但林木采伐业也会考虑。
She would have preferred a normal life; but when war burst upon her, she responded with the compassion and resolve which were once the hallmarks of the Russian intelligentsia.
她可能也更愿意选择一个正常的生活，但当战争突然出现在她面前的时候，她以同情和决心做出回答，这曾经是俄罗斯知识分子的标志。
In each of these three scenarios, SOA is the preferred approach, but the level of maturity required differs.
对于上面三种情况，SOA都是理想的方法，但需要的成熟度级别则各不相同。
There is nothing stopping a member of your team from using their preferred tools and environment, but it can introduce unnecessary complexity.
尽管没有理由阻止团队的成员使用他们自己喜欢的工具和环境，但是这会增加不必要的复杂性。
In the cold nights, she hoped they would sit together close to the fire, but he preferred the darkness, far from the flames.
在寒冷的夜晚，她希望他们能坐在一起烤火，但他宁愿呆在黑暗里，离火远远地。
"Free software" and "open source software" can be used interchangeably for the purpose of this article, but "FLOSS" is preferred since it embraces both terms.
“自由软件”和“开放源码软件”可在本文中互换使用，但是推荐使用“FLOSS”，因为它包含了这两个术语。
But even back then, Weber says, people generally preferred praising thrift to actually practicing it.
但是即使回到当时，韦伯说，人们通常喜欢赞扬节俭更胜于实际实行。
Later in the book, short chapters are okay, but in an introduction I would have preferred a more continuous story.
本书后面的简短章节都不错，但是在简介部分中，我还是比较喜欢有一个更为连续的介绍。
I hated rough-and-tumble boys' games and preferred knitting, but I had no idea my feminine leanings were down to genetics.
我喜欢针织，讨厌粗野的男孩子的游戏，但是我从没想到我的女性倾向来自我的基因。
We hate each other, my brother and I, but we preferred not to disobey my parents.
我和我哥哥互相看不顺眼，可我们还是不愿违背父母之命。
They helped in small ways-handing me tools, picking up dropped nails with a magnetic sweeper-but they preferred to stay on the ground, hammering scrap wood into sailboats and slingshots.
不过他们时而可以帮我点小忙，帮我递个工具，或用磁铁找到掉落下去的钉子。只是他们只能呆在地面上，捶打废木料。
I would have preferred 1%, but oh well.
我更希望是1%，但是，好吧。
I would have preferred 1%, but oh well.
我更希望是1%，但是，好吧。
应用推荐