For operators, having a single supplier of equipment to handle all kinds of telecoms services can be preferable to cobbling together devices from several manufacturers.(對運營商而言，單一的設備提供商能應對所有的電信業務，這比從數家制造商那里分別購買組件更受歡迎。)

A thicker swim cap (made of silicon as opposed to latex) might be preferable to keep the head warmer. Sometimes a swimming cap does not stay on very well and continually slips.(一個較薄的泳帽(由硅膠制成，而不是乳膠)可能是最好保護頭部溫度。)

It would be preferable to employ two people, not one.(雇請兩個人比雇請一個更好。)

"Tony, " it read, "did get here by faking mental illness because he thought it would be preferable to prison."(信中回復，“托尼確實是裝瘋被送進來的，他以為這兒會比監獄好過。”)

Owning a car might be preferable to owning a bicycle, but the problems associated with owning the former far outweigh those of the latter.(與擁有一輛自行車相比，人們更愿意擁有一輛汽車，但擁有后者涉及的問題遠遠超過前者。)

They concluded that it may be preferable to treat such patients with pain medications instead of antibiotics.(他們總結，治療這類病人最好選擇鎮痛類藥物而不是抗生素。)

This method may be preferable to your theme designer because they can control the use of stylesheets directly from the page template file.(這種方法可能更適合您的主題設計人員，因為他們可以從頁面模板文件直接控制對樣式表的使用。)

Rather than a regulatory system with uniform effluent limitations, it may be preferable to have a variable standard that would concentrate pollution abatement where it costs the least.(制定各種各樣的花費成本最少而又達到減污效果最佳的可變標準或許是最好標準，而不是統一的污染限制管制體制。)

Working alone may be preferable to working with others on group projects.(獨自工作會比與其他人團體項目的工作要更好。)

Although being numb and not feeling may be preferable to the pain that most humans are in, one cannot confuse numbness with peace as they really have nothing in common with one another.(雖然處于麻木及沒有感覺中可能比大多數人類所處的痛苦更好，但你不能把麻木與和平混淆，因為它們彼此之間確實沒有任何共同的地方。)