Thirdly, lectures ate preferable to discussions in the teaching of science subjects, and on the contrary, discussions are preferable to lectures in studying the humanities.

再次，讲座式也适合于科学学科的教学讨论，而相反，讨论式也适合应用于人文讲座之中。

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"Should that other scenario, which is not preferable,happen, on that I think a sort of caretaker government has to be put together preferably with not Mr.Karzai at the top."

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

I think it's obviously preferable to improve the products and sell it that way

我觉得显然较好的是改进产品质量来卖，

广告和价格的关系 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The election commission suggested that instead of attempting a flawed election on September 27, it is preferable to see if discussions between the government and opposition parties can find a compromise.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

It has taken a while for the management to recognise that England's approach to one-day cricket is more tentative and shackled than most of their opponents, and while it is always possible to over-attack, it would be preferable to see them fail while trying to lift their game than to watch the batsmen prodding about and apparently frightened of failure.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

" Dobson has written a letter to his supporters saying, "I believe a Republican meltdown is preferable to enabling the present disregard for the moral agenda to continue.

CNN: Analysis: The Republicans' Three Choices

Fundamentally, unless you're going to be shopping for groceries every day, it'd be preferable to work out your diet on a weekly basis, but there's no evident way to offer this up in Nutrino's present form.

ENGADGET: Nutrino is a virtual nutritionist for iOS, we go hands-on