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。
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。
The researchers then gave DHA to alcohol-preferring rats and noted a similar effect.
研究人员在一些对酒精上瘾的老鼠身上实验了DHA的作用，并取得了类似的效果。
In contrast, the French shun construction toys, preferring the world of the imagination.
相反，法国人不喜欢建造型玩具，而是喜欢激发想象的玩具。
We won't use this feature, preferring instead to keep things simple with one value per key.
我们不会使用这个特性，为了保持简单对每个键使用一个值。
She also selects buyers carefully, preferring a patron who is willing to donate works to a museum.
如果对方能愿意将作品捐给博物馆，那就是她心仪的买主了。
But many rejected natural selection, preferring other kinds of mechanisms to drive evolutionary change.
但是，许多人拒绝自然选择理论，他们更喜欢驱使生物演化式变化的其他各种机制。
The Greens themselves might balk, perhaps preferring a “Jamaica” coalition with the CDU and FDP instead.
但绿党自身可能犹豫不前，或许更期望与基民盟和自民党结成黄绿联盟。
The team stopped spending, preferring to save salary-cap space for the dazzling free-agent class of 2010.
球队开始节省开支，腾出薪金空间，一切只为了2010年的自由球员市场。
Goldman sees itself as “long-term greedy”, preferring to forgo profit today rather than to alienate a client.
高盛将自己定义为渴望长期利益者，宁肯放弃一时利益，也不愿疏远一个客户。
The country's currency, the dong, is not convertible and people do not trust it, preferring us dollars or gold.
这个国家的货币，越南盾，是不可兑换的，而越南人民也不相信它，他们更喜欢美元或者黄金。
Lead dioxide, on the other hand, is highly electronegative, preferring to absorb electrons in chemical reactions.
而另一方面，二氧化铅是电负性物质，在化学反应中更喜欢吸收电子。
The clinic itself sits in a poor neighbourhood where few employees live, preferring to drive in from the suburbs.
诊所的周围就是贫民区，雇员极少居住附近，大多更宁愿从郊区驾车上班。
He opposed charity, preferring instead to provide educational opportunities that would allow others to help themselves.
他反对施舍救济，更愿意提供教育机会，使别人自立。
The evolutionist famously spent little of his time studying or in lectures, preferring to shoot, ride and collect beetles.
跟学习或者听讲座相比，这位进化论者更喜欢射击、骑马和收集甲虫。
Now, when parents or friends offer me their used vehicles, I turn them down, preferring to avoid the hassle of ownership.
现在，当父母或朋友要给我二手车时，我拒绝他们，完全是为了避免麻烦缠身。
He selects the proper type of communication, preferring face-to-face conversations over email for important collaborations.
他选择合适的沟通类型，对于重要的协作，比起电子邮件更喜欢面对面的会话。
PicoContainer doesn't build the extras and doesn't try, preferring to let open source projects provide the services for them.
PicoContainer不构建而且也不尝试构建附加物，而是选择让开放源码项目为其提供服务。
He eschewed market researchers and focus groups, preferring to trust his own instincts when evaluating potential new products.
评价新产品的潜在价值时，他避开市场研究员和焦点小组的讨论，更相信自己的直觉。
But in recent years many Britons have changed their drinking habits, shunning the pub and preferring to imbibe at home instead.
但是在最近几年，许多英国人改变了他们的饮酒习惯，不再进入酒吧，而是在家中饮酒。
Slim is known for wearing inexpensive suits and rarely using the computers his companies sell, preferring old-style paper notebooks.
众所周知，斯利姆喜欢穿便宜的西装而且很少用自己公司出售的电脑，喜欢用旧式的笔记本。
Mr Sarkozy has resisted Mrs Merkel's view that some pain should be imposed on private-sector bondholders, preferring a voluntary rollover scheme.
萨科奇先生一直反对默克尔女士有关私人债券持有者应当受到一些损失的观点，他宁愿采取自愿延长付款期限的计划。
When it comes to eye colour though, the dark side was trounced by the light, with a massive 40.2 of men preferring blue eyes over any other colour.
而说到眼睛颜色，深色就不敌浅色了，多达40.2%的男士最喜欢蓝眼睛。
Diageo went further than this, preferring externally oriented and forward - looking performance indicators to historical or internally focused ones.
帝亚吉欧走的要比这远，他们采用了外向型和前瞻性的业绩指标，而不是参考旧的和内向型的业绩指标。
Aldana doesn't have any answers as to what the correct calendar conversion might be, preferring to focus on why the current interpretation may be wrong.
阿尔达纳没有回答正确的历法转换方式为何，他宁愿把重点放在说明为什么目前的解释可能是错误的。
Haidar's father had had none, preferring-as he told the astonished neighbours-to save money for schooling his six children rather than buy plantations.
海达尔的父亲一颗也没有，就像他对那些吃惊的邻居说的那样，他宁愿把钱省下来供他的6个孩子上学，而不是购买农场。
Haidar's father had had none, preferring-as he told the astonished neighbours-to save money for schooling his six children rather than buy plantations.
海达尔的父亲一颗也没有，就像他对那些吃惊的邻居说的那样，他宁愿把钱省下来供他的6个孩子上学，而不是购买农场。
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