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Значение prefer значение
Что в английском языке означает prefer?
Простое определение
prefer
prefer
Перевод prefer перевод
Как перевести с английского prefer?
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Синонимы prefer синонимы
Как по-другому сказать prefer по-английски?
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Спряжение prefer спряжение
Как изменяется prefer в английском языке?
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Настоящее время I prefer
Утверждение I prefer
Единственное число
первое лицо I prefer
второе лицо you prefer
третье лицо he/she/it prefers
Множественное число
первое лицо we prefer
второе лицо you prefer
третье лицо they prefer
Отрицание I don't prefer
Единственное число
первое лицо I don't prefer I do not prefer
второе лицо you don't prefer you do not prefer
третье лицо he/she/it doesn't prefer he/she/it does not prefer
Множественное число
первое лицо we don't prefer we do not prefer
второе лицо you don't prefer you do not prefer
третье лицо they don't prefer they do not prefer
Вопрос do I prefer?
Единственное число
первое лицо do I prefer?
второе лицо do you prefer?
третье лицо does he/she/it prefer?
Множественное число
первое лицо do we prefer?
второе лицо do you prefer?
третье лицо do they prefer?
Отрицательный вопрос don't I prefer?
Единственное число
первое лицо don't I prefer? do I not prefer?
второе лицо don't you prefer? do you not prefer?
третье лицо doesn't he/she/it prefer? does he/she/it not prefer?
Множественное число
первое лицо don't we prefer? do we not prefer?
второе лицо don't you prefer? do you not prefer?
третье лицо don't they prefer? do they not prefer?
Прошедшее время I preferred
Утверждение I preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I preferred
второе лицо you preferred
третье лицо he/she/it preferred
Множественное число
первое лицо we preferred
второе лицо you preferred
третье лицо they preferred
Отрицание I didn't prefer
Единственное число
первое лицо I didn't prefer I did not prefer
второе лицо you didn't prefer you did not prefer
третье лицо he/she/it didn't prefer he/she/it did not prefer
Множественное число
первое лицо we didn't prefer we did not prefer
второе лицо you didn't prefer you did not prefer
третье лицо they didn't prefer they did not prefer
Вопрос did I prefer?
Единственное число
первое лицо did I prefer?
второе лицо did you prefer?
третье лицо did he/she/it prefer?
Множественное число
первое лицо did we prefer?
второе лицо did you prefer?
третье лицо did they prefer?
Отрицательный вопрос didn't I prefer?
Единственное число
первое лицо didn't I prefer? did I not prefer?
второе лицо didn't you prefer? did you not prefer?
третье лицо didn't he/she/it prefer? did he/she/it not prefer?
Множественное число
первое лицо didn't we prefer? did we not prefer?
второе лицо didn't you prefer? did you not prefer?
третье лицо didn't they prefer? did they not prefer?
Будущее время I'll prefer
Утверждение I'll prefer
Единственное число
первое лицо I'll prefer I will prefer
второе лицо you'll prefer you will prefer
третье лицо he/she/it'll prefer he/she/it will prefer
Множественное число
первое лицо we'll prefer we will prefer
второе лицо you'll prefer you will prefer
третье лицо they'll prefer they will prefer
Отрицание I won't prefer
Единственное число
первое лицо I won't prefer I will not prefer
второе лицо you won't prefer you will not prefer
третье лицо he/she/it won't prefer he/she/it will not prefer
Множественное число
первое лицо we won't prefer we will not prefer
второе лицо you won't prefer you will not prefer
третье лицо they won't prefer they will not prefer
Вопрос will I prefer?
Единственное число
первое лицо will I prefer?
второе лицо will you prefer?
третье лицо will he/she/it prefer?
Множественное число
первое лицо will we prefer?
второе лицо will you prefer?
третье лицо will they prefer?
Отрицательный вопрос won't I prefer?
Единственное число
первое лицо won't I prefer? will I not prefer?
второе лицо won't you prefer? will you not prefer?
третье лицо won't he/she/it prefer? will he/she/it not prefer?
Множественное число
первое лицо won't we prefer? will we not prefer?
второе лицо won't you prefer? will you not prefer?
третье лицо won't they prefer? will they not prefer?
Условное наклонение I'd prefer
Утверждение I'd prefer
Единственное число
первое лицо I'd prefer I would prefer
второе лицо you'd prefer you would prefer
третье лицо he/she/it'd prefer he/she/it would prefer
Множественное число
первое лицо we'd prefer we would prefer
второе лицо you'd prefer you would prefer
третье лицо they'd prefer they would prefer
Отрицание I wouldn't prefer
Единственное число
первое лицо I wouldn't prefer I would not prefer
второе лицо you wouldn't prefer you would not prefer
третье лицо he/she/it wouldn't prefer he/she/it would not prefer
Множественное число
первое лицо we wouldn't prefer we would not prefer
второе лицо you wouldn't prefer you would not prefer
третье лицо they wouldn't prefer they would not prefer
Вопрос would I prefer?
Единственное число
первое лицо would I prefer?
второе лицо would you prefer?
третье лицо would he/she/it prefer?
Множественное число
первое лицо would we prefer?
второе лицо would you prefer?
третье лицо would they prefer?
Отрицательный вопрос wouldn't I prefer?
Единственное число
первое лицо wouldn't I prefer? would I not prefer?
второе лицо wouldn't you prefer? would you not prefer?
третье лицо wouldn't he/she/it prefer? would he/she/it not prefer?
Множественное число
первое лицо wouldn't we prefer? would we not prefer?
второе лицо wouldn't you prefer? would you not prefer?
третье лицо wouldn't they prefer? would they not prefer?
Настоящее время непрерывное I'm preferred
Утверждение I'm preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I'm preferred I'm preferring I am preferred I am preferring
второе лицо you're preferred you're preferring you are preferred you are preferring
третье лицо he/she/it's preferred he/she/it's preferring he/she/it is preferred he/she/it is preferring
Множественное число
первое лицо we're preferred we're preferring we are preferred we are preferring
второе лицо you're preferred you're preferring you are preferred you are preferring
третье лицо they're preferred they're preferring they are preferred they are preferring
Отрицание I'm not preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I'm not preferred I'm not preferring I am not preferred I am not preferring
второе лицо you aren't preferred you aren't preferring you're not preferred you're not preferring you are not preferred you are not preferring
третье лицо he/she/it isn't preferred he/she/it isn't preferring he/she/it's not preferred he/she/it's not preferring he/she/it is not preferred he/she/it is not preferring
Множественное число
первое лицо we aren't preferred we aren't preferring we're not preferred we're not preferring we are not preferred we are not preferring
второе лицо you aren't preferred you aren't preferring you're not preferred you're not preferring you are not preferred you are not preferring
третье лицо they aren't preferred they aren't preferring they're not preferred they're not preferring they are not preferred they are not preferring
Вопрос am I preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо am I preferred? am I preferring?
второе лицо are you preferred? are you preferring?
третье лицо is he/she/it preferred? is he/she/it preferring?
Множественное число
первое лицо are we preferred? are we preferring?
второе лицо are you preferred? are you preferring?
третье лицо are they preferred? are they preferring?
Отрицательный вопрос aren't I preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо aren't I preferred? aren't I preferring? am I not preferred? am I not preferring?
второе лицо aren't you preferred? aren't you preferring? are you not preferred? are you not preferring?
третье лицо isn't he/she/it preferred? isn't he/she/it preferring? is he/she/it not preferred? is he/she/it not preferring?
Множественное число
первое лицо aren't we preferred? aren't we preferring? are we not preferred? are we not preferring?
второе лицо aren't you preferred? aren't you preferring? are you not preferred? are you not preferring?
третье лицо aren't they preferred? aren't they preferring? are they not preferred? are they not preferring?
Прошедшее время непрерывное I was preferred
Утверждение I was preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I was preferred I was preferring
второе лицо you were preferred you were preferring
третье лицо he/she/it was preferred he/she/it was preferring
Множественное число
первое лицо we were preferred we were preferring
второе лицо you were preferred you were preferring
третье лицо they were preferred they were preferring
Отрицание I wasn't preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I wasn't preferred I wasn't preferring I was not preferred I was not preferring
второе лицо you weren't preferred you weren't preferring you were not preferred you were not preferring
третье лицо he/she/it wasn't preferred he/she/it wasn't preferring he/she/it was not preferred he/she/it was not preferring
Множественное число
первое лицо we weren't preferred we weren't preferring we were not preferred we were not preferring
второе лицо you weren't preferred you weren't preferring you were not preferred you were not preferring
третье лицо they weren't preferred they weren't preferring they were not preferred they were not preferring
Вопрос was I preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо was I preferred? was I preferring?
второе лицо were you preferred? were you preferring?
третье лицо was he/she/it preferred? was he/she/it preferring?
Множественное число
первое лицо were we preferred? were we preferring?
второе лицо were you preferred? were you preferring?
третье лицо were they preferred? were they preferring?
Отрицательный вопрос wasn't I preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо wasn't I preferred? wasn't I preferring? was I not preferred? was I not preferring?
второе лицо weren't you preferred? weren't you preferring? were you not preferred? were you not preferring?
третье лицо wasn't he/she/it preferred? wasn't he/she/it preferring? was he/she/it not preferred? was he/she/it not preferring?
Множественное число
первое лицо weren't we preferred? weren't we preferring? were we not preferred? were we not preferring?
второе лицо weren't you preferred? weren't you preferring? were you not preferred? were you not preferring?
третье лицо weren't they preferred? weren't they preferring? were they not preferred? were they not preferring?
Будущее время непрерывное I'll be preferred
Утверждение I'll be preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I'll be preferred I'll be preferring I will be preferred I will be preferring
второе лицо you'll be preferred you'll be preferring you will be preferred you will be preferring
третье лицо he/she/it'll be preferred he/she/it'll be preferring he/she/it will be preferred he/she/it will be preferring
Множественное число
первое лицо we'll be preferred we'll be preferring we will be preferred we will be preferring
второе лицо you'll be preferred you'll be preferring you will be preferred you will be preferring
третье лицо they'll be preferred they'll be preferring they will be preferred they will be preferring
Отрицание I won't be preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I won't be preferred I won't be preferring I will not be preferred I will not be preferring
второе лицо you won't be preferred you won't be preferring you will not be preferred you will not be preferring
третье лицо he/she/it won't be preferred he/she/it won't be preferring he/she/it will not be preferred he/she/it will not be preferring
Множественное число
первое лицо we won't be preferred we won't be preferring we will not be preferred we will not be preferring
второе лицо you won't be preferred you won't be preferring you will not be preferred you will not be preferring
третье лицо they won't be preferred they won't be preferring they will not be preferred they will not be preferring
Вопрос will I be preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо will I be preferred? will I be preferring?
второе лицо will you be preferred? will you be preferring?
третье лицо will he/she/it be preferred? will he/she/it be preferring?
Множественное число
первое лицо will we be preferred? will we be preferring?
второе лицо will you be preferred? will you be preferring?
третье лицо will they be preferred? will they be preferring?
Отрицательный вопрос won't I be preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо won't I be preferred? won't I be preferring? will I not be preferred? will I not be preferring?
второе лицо won't you be preferred? won't you be preferring? will you not be preferred? will you not be preferring?
третье лицо won't he/she/it be preferred? won't he/she/it be preferring? will he/she/it not be preferred? will he/she/it not be preferring?
Множественное число
первое лицо won't we be preferred? won't we be preferring? will we not be preferred? will we not be preferring?
второе лицо won't you be preferred? won't you be preferring? will you not be preferred? will you not be preferring?
третье лицо won't they be preferred? won't they be preferring? will they not be preferred? will they not be preferring?
Условное наклонение непрерывное I'd be preferred
Утверждение I'd be preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I'd be preferred I'd be preferring I would be preferred I would be preferring
второе лицо you'd be preferred you'd be preferring you would be preferred you would be preferring
третье лицо he/she/it'd be preferred he/she/it'd be preferring he/she/it would be preferred he/she/it would be preferring
Множественное число
первое лицо we'd be preferred we'd be preferring we would be preferred we would be preferring
второе лицо you'd be preferred you'd be preferring you would be preferred you would be preferring
третье лицо they'd be preferred they'd be preferring they would be preferred they would be preferring
Отрицание I wouldn't be preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I wouldn't be preferred I wouldn't be preferring I would not be preferred I would not be preferring
второе лицо you wouldn't be preferred you wouldn't be preferring you would not be preferred you would not be preferring
третье лицо he/she/it wouldn't be preferred he/she/it wouldn't be preferring he/she/it would not be preferred he/she/it would not be preferring
Множественное число
первое лицо we wouldn't be preferred we wouldn't be preferring we would not be preferred we would not be preferring
второе лицо you wouldn't be preferred you wouldn't be preferring you would not be preferred you would not be preferring
третье лицо they wouldn't be preferred they wouldn't be preferring they would not be preferred they would not be preferring
Вопрос would I be preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо would I be preferred? would I be preferring?
второе лицо would you be preferred? would you be preferring?
третье лицо would he/she/it be preferred? would he/she/it be preferring?
Множественное число
первое лицо would we be preferred? would we be preferring?
второе лицо would you be preferred? would you be preferring?
третье лицо would they be preferred? would they be preferring?
Отрицательный вопрос wouldn't I be preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо wouldn't I be preferred? wouldn't I be preferring? would I not be preferred? would I not be preferring?
второе лицо wouldn't you be preferred? wouldn't you be preferring? would you not be preferred? would you not be preferring?
третье лицо wouldn't he/she/it be preferred? wouldn't he/she/it be preferring? would he/she/it not be preferred? would he/she/it not be preferring?
Множественное число
первое лицо wouldn't we be preferred? wouldn't we be preferring? would we not be preferred? would we not be preferring?
второе лицо wouldn't you be preferred? wouldn't you be preferring? would you not be preferred? would you not be preferring?
третье лицо wouldn't they be preferred? wouldn't they be preferring? would they not be preferred? would they not be preferring?
Настоящее время совершённое I've preferred
Утверждение I've preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I've preferred I have preferred
второе лицо you've preferred you have preferred
третье лицо he/she/it's preferred he/she/it has preferred
Множественное число
первое лицо we've preferred we have preferred
второе лицо you've preferred you have preferred
третье лицо they've preferred they have preferred
Отрицание I haven't preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I haven't preferred I have not preferred
второе лицо you haven't preferred you have not preferred
третье лицо he/she/it hasn't preferred he/she/it has not preferred
Множественное число
первое лицо we haven't preferred we have not preferred
второе лицо you haven't preferred you have not preferred
третье лицо they haven't preferred they have not preferred
Вопрос have I preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо have I preferred?
второе лицо have you preferred?
третье лицо has he/she/it preferred?
Множественное число
первое лицо have we preferred?
второе лицо have you preferred?
третье лицо have they preferred?
Отрицательный вопрос haven't I preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо haven't I preferred? have I not preferred?
второе лицо haven't you preferred? have you not preferred?
третье лицо hasn't he/she/it preferred? has he/she/it not preferred?
Множественное число
первое лицо haven't we preferred? have we not preferred?
второе лицо haven't you preferred? have you not preferred?
третье лицо haven't they preferred? have they not preferred?
Прошедшее время совершённое I had preferred
Утверждение I had preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I had preferred
второе лицо you had preferred
третье лицо he/she/it had preferred
Множественное число
первое лицо we had preferred
второе лицо you had preferred
третье лицо they had preferred
Отрицание I hadn't preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I hadn't preferred I had not preferred
второе лицо you hadn't preferred you had not preferred
третье лицо he/she/it hadn't preferred he/she/it had not preferred
Множественное число
первое лицо we hadn't preferred we had not preferred
второе лицо you hadn't preferred you had not preferred
третье лицо they hadn't preferred they had not preferred
Вопрос had I preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо had I preferred?
второе лицо had you preferred?
третье лицо had he/she/it preferred?
Множественное число
первое лицо had we preferred?
второе лицо had you preferred?
третье лицо had they preferred?
Отрицательный вопрос hadn't I preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо hadn't I preferred? had I not preferred?
второе лицо hadn't you preferred? had you not preferred?
третье лицо hadn't he/she/it preferred? had he/she/it not preferred?
Множественное число
первое лицо hadn't we preferred? had we not preferred?
второе лицо hadn't you preferred? had you not preferred?
третье лицо hadn't they preferred? had they not preferred?
Будущее время совершённое I'll have preferred
Утверждение I'll have preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I'll have preferred I will have preferred
второе лицо you'll have preferred you will have preferred
третье лицо he/she/it'll have preferred he/she/it will have preferred
Множественное число
первое лицо we'll have preferred we will have preferred
второе лицо you'll have preferred you will have preferred
третье лицо they'll have preferred they will have preferred
Отрицание I won't have preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I won't have preferred I will not have preferred
второе лицо you won't have preferred you will not have preferred
третье лицо he/she/it won't have preferred he/she/it will not have preferred
Множественное число
первое лицо we won't have preferred we will not have preferred
второе лицо you won't have preferred you will not have preferred
третье лицо they won't have preferred they will not have preferred
Вопрос +'ll I have preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо +'ll I have preferred? will I have preferred?
второе лицо +'ll you have preferred? will you have preferred?
третье лицо +'ll he/she/it have preferred? will he/she/it have preferred?
Множественное число
первое лицо +'ll we have preferred? will we have preferred?
второе лицо +'ll you have preferred? will you have preferred?
третье лицо +'ll they have preferred? will they have preferred?
Отрицательный вопрос won't I have preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо won't I have preferred? will I not have preferred?
второе лицо won't you have preferred? will you not have preferred?
третье лицо won't he/she/it have preferred? will he/she/it not have preferred?
Множественное число
первое лицо won't we have preferred? will we not have preferred?
второе лицо won't you have preferred? will you not have preferred?
третье лицо won't they have preferred? will they not have preferred?
Условное наклонение совершённое I'd have preferred
Утверждение I'd have preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I'd have preferred I would have preferred
второе лицо you'd have preferred you would have preferred
третье лицо he/she/it'd have preferred he/she/it would have preferred
Множественное число
первое лицо we'd have preferred we would have preferred
второе лицо you'd have preferred you would have preferred
третье лицо they'd have preferred they would have preferred
Отрицание I wouldn't have preferred
Единственное число
первое лицо I wouldn't have preferred I would not have preferred
второе лицо you wouldn't have preferred you would not have preferred
третье лицо he/she/it wouldn't have preferred he/she/it would not have preferred
Множественное число
первое лицо we wouldn't have preferred we would not have preferred
второе лицо you wouldn't have preferred you would not have preferred
третье лицо they wouldn't have preferred they would not have preferred
Вопрос would I have preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо would I have preferred?
второе лицо would you have preferred?
третье лицо would he/she/it have preferred?
Множественное число
первое лицо would we have preferred?
второе лицо would you have preferred?
третье лицо would they have preferred?
Отрицательный вопрос wouldn't I have preferred?
Единственное число
первое лицо wouldn't I have preferred? would I not have preferred?
второе лицо wouldn't you have preferred? would you not have preferred?
третье лицо wouldn't he/she/it have preferred? would he/she/it not have preferred?
Множественное число
первое лицо wouldn't we have preferred? would we not have preferred?
второе лицо wouldn't you have preferred? would you not have preferred?
третье лицо wouldn't they have preferred? would they not have preferred?
Повелительное наклонение prefer!
Утверждение
you prefer!
we let's prefer!
Отрицание
you don't prefer!
we let's not prefer!
Примеры prefer примеры
Как в английском употребляется prefer?
Простые фразы
Fifty-two per cent of British women prefer chocolate to sex.
Пятьдесят два процента британских женщин предпочитают шоколад сексу.
I would prefer to speak to you in private.
Я бы предпочёл поговорить с тобой наедине.
I would prefer to speak to you in private.
Я бы предпочёл поговорить с вами наедине.
I prefer a hotel by the airport.
Я предпочитаю отель недалеко от аэропорта.
I prefer a hotel by the airport.
Я предпочитаю отель рядом с аэропортом.
I prefer silver rings to gold ones.
Я предпочитаю золотым кольцам серебряные.
I prefer staying home to going fishing.
Лучше я останусь дома, чем пойду на рыбалку.
I prefer apples to all the other fruits.
Из всех фруктов я больше всего люблю яблоки.
I prefer going out to staying at home.
Я предпочитаю пойти на улицу, а не сидеть дома.
I prefer traveling by train to flying.
Я предпочитаю путешествовать поездом, а не самолётом.
I prefer traveling by train to flying.
Перелетам я предпочитаю путешествие на поезде.
I prefer coffee to tea.
Предпочитаю чаю кофе.
I prefer tea to coffee.
Я предпочитаю чай кофе.
I prefer tea to coffee.
Я чай люблю больше, чем кофе.
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I'd been driving two years prior to that, but I prefer to keep things tidy.
К тому времени я уже два года водила машину. Но я предпочитаю все делать по правилам.
I prefer this one.
Я предпочитаю этот.
I prefer going to prison as a debtor, rather than let my wife starve.
Лучше уж я пойду в тюрьму, чем моя больная жена будет голодать.
If I were to buy, I should prefer someplace like Palm Beach.
Если я и куплю что-то, так такое идеальное местечко, как Палм-Бич.
I would prefer if you forgot him.
Я бы предпочел, если б ты забыла его.
Perhaps, but I prefer to do it myself.
Возможно, но я хочу сделать это собственноручно.
You prefer to hide it, pretend it isn't there.
Ты предпочитаешь прятать ее, делать вид, что ее и вовсе нет.
Perhaps you prefer a gentleman?
Может ты предпочитаешь джентльмена?
WELL, I PREFER RUSSIA.
Мне больше нравится Россия.
DO YOU, UH, WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR SOLITAIRE, OR WOULD YOU PREFER SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES TWO PEOPLE?
Вы вернётесь к своему пасьянсу, или предпочтёте что-то, требующее участия двоих?
I'm afraid, as a rule, I prefer the company of men, particularly if they're bartenders.
Я, как правило, предпочитаю компанию мужчин, особенно если они - бармены.
If it's all the same to you, I should prefer a great smash.
Вам может и все равно, но я предпочитаю настоящий хит.
Even to this day I prefer to hunt with it. but alas, even that was too deadly.
До сего дня я предпочитал охотиться с ним, но увы, даже лук чересчур смертоносен.
I prefer the little ones, like you get in plums.
Мне больше нравятся маленькие, как в сливах.
Из журналистики
The complexities of black anger, white guilt, and of black, and white fear, are so vexed that most Americans prefer not to talk about race at all.
Сложности черного гнева, белой вины, а также черного и белого страха являются настолько спорными, что большинство американцев предпочитает вообще не говорить о расе.
Under Nigeria's various dictatorships, for example, many journalists underwent a rite of passage that most prefer to forget: routine harassment, beatings, torture, frame-ups on spurious charges, and incongruously long prison sentences.
Например, при различных диктатурах в Нигерии многие журналисты прошли через такое, что большинство из них предпочитает сегодня забыть: рутинные оскорбления, побои, пытки, ложные обвинения и длительные сроки тюремного заключения.
Such campaigns go hand-in-hand with expanded farming, because sellers of these foods prefer nearby growers - even if these growers increasingly live in the city.
Такие компании идут рука об руку с развивающимся фермерством, потому что продавцы такой продукции предпочитают ближайших производителей сельскохозяйственной продукции - даже, если все больше этих производителей живет в городе.
But many Arabs nowadays prefer to give the US a break.
Но в настоящее время многие арабы предпочитают предоставить США передышку.
Better to let the Americans do it, though of course these Shi'a leaders prefer a slow strangulation of al-Sadr to a direct and bloody assault.
Пусть лучше американцы это сделают, хотя конечно эти шиитские лидеры предпочитают медленное удушение аль-Садра прямому и кровавому нападению.
Some take consolation from this, viewing it as positive that Europeans prefer leisure to work.
Некоторые находят в этом утешение, дескать, европейцы предпочитают работе отдых, что само по себе неплохо.
Such viewers say that they would prefer to watch less than they do.
Такие зрители говорят, что хотели бы смотреть телевизор меньше, чем делают это обычно.
Belief in Bush's honesty led many voters to prefer him to Albert Gore in the 2000 presidential election.
Вера в честность Буша заставила многих избирателей предпочесть его Альберту Гору на президентских выборах 2000 года.
Indeed, we found that all Lebanese families strongly prefer sons over daughters.
В действительности мы установили, что во всех ливанских семьях гораздо больше хотят рождения сыновей, чем дочерей.
At first glance, this vision seems entirely reasonable; after all, most countries prefer to manage domestic and regional affairs without the meddling of outside powers.
На первый взгляд это видение кажется вполне разумным; в конце концов, большинство стран предпочитают управлять внутренними и региональными делами без вмешательства внешних сил.
Instead, bureaucrats and politicians prefer a quota system, whereby bureaucrats, not the market, select who immigrates.
Вместо этого, бюрократам больше пришлась бы по душе система квот, когда бы иммигрантов выбирали они сами, а не рынок.
If you want America to lead by the power of example, you favor Barack Obama; if you want to be reassured by the continuation of America's power in a traditional security sense, you probably prefer John McCain.
Если Вы хотите, чтобы Америка играла руководящую роль, подавая пример, то Вы отдадите предпочтение Бараку Обаме; если Вы хотите быть уверены в том, что власть Америки в традиционном смысле безопасности продолжится, то Вы вероятно выберете Джона Маккейна.
A very conservative regime naturally tends to prefer a Republican candidate over a Democrat.
Очень консервативный режим по своей природе имеет тенденцию оказывать предпочтение республиканскому кандидату над демократическим.
Leaders of the poor prefer to romanticize the past.
Лидеры бедняков предпочитают романтизировать прошлое.