She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue. 她避免创造宏大画面，更喜欢依赖微小的手势和准确的对话。
True, Americans are less likely these days to keep their savings in the bank, preferring money-market funds. 确实，在如今的年代里，美国的老百姓不太愿意把钱存放在银行里，他们更喜欢货币市场基金。
The young men seem to be preferring some request which the elder ones are indisposed to grant. 年轻人似乎想提出某种年纪大的人不愿答应的要求。
