Their situation is often self-imposed and prefered over a vibrant social-life.

他们的处境往往是自我强加的，优先于充满活力的社会生活。

I prefered working with other colleagues when I worked in my previous company.

我更喜欢和其他同事在一起工作。

Yeah, well, actually, I've also lived in a really small town in Japan too and I prefered the small town in Japan to the big city like Tokyo.

对，我也在日本的一个小城镇生活过，相比大城市东京，我更喜欢日本的小城镇。

Heidi and Howard were judged as equally competent, but when asked who they prefer to work with and who they'd rather hire, the students prefered Howard.

海蒂和霍华德被评为同样能干，但当被问及他们更愿意与谁一起工作以及他们更愿意雇用谁时， 学生们更喜欢霍华德。