prefer than or toとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Guests generally prefer to eat what they like including Western-style or Chinese-style dishes, rather than the set menus at ryokan such as banquet dishes or "kaiseki-ryori" (traditional Japanese cuisine consisting of a number of small, varied dishes of seasonal and regional specialties).発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

食事は旅館のお仕着せの宴会料理や会席料理ではなく、洋食や中華も含めて、盛り沢山でもなくとも自分の好みに合ったものを摂りたいという宿泊客の志向がある。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

There is a proverb related to Hanami Dango "Hana yori Dango"(to prefer dango to hana); it originates from people attracted much more to dango or parties at hanami events than to 'hana' (the cherry blossoms) which are supposed to be the main things at the events.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

本来メインである花見よりその際に食べる団子（それに付随する酒宴）に興味を持つ様に由来する、「花より団子」のことわざがある。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

The invention relates to the cockroach-exterminating device made of paper/wood based material, with an improved functionality as a nest having a size larger than the body size of the cockroaches and a porous structure such as a honeycomb structure or round shape, triangular, quadranglar or other polygonal shape by utilizing the habit of cockroach that they prefer a dark, narrow space made of paper/wood based material as the home.例文帳に追加

ゴキブリは、暗く、狭隘で且つ紙・木質系の場所を巣として好むという習性があるので、紙・木質系の素材を使い、ゴキブリの体型寸法以上の大きさを備えたハニカム構造又は丸形、三角形、四角形その他多角形の形状をした多孔形状を持つ、ゴキブリの巣としての機能を向上させた駆除装置を考案した。 - 特許庁