White clothes are preferable to black ones in hot weather since white reflects light.

因为白颜色反射光，所以天气炎热时，穿白衣服比黑衣服。

A glass of icy tea is preferable to a cup of coffee on a hot day.

大热天的时候，一杯冰茶比一杯咖啡更讨喜。

For instance, the word police officer is preferable to a policeman which implies that it's a man.

例如，警官 police officer 就比 policeman 更可取，因为后者暗示它。

False positives in medical testing are preferable to false negatives, but they can still lead to stress or unnecessary treatment.

医学检测中的假阳性优于假阴性，但它们仍然可能导致压力或不必的治疗。

Sometimes ignorance is preferable to the detailed truth.

有时无知比详细的真相更可取。

Neither choice is super-appealing, but either is preferable to piling up debt.

两个选择都不太吸引，但都比负债。

Monroe had gradually come to the conclusion that war was preferable to pointless negotiations.

门罗逐渐得出结论，认为战争比毫无意义的谈判更可取。

Your outcome is a good outcome, and that is preferable to bankruptcy.

你的结果一个结果，这比破产。

After all, paddling a kayak is preferable to pulling one.

毕竟，划独木舟比拖独木舟。

You're definitely going to say as a Stoic, One life is preferable to the other.

你肯定会以斯多葛主义者的身份说，一种生活优于另一种生活。

And so a job where you're exploited is preferable to no job at all.

所以在一个被剥削的工作也比没有工作。

A thief is preferable to a habitual liar, but the lot of both is ruin.

惯常撒谎者不如盗贼，然两者终将自毁。

I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious.

我认为大家都认同，达成协议总比采取显而易见的行动。

Doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious.

达成协议总比采取显而易见的行动。

Prison, for James Brown, was preferable to rehab.

对詹姆斯·布朗而言，监狱比康复治疗更可取。

And obviously it is preferable to be, that goes without saying.

显然，生存优于消亡，这不言而喻的。

It's, uh, and I, I don't know why that's preferable to something like this.

嗯，我，我不知道为什么这比类似的东西更受欢迎。

I suppose it is preferable to beheading.

但我觉着总比掉脑袋强。

No, I just think eight years is preferable to life.

我只觉得八年比终身监禁。

In this setting, a lobectomy is preferable to sublobar resection.

在这种情况下，肺叶切除术优于亚肺叶切除术。