Tra từ prefer - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

see also LIKE
- to like one thing more than another: prefer sth/doing sth (to sth/doing sth), prefer to do sth
I prefer my coffee without milk. ◎ Do most people prefer watching television to reading books? ◎ We prefer to have our main meal in the evening.
- if you want to have or do one thing rather than another, you would rather have/do it, you would prefer (to have/do) it
'Would you like some coffee?' 'I'd rather have some tea if there is any, please.' ◎ I imagine the children would rather go out and play than stay indoors on a day like this. ◎ Would you prefer to spend the night here or to carry on to Plymouth?
- if you want sb else to do one thing rather than another, you would rather they did it, you would prefer them to do it
'Do you mind if I smoke?' 'Well, I'd rather you didn't.' ◎ Would you prefer me to carry on without you?
- a liking for one thing more than another: preference; if you think that one action would be better than another, you can say that it is preferable (adverb preferably)
We can have the class on Monday or Tuesday. Does anyone have a preference? ◎ I think it would be preferable if we left early. ◎ 'What time is best for you?' 'Well, preferably the morning.'
- preferring one person or thing to another: in preference to sb/sth else
I don't understand why they chose her in preference to you - you're much more experienced.
- the one you like most: favourite (AmE favorite)(noun, adjective)
Which of these pictures is your favourite? ◎ Who's your favourite author?
- giving sb an unfair advantage because you like them more than the rest: favouritism (AmE favoritism)(noun U)
Teachers shouldn't have favourites. ◎ 'He got the job because his father is a friend of the director.' 'But that's favouritism!'
- an unfair preference for one thing over sth else: bias (noun C/U); a person who has a bias is biased
The BBC news is not supposed to show any political bias. ◎ You're biased because she's your daughter!
- if you do not show an unfair preference for one thing over another, you are unbiased, impartial (adverb impartially); noun (U): impartiality
I'm not sure that the judge was totally impartial.