I advanced; then paused by the crib side: my hand was on the curtain, but I preferred speaking before I withdrew it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
I am going to be a favourite: preferred before papa soon, I daresay. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
We can give Mr. Copperfield seventy-two, sir, if it would be preferred. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
I should have preferred writing my report, instead of communicating it by word of mouth. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
I have little doubt he would have preferred such an employment in his heart to all others. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
Now that he had reached a cooler moment he would have preferred a less hasty marriage; but the card was laid, and he determined to abide by the game. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
There was a seat for Mr. Peggotty too, but he preferred to stand, leaning his hand on the small rustic table. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
Besides it felt so uncomfortable that he quickly decided that he preferred the shame to the discomfort. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
Ryland had shewn that he preferred him. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
She, however, preferred Austin. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.
The gas pipes or water pipes are sometimes employed for the attachment of the wires instead of an earth-plate, but the latter is generally preferred. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
And he preferred Ursula to be there, as a sort of transmitter to Gudrun. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
He would have preferred sitting alone; for he liked a silent, sombre, unsafe solitude. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
He found that Wilbur Wright actually preferred to fly without an audience, and thought nothing of disappointing the crowds that gathered to watch him. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
On the contrary, I had preferred to keep the matter to myself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
She, for her part, sat upstairs when she liked, and downstairs when she preferred it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Then what is that joint use of silver or gold in which the just man is to be preferred? 柏拉图.理想国.
When Dora was very childish, and I would have infinitely preferred to humour her, I tried to be grave--and disconcerted her, and myself too. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
It was so that Crawley and his wife preferred to hire their house. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
He had just received a box of new books from his London book-seller, and had preferred the prospect of a quiet Sunday at home with his spoils. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
The small number of three volunteered to go; the rest preferred staying behind. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
It was all right: at present I decidedly preferred these fierce favours to anything more tender. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
But his children preferred the company of their own equals in wealth. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
Thy lover lies wounded in this castle--thy preferred lover. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
It was not a very good day for a visit, he said; he would have preferred the first day of term; but it was imposing, it was imposing. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
In Virginia and Maryland, the cultivation of tobacco is preferred, as most profitable, to that of corn. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
He had just looked into the dining-room, and as he was not wanted there, preferred being out of doors. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
I, too, might have got, away, but I preferred to meet Madame openly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Therefore I make the entreaty I have now preferred, and I hope you will have sufficient consideration for me to accede to it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
But Gutenberg could not be persuaded, he preferred to work after his own fashion, and to be responsible only to himself. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.