Prevention of a problem is always preferable to trying to cure it.
防止出现问题总是比试图解决问题更可取。
A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby.
远处的大地震要比近处的小地震好。
It would be preferable to employ two people, not one.
雇请两个人比雇请一个更好。
Anything was preferable to the tense atmosphere at home.
什么都比家里的紧张气氛好。
This option is preferable to any other.
这个选择比其他任何一个都好。
He finds country life infinitely preferable to living in the city.
他觉得乡村生活比都市生活称心得多。
In short, hard power is preferable to soft power.
简而言之，硬实力比软实力更受欢迎。
But knowledge is preferable to ignorance.
可是知识总比无知更为可取。
It may be idealistic but it's preferable to cynicism.
或许有些理想化，但比起玩世不恭要好得多。
For ASP.NET routing, it is preferable to use integrated pipeline mode.
而ASP.NET路由则会优先选择使用集成管道模式。
Another time is preferable to me. How about, say, Thursday or Friday?
另一个时间比较适合我。譬如，星期四或星期五如何？
It is always preferable to use real data for test purposes whenever available.
只要可以得到，用实际数据来进行测试总是更可取一些。
In these circumstances, it is preferable to implement a more manageable approach.
在这些情况下，最好实现一种更具可管理性的方法。
This is considered preferable to a mutually destructive exchange of endless lawsuits.
这比相互毁灭性无休止法律诉讼更可取。
White clothes are preferable to black ones in hot weather since white reflects light.
因为白颜色反光，所以天气炎热时，穿白衣服比黑衣服好。
For the upload/download windows, it is preferable to deal with them rather than skip them.
对于上载/下载窗口，最好是处理而不是跳过它们。
It is always preferable to design and code a big application in smaller loosely coupled parts.
通过一个个较小的松散耦合的部件来设计和编写大型应用程序总是更可取的。
It is preferable to start the capture and apply programs from the command line during testing.
在测试期间从命令行启动捕获和应用程序更可取。
The former is, I suppose, preferable to the latter, but I can't accept these are my only choices.
我更愿意是前一种，但我不能接受这两项是我仅有的选择。
The intent is to show how feedforward can often be preferable to feedback in day-to-day interactions.
目的是要告诉人们：在日常交互中，应该多使用前馈而不是反馈。
Experience has shown that a more verbose topic space is preferable to a terse, less descriptive space.
经验表明，详细描述的主题空间要比简单扼要的空间更可取。
With library catalogs, bigger is better, and one all-inclusive silo is preferable to lots of little ones.
对于图书馆联机目录，是越大越好的，一个包含了所有书库信息的系统比其他许多小一些的系统表现得好。
It is often preferable to do this on the client, to prevent the submission of invalid data to the back-end of a system.
通常最好在客户机完成，以免把无效的数据提交到系统后端。
This could open up the short-dated market – and is preferable to the secretive bond purchases by the European Central Bank.
此举可以打开短期市场——而且比欧洲央行秘密购买债券更加可取。
In ideal conditions, it is preferable to have the majority of our data as close to a central location (e.g. mean or median) as possible.
在理想的情况下，最好让大多数的数据都位于中央位置处(例如，平均值或者中间值)。
It is preferable to use the waitfor task to test whether the Selenium server has successfully started, rather than pausing for a fixed time.
代码更可取的地方是使用waitfor任务来测试Selenium服务器是否已成功启动，而不是暂停一段固定的时间。
It is preferable to use the waitfor task to test whether the Selenium server has successfully started, rather than pausing for a fixed time.
代码更可取的地方是使用waitfor任务来测试Selenium服务器是否已成功启动，而不是暂停一段固定的时间。
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