prefer

动词 v.
中文释义
英 [pɹɪˈfɜː]|[pɹɪˈfəː]    美 [pɹɪˈfɝ]|[pɹɪˈfəː]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. transitive
    — I prefer tea to coffee.
  2. To advance, promote (someone or something). dated,transitive
    — So ſhall you haue a ſhorter iourney to your deſires, by the meanes I ſhall then haue to preferre them. And the impediment moſt profitably remoued, without the which there were no expectation of our proſperitie.
  3. To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). transitive
    — […], let him go, And preſently preferre his ſuite to Cæſar.
  4. To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to). obsolete,transitive
    — one Master David Hume, who making some use of his purse, gave him Letters to his friends in Scotland to preferre him to King Iames.

词形变化

prefers present,singular,third-person preferring participle,present preferred participle,past preferred past præfer alternative,archaic præferre alternative,obsolete preferre alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
preferability preferee preferist
相关词
nonpreferred preferable preference preferendum preferential preferer preferment preferrable preferred creditor preferred provider preferred stock preferred stockholder preferrer prelate unpreferred

词源

From Middle English preferren, from Anglo-Norman preferer, from Latin praeferō. Displaced native Old English foresettan and foreberan. Doublet of prelate. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as collate and confer among others.
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