Such research has also shown something odd: horseflies attack black horses in preference to white ones.

相对于白马，马蝇更喜欢叮咬黑马。

Use clear English in preference to technical language.

【preference】要用简明的英语，而不是专业术语。

The Portuguese, it is said, indeed, are better customers for our manufactures than the French, and should therefore be encouraged in preference to them.

据说，葡萄牙人确实比法国人更适合我们的制造商， 因此应该优先鼓励他们。

" I had every reason for it, M. Jacques; you took that Savoyard in preference to me, that scum of the Port Saint Nicolas" .

“我完全有理由这样做，雅克先生;你把那个萨瓦人看得比我更胜一筹，那个圣尼古拉斯港的渣滓”。

Had she been a mother she would have christened her boys such names as Saul or Sisera in preference to Jacob or David, neither of whom she admired.

如果她当上母亲，她会给儿子取名“扫罗”或“西西拉”，而不是“雅各布”或“大卫”，她不喜欢这两个人。

It was a victory for Sam Roberts, when, rising from the repast, she gave him her hand for the first " figure" in preference to either of his rivals.

这对山姆·罗伯茨来说是一场胜利，她吃完饭后站起来，把手伸给了他，让他优先获得第一个“数字”，而不是他的任何一个竞争对手。

Er, Yes.His first contribution was his preference to share his opinions about popular topics, instead of simply reporting on current events— um, much in the vein of a modern newspaper columnist.

呃，是的，他的第一个贡献是他更喜欢分享他对热门话题的看法，而不是简单地报道时事——嗯，很像现代报纸专栏作家的风格。

One such example is the use of the northern English they, their and them in preference to the London equivalents hi, hir and hem (which were more easily confused with singular pronouns like he, her and him).

一个这样的例子是使用北方英语的 they、their 和 them 而不是伦敦的 hi、hir 和 hem（它们更容易与 he、her 和 him 等单数代词混淆）。

It may be watched and guarded; so that the enemy shall not force his way again into the citadel, and might even, in his subsequent assaults, select some other avenue, in preference to that where he had formerly succeeded.

它可能受到监视和保护；这样敌人就不会再次强行进入城堡， 甚至可能在随后的攻击中选择其他途径， 而不是他以前成功的途径。

I usually use the term " entity" in preference to the term " soul, " simply because those particular misconceptions are not so connected with the word " entity, " and its connotations are less religious in an organizational sense.

我通常优先使用术语“实体”而不是“灵魂”，因为那些特定的误解与“实体”这个词没有太大联系，而且它的内涵在组织意义上不那么宗教化。