He might have gone, but preferred to remain.

他本来可以去的，但他宁愿留下来。

youdao

She has many proposals but preferred to remain single.

向她求婚的人很多，但她宁愿单身。

youdao

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。

youdao

All right. So why is it... ideally, i'd like to hear from someone, is there someone who thinks shakespeare is highest but who preferred watching The Simpsons?

好，那这是为什么。,其实我最想听的是，有没有人认为莎士比亚更高级,却更爱看《辛普森一家》

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

It reveals maybe a little bit of the power and extravagance and glory that you feel in her poems but that she preferred always to restrain and bind and control in extraordinary ways, and not always to hide.

这可能显露出了她诗中所蕴含的,力量，铺张和骄傲，尽管她一直极力压制着,以及非凡的约束和自制，她并不总是隐藏这些。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The public, it turned out, was interested in Ms Halliwell, but preferred looking at her to hearing her sing.

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Former Benetton driver Wurz was also capable of taking money to Jaguar, but preferred to stick with McLaren, where he will share testing duties with Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa.

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The Berkeley graduate considered Haas, as well as Babson, but preferred Wharton both for its reputation and for the fact that top faculty were eager to teach at the West Coast campus.

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