1·I can't recall hearing a positive reaction to a white guy preferring Asian women.
我记不得听到过哪怕一次对白人男性偏爱亚裔女性的积极反应。
2·It was this latter effect, perhaps, that caused New Yorkers to avoid drinking water and earned them a reputation for preferring other sorts of beverages.
也许正是因为这后一种原因，纽约人避免喝水，从而获得了偏爱其它饮料的名声。
3·But others have suggested that taller men simply have not been attracted to athletics, preferring to devote themselves to more lucrative10 sports such as basketball or American football.
但是，已有另外的科学家提出说，身材高大的人是不会对田径运动感兴趣的，他们都偏爱投身于更为有利可图的运动，比如篮球或美式足球。
4·Thus the organisation hasn't yet worked out the predictive 'measures that mean something', and will probably never work on those, preferring historical financial data.
因此组织没有制定带有预见性的指标而更偏爱历史数据。
5·Recipes vary around the world, with some preferring to horseradish and Tabasco.
尽管世界各地的配方都不相同，但普遍偏爱添加山葵调味剂和塔巴斯哥辣酱油。