| English | Chinese |
| Although some of my suits are custom-made, I prefer to buy clothes off the racks | 虽然我的一些衣服是定制的，但我更愿意买现成的 |
| Fantastic! Now, as for the room, sir, do you prefer smoking or nonsmoking? | 太好了！至于房间，先生您更喜欢有烟房还是无烟房？ |
| Hello, British Airways Reservations. What kind of seat do you prefer? An aside seat or enter seat? | 喂，你好，英国航空订票处，您想要哪种座位呢？靠过道的还是中间位置的？ |
| I don't care about heavy food, but I prefer light meal today | 我不太在意油腻的食物，但我今天喜欢清淡一点的 |
| I don't care about heavy meal, but today I prefer light meal | 吃点油重的也可以的，不过今天还是清淡点 |
| I prefer a sandy beach to a shingly one | 我喜欢沙滩，不喜欢遍布小圆石的海滩 |
| I prefer bottled | 我喜欢瓶装酒 |
| I prefer Chinese food to Italian food | 比起意大利菜，我更喜欢中国菜 |
| I prefer salads with lighter dressings | 我喜欢口味清淡的沙拉 |
| I prefer the red ones. It graces your dress | 我觉得红色那对更配，戴上它让你的裙子看起来更优美 |
| I prefer to self-driving tour than package tour | 比起跟团游，我更喜欢自驾游 |
| I prefer you don't move them | 我宁愿您别动这些东西 |
| I’d prefer a reusable cloth bag instead of using a paper gift bag | 不过我想使用能再次利用的布袋代替纸质礼品袋 |
| In the old days, people preferred classy and high value movies, whereas today, the common person prefers a movie with violence, nudity, or other things of that nature | 过去，人们喜欢高品位的电影，但在今天，民众却对充斥着暴力、裸露镜头以及其他类似情节的电影情有独钟 |
| M is preferred | 最好是用 M |
| M is preferred | 以 M 较佳 |
| It is said that Cologne Cathedral is the place which God most prefers | 据说科隆大教堂是“离上帝最近的地方” |
| No, I prefer jellied eels | 不了，我想吃鳝鱼冻 |
| prefer M above all others | 最喜欢M |
| prefer death to surrender | 宁死不屈 |
| prefer to + inf. rather than + inf. | 喜欢做…而不喜欢做… |
| prefer to + inf. | 情愿做…而不愿做… |
| prefer M to | 比较起来喜欢M而不喜欢N (N) |
| prefer M to | 宁愿用M而不用N (N) |
| prefer M to | 喜欢M胜过N (N) |
| 1 prefer to pay my own way so that I'll not feel indebted at all | 我乐意分摊，这样才不会总感到欠人情 |
| prefer to use M instead of using | 比较爱用M而不用N (N) |
| We do not have any aisle seats remaining. Is a window seat OK with you or would you prefer a middle seat? | 靠过道的座位卖完啦，您想要靠窗的还是中间的座位？ |
| We have both buffer-style and a la carte dishes. Which would you prefer? | 我们有自助式和点菜式，您喜欢哪一种？ |
| We serve Cantonese, Sichuan, Shanghai, and Beijing cuisine. Which cuisine would you prefer? | 我们有粤菜、川菜、沪菜和京菜，您喜欢哪一种呢？ |
| We'd prefer a table by the window | 我们喜欢靠窗的桌位 |
| What rooms do you prefer? | 您喜欢什么房间？ |
| Which do you prefer, British breakfast or continental breakfast? | 你更喜欢英式早餐还是欧式的？ |
| Which do you prefer for high tea? | 下午茶吃什么？ |
| Which kind of juice would you prefer, grapefruit or orange? | 您喜好哪种果汁，是西柚汁还是橙汁？ |
| Would you prefer a direct flight? | 您要不要坐直达的飞机？ |
| Would you prefer rolls or toast? | 您想要早餐包还是烤面包呢？ |
| Yeah, my wife likes that one, too. Personally, I prefer action movies | 是呀，我老婆也喜欢那部电影。我个人比较喜欢动作片 |
