In ancient Roman times, the Italian peninsula had great forest of fir preferred for warships, but scarcity was apparent as early as the early fourteenth century.
在古罗马时期，意大利半岛上有大面积的冷杉林，是建造军舰的首选材料，但是，冷杉的稀缺性早在14世纪早期就出现了。
The data they present suggest that the animals portrayed in the cave paintings were mostly the ones that the painters preferred for meat and for materials such as hides.
他们提供的数据表明，洞穴壁画中描绘的动物大多受到画家们偏爱，它们是肉类和兽皮等材料的来源。
It was a loaded question and I preferred not to comment.
这是个带有圈套的问题，还是不作评论为好。
Sunday is the preferred day for advertising inserts in newspapers.
星期天是添加广告插页的最佳日子。
One student commented that she preferred literature to social science.
一位学生解释说，较之于社会科学她更喜欢文学。
He preferred the company of those who were intellectually inferior to himself.
他喜欢与那些智力不如他的人为伍。
The election may not be the traditional two-horse race between the preferred Democrat and Republican party candidates.
这次选举可能并不是支持率最高的民主党与共和党候选人间的传统两方角逐。
Jack preferred to draw, paint, or build sandcastles (沙堡).
杰克喜欢绘画、用颜料画画还有造沙堡。
Charles Darwin had so many hobbies except that he preferred collecting coins and stamps.
查尔斯·达尔文除了喜欢收集硬币和邮票外，还有很多爱好。
Purple is often preferred by artists.
紫色是艺术家们钟爱的颜色。
She asked me if I preferred that orange dress.
她问我喜不喜欢那件橙色的连衣裙。
Their preferred habitat is forests near the edge of streams.
它们最喜欢的栖息地是靠近溪流边缘的森林。
She told us that she preferred speaking to people in person.
她告诉我们她更喜欢与人面对面交谈。
Even on holidays, he preferred doing something to doing nothing.
即使在假期里，他也宁愿干点什么事，而不愿什么都不干。
The preferred foods of snowshoe hares are willow and birch twigs.
雪兔最喜欢的食物是柳树和桦树的树枝。
The faster-growing species are the preferred food of the CoT starfish.
刺冠海星更喜欢吃长得快的物种。
People from all walks of life preferred to get together along the canal.
各行各业的人都喜欢在运河边聚会。
Smaller lunch boxes are preferred because they fit easily into backpacks.
人们更青睐较小的午餐盒，因为它们能轻松装入背包里。
She preferred to shop where we had an account and where everyone knew who she was.
她更喜欢在我们有账户且每个人都知道她是谁的地方购物。
This special purple dye was called Tyrian purple, and it was the preferred color of emperors.
这种特殊的紫色染料被称为提尔紫，这是皇帝喜欢的颜色。
But a preferred environment doesn't always seem to correlate with greater reproductive success.
但理想环境并不总与更大的繁殖成功相关。
After participants had tasted or smelled both samples, they indicated which one they preferred.
在参与者尝过或闻过两种样品后，他们指出他们更喜欢哪种。
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