prefer to than的意思|示意

I prefer to stay at home rather than go to the cinema.

我宁愿呆在家里也不愿去看电影。

Airlines would prefer to update rather than retrain crews.

航空公司宁愿增添新机组人员而不愿对老的机组人员进行再培训。

I generally prefer to wallow in my shyness rather than overcome it, but even I thought this was a good idea.

我通常更偏向于沉迷于我的害羞之中，而不是克服它，尽管如此，我仍认为这个想法不错。

Recent studies have shown that children and young people largely prefer to see a counsellor in school rather than in an outside environment.

最近的研究表明，小孩和年轻人大多宁愿咨询学校顾问也不去咨询校外顾问。

They prefer to buy houses rather than rent them, to avoid the attention of landlords.

他们为了不引起房东的注意宁可买下别墅而不是租用。

I'd prefer to pay regularly in small amounts, rather than have a large amount to pay in one go.

我宁愿定期小额付款，也不愿一次性大额支付。