及物動詞：更喜愛、寧可、舉報、提出控告
常見搭配詞：
- have a (strong)preference for something
對某事的(強烈) 偏愛 - have a preference for A over / to B
更喜歡A，而不是B
*美式英文多用over，英式英文多用to - have a preference to do something
喜歡做某事 - express a preference
表達喜好 - show a preference
表現出偏愛 - give preference to
優先考慮 - personal preference
個人偏好 - in preference to something
優先於某事 = rather than something - in order of preference
按優先順序 - a clear / marked preference
明確的 / 明顯的 偏好 - customer / food preferences
消費者 / 食物 的偏好
例句：
- That is my personal preference.
這是我個人的喜好 - Do you have a preference for a particular food?
你對食物有什麼偏好嗎？ - I have a preference for coffee over tea.
比起茶，我更喜歡咖啡 - Many people have a preference to work from home.
許多人都喜歡在家工作 - Chinese have a strong preference for boy babies.
中國人對男嬰有強烈的偏好 - Some people avoid expressing a preference for any political party.
有些人避免表達對任何政黨的偏好 - Tom’s teacher shows a preference for him.
湯姆的老師偏愛他 - The scholarship committee will give preference to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
獎學金委員會將優先考慮來自弱勢背景的學生 - She doesn’t have any clear food preferences.
她沒有任何明確的食物偏好 - Her daughter chose to learn the piano in preference to the violin.
她的女兒選擇學習鋼琴而不是小提琴 - It is just a matter of preference.
這只是一個偏好問題 - She listed things I wanted to do in order of preference.
她按優先順序列出了想做的事情
同義詞：
- fondness 喜愛 n.
- liking 喜愛 n.
- inclination 愛好 n.
- taste 愛好 n.
- bias 偏心、偏袒 n.
- desire 渴望 n.
- pick 挑選 n.
- leaning 傾向性 n.
衍生字：
- prefer 更喜愛、寧可、舉報、提出控告 vt.
- preferable 更好的、較合適的 adj.
- preferably 可能的話、更好地 adv.
- preferential 優先的、優待的 adj.
- preferentially 優先地 adv.
- preferred 更合意的 (比較喜歡的) adj.
