Barış savaştan daha iyidir.
- Peace is preferable to war.
Teslim olmanız daha iyi olurdu.
- It would be preferable for you to surrender.
Çalışma avareliğe tercih edilir.
- Work is preferable to idleness.
Onun yarına kadar oraya varması tercih edilir.
- It is preferable that he gets there by tomorrow.
Kaliteyi miktara tercih ederim.
- I prefer quality to quantity.
İlkbaharı sonbahara tercih ederim.
- I prefer spring to fall.
Japonya'ya gitmek istemeyi tercih etmemin sebebi onların çalışkan ve dürüst kişilikleridir.
- The reason I prefer to go to Japan is that the people in Japan are hardworking and have honest personalities.
Hangisini tercih ettiğini sorabilir miyim?
- May I ask which you prefer?
one Master David Hume, who making some use of his purse, gave him Letters to his friends in Scotland to preferre him to King James.
I prefer tea to coffee.
Tiberius preferred many to honours in his time, because they were famous whoremasters and sturdy drinkers .