Prevention of a problem is always preferable to trying to cure it.
防止出现问题总是比试图解决问题更可取。
State governments maintain that the voluntary contribution of funds through state lotteries is preferable to increase state sales or income taxes.
各州政府坚持认为，通过销售彩票让居民自愿捐款以增加州内销售税或所得税的做法更可取。
This option is preferable to any other.
这个选择比其他任何一个都好。
It would be preferable to employ two people, not one.
雇请两个人比雇请一个更好。
Anything was preferable to the tense atmosphere at home.
什么都比家里的紧张气氛好。
He finds country life infinitely preferable to living in the city.
他觉得乡村生活比都市生活称心得多。
A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby.
远处的大地震要比近处的小地震好。
In short, hard power is preferable to soft power.
简而言之，硬实力比软实力更受欢迎。
But biological parents aren't always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.
但是，亲生父母并不总是比养父母更好。亲生父母的身份并不能传达一种取消儿童的所有权利的绝对所有权。
While comment and reaction from lawyers may enhance stories, it is preferable for journalists to rely on their own notions of significance and make their own judgments.
尽管律师的评论和反应可能提高新闻报道的质量，但记者依靠自己的价值观做出自己的判断则更加难能可贵。
But biological parents aren't always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey an absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.
但是，亲生父母并不总是比养父母更如人意，亲生父母的身份并不能传达一种绝对的所有权，这种所有权取消了儿童的所有权利。
So a second option is preferable.
因此第二种选择或许是更可取的。
But knowledge is preferable to ignorance.
可是知识总比无知更为可取。
Perhaps this was preferable to eating it.
可能把它吃掉更好。
The more prestigious, the more preferable.
越是有名望的学校，选择偏向性越大。
F: Well, some garden designs are preferable.
弗洛拉：有些花园设计得比较好。
Similar hardware for the both systems is preferable.
最好对两个系统使用类似的硬件。
It may be idealistic but it's preferable to cynicism.
或许有些理想化，但比起玩世不恭要好得多。
I have found that the latter solution is often preferable.
我发现后一种解决方案通常更好一些。
After all, it is preferable to be hated than loved by him.
到底，被他爱还不如被他恨。
In general, simultaneous functions such as this one are preferable.
一般来说，象这样的同时的函数更可取。
At a time of hardship, working on a vegetable patch is preferable.
在这样一个艰难的岁月中，还是在菜地里劳作更划算一些。
For Beethoven, force of argument was preferable to force of Numbers.
对贝多芬来说，争辩的力量要远胜于数量。
Reaching to the customer at right time at right place is preferable.
在正确的时间地点和客户接触很重要。
Enter the IP Address of the FinchSync server (preferable) or the hostname.
输入服务端的IP地址(这个更好一点)或者主机的名字。
For ASP.NET routing, it is preferable to use integrated pipeline mode.
而ASP.NET路由则会优先选择使用集成管道模式。
I explained that there were several reasons that the stem was preferable.
我解释说，有几个原因可以解释为什么最好握着高脚杯的杯脚。
It is always preferable to use real data for test purposes whenever available.
只要可以得到，用实际数据来进行测试总是更可取一些。
For this reason, native toolkit support for provenance tracking is preferable.
由于这个原因，可以优先选用本身支持起源跟踪的工具箱。
For this reason, native toolkit support for provenance tracking is preferable.
由于这个原因，可以优先选用本身支持起源跟踪的工具箱。
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