Sentence examples of "prefers" in English
My daughter prefers science to languages or art.
Ma fille préfère la science aux langues ou à l'art.
What makes you think that Tom prefers living in the country?
Qu'est-ce qui te fait penser que Tom préfère vivre à la campagne ?
He prefers plain, simple people, for he is plain and simple himself.
Il préfère les gens ordinaires et simples, car il est lui-même ordinaire et simple.
My mother prefers the arbitrary selection of the lottery machines over my lucky numbers.
Ma mère préfère la sélection arbitraire des machines de loterie à mes chiffres fétiches.
Johnson is a recluse; he prefers to isolate himself from the rest of the students in our class.
Johnson est un reclus ; il préfère s'isoler du reste des élèves de notre classe.
Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me. We long for a caring Universe which will save us from our childish mistakes, and in the face of mountains of evidence to the contrary we will pin all our hopes on the slimmest of doubts. God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist.
La capacité inébranlable de l'homme à croire ce qu'il préfère plutôt qu'à ce que les preuves démontrent être probable et possible m'a toujours stupéfié. Nous nous languissons d'un univers attentionné qui nous sauvera de nos puériles erreurs, et face à des montagnes de preuves du contraire nous allons accrocher nos espoirs aux doutes les plus minces. On n'a pas prouvé que Dieu n'existait pas, donc il doit exister.
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