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。
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。
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。
Rather than travel by car, I prefer to take a train.
比起乘车旅行，我更喜欢坐火车去。
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。
I prefer to do housework rather than sit there doing nothing.
我宁愿做家务也不愿坐在那里无所事事。
I prefer to experience failure rather than give up my dream.
我宁愿经历失败，也不愿放弃梦想。
Nowadays, most people prefer to play computer games rather than read books.
现在，大多数人喜欢玩电脑游戏而不是读书。
I would prefer not to sell it, rather than be humiliated by you.
我宁愿不卖，也不愿被你羞辱。
Businessmen prefer to write e-mails to communicate with each other rather than make phone calls.
商人们更喜欢写电子邮件来相互沟通，而不是打电话。
I definitely go for an eclectic style in my flat; I prefer things to loosely hang together rather than match perfectly.
我的公寓是一种随意的风格，相比较完美的互相搭配，我更喜欢物品随意的聚集在一起。
It’s common sense that we prefer to be healthy rather than sick, for example.
比方说，我们希望身体健康，而不喜欢生病，这就是个常识。
Football and cricket are regional obsessions, although most prefer to watch and comment rather than participate.
这里的人沉迷于足球和板球，尽管大多数人更愿意看球评球，而不愿意参加。
To sum up, I prefer to travel with a companion rather than travel alone.
总之，我比较喜欢结伴旅行，而不喜欢独自旅行。
And why do some people prefer to write with a pencil rather than a pen?
为什么有的人喜欢用铅笔而不用圆珠笔呢？
eg: I prefer to skate rather than ski.
相对于滑雪来说，我更喜欢溜冰。
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 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。
If you penalize employees more for failed action than for inaction, most employees will prefer to not take action rather than mess up.
如果员工因为行动失败所受处罚多于不行动，大多数员工都会宁愿不行动，也不愿将事情搞得一团糟。
You probably prefer to define the correspondences at a class-level rather than for each of the instances.
你可能偏向于在类的级别上定义通讯，而不是为每一个实例定义。
I'll also look at an open source PHP debugger, in case you prefer to spend your money on beer, rather than code.
我还将介绍一款开源php调试器，以免您只愿把钱花在啤酒上，而不是花在代码上。
The obvious conclusion might be that outside directors, with inside knowledge of tricky times ahead, prefer to save their own reputations, rather than those of the company they are serving.
显而易见的结论或许是：那些掌握困难时期将至这一内部信息的外部董事们，更愿意保住自己的名声，而不是为其所供职的公司维护声誉。
Managers often prefer to focus on new products rather than the duller work of business process.
经理人员经常更乐于关注新产品而不是商业运营中的乏味工作。
After all, don’t shareholders prefer to own aprofitable company rather than an unprofitable one?
毕竟，股东希望拥有一家能够盈利的公司，而不是一家亏损的公司吗？
Everyone wants to feel heard, but most times people prefer to talk rather than listen.
每个人都希望被倾听，但是大多时候人们更喜欢说，而不是听。
I prefer to focus on 'prevention' rather than cure and wellness over illness.
我更加注重“预防”和健康，而不是治疗或疾病。
College students -- and people in general -- prefer to follow directio ns rather than make their own decisions.
大学生-还有普通人-都更喜欢跟从指导，而不是做出自己的决定。
One of the main reasons people still prefer to buy a Nokia rather than something from a competitor is their consistently amazing build quality.
人们倾向于购买诺基亚手机而不是其对手的产品，主要原因是诺基亚手机一贯的品质表现。
One of the main reasons people still prefer to buy a Nokia rather than something from a competitor is their consistently amazing build quality.
人们倾向于购买诺基亚手机而不是其对手的产品，主要原因是诺基亚手机一贯的品质表现。
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