Anything was preferable to the tense atmosphere at home.

什么都比家里的紧张气氛好。

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Health without riches is preferable to riches without health.

有健康而无财富比有财富而无健康更好.

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Any principle is preferable to none.

任何原则都比没原则好.

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Death was considered vastly preferable to dishonour.

可杀不可辱.

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The hazards of the theatre seemed preferable to joining the family paint business.

经营剧院的风险似乎比加入家族涂料产业的风险要小一些。

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Respect the local etiquete. Modest clothing is often preferable to revealing shorts and tight-fitting tops.

要尊重当地的礼节。朴素端庄的衣着往往比暴露的短裤和紧身上衣更合适。

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Death was considered vastly preferable to dishonor.

可杀不可辱。

辞典例句

Then lice and slops are preferable to my conversation?

那么你宁愿去跟虱子和脏水打交道,不想跟我交谈了?

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Anything was preferable to that dreadful din in the house.

这屋子里乱七八糟的声音叫人难受得无以复加.

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Poverty is preferable to ill - health.

贫穷总比不健康好.

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Antimonial lead is preferable to chemical lead because of its greater corrosion resistance and strength.

含锑的铅较化工铅好些,由于它有更好的抗蚀性及强度.

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For most soybean growers it is preferable to have rows wide enough to permit mechanical cultivation.

对于大多数大豆栽培者来说,最好有足以允许机械耕种的行距.

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High temperature of the reburning zone is preferable to NO reduction.

还原区温度的升高有利于气化气对NO的还原.

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I think riding a bicycle is preferable to walking.

我认为骑自行车比走路更可取.

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Gradual change is preferable to sudden, large scale change.

逐步的变化比突然的 、 大规模的变化更好.

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