He didn't direct her, or put her in a pose-she hated those anyway, couldn't hold them, preferred to lie down comfortably with a book.

他不指点她应该怎么做，或是如何摆造型——至少她不喜欢，而且也保持不住，她喜欢拿着本书舒舒服服的躺下。

youdao

When the Kremlin wanted to conceal, rather than invent an outright lie, it preferred to mislead by giving out half or a quarter of the truth or say nothing.

当克里姆林宫想要掩饰某些事情的时候，他们倾向于通过透露一部分事实或者保持沉默来误导大家，而不是倾向于创造一个弥天大谎。

youdao

Because of obesity, she could not move much, so preferred calmly to lie on [the] sidewalk.

阿克索伊说，“因为太胖，她也不怎么能活动，所以她喜欢冷静地在人行道边上趴着。”

youdao

He didn't direct her, or put her in a pose she hated those anyway, couldn't hold them, preferred to lie down comfortably with a book.

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Mr Samper would have preferred to let sleeping dogs lie.

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