A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
偏好
Preference
I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another.
我从来没有说过我偏爱一种媒介而不是另一种。
When the pressure comes, preferences give way while convictions hold firm.
当压力来临时，偏好让步，而信念坚定。
My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
我更喜欢的是，当有人把三脚架放在你面前，顶上放着相机的那一天，不是第一天。
That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
我毫不怀疑，这个地方的大多数废奴主义者会优先光顾一家免费的劳工商店;但我们没有在辛辛那提筹集资金。
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
那么，从我自己开始，人们对我的议论就会大不相同，因为在作出判断时，几乎每一个人与其说受到真理的影响，不如说是受到偏爱的影响，而且善恶的报道都是不分国界的。