1. | Cold food would be preferable in this heat. |
| 在这样的热天吃冷食更好。
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2. | He finds country life preferable to living in the city. |
| 他感到在乡村生活比在城市生活要好些。
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3. | 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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4. | The first choice is preferable to the second. |
| (两种选择中)第一种比第二种更可取。
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5. | Death is preferable to dishonor. |
| 死犹胜于受辱。
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6. | Any principle is preferable to none. |
| 任何原则都比没有原则好。
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7. | Poverty is preferable to ill-health. |
| 贫困总比体弱多病好。
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8. | Health without riches is preferable to riches without health. |
| 健康而无财富总比有财富而不健康好。
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9. | No life at all, the blankness of the grave was preferable to the pangs gnawing continually at her heart. |
| 根本不用活下去了,坟墓的空虚比那不断啮咬着她心的阵阵悲痛要更好一些。
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10. | Any suggestion is preferable to none. |
| 不管什么建议,总比没有建议好。
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