20140301 每日三單字 (conscious of / prevent from / prefer to )

conscious of
神志清醒的，有知覺的[F]
She may become conscious before morning .   她天亮前可能恢復知覺。
意識到的，覺察到的[F][（+of）][+that]
I suddenly became conscious that someone was looking at me .   我突然意識到有人在看著我。
故意的，蓄意的
His conscious lie exasperated his teacher to no end .   他故意說謊使老師非常惱怒。
害羞的[（+of）]
She was conscious of her flat nose .   她為自己的扁鼻子感到難為情。
（常用以構成複合詞）有……意識的

He was conscious of a sharp pain.
The general was unconscious of being followed by the spy.


prevent from

防止，預防
Vitamin C is supposed to prevent colds .   維他命C被認為能預防感冒。
阻止；制止；妨礙[（+from）]
Who prevents their plans from being carried out ?   誰阻止他們的計畫，不讓實施？
Of course I can ' t prevent your going .   當然，我不能阻止你去。
【古】先做；先去；先來
The teacher prevents us from swimming in the pond.

prefer
寧可，寧願（選擇）；更喜歡[+v-ing][+to-v][O2][+（that）]
I prefer the quiet countryside to the noisy cities .   我喜歡安靜的鄉村勝過喧鬧的城市。
So you prefer living abroad ?   那麼你是寧願旅居海外囉？
At the moment , he preferred not to think about the future .   此時此刻，他寧願不去想未來的事情。
I preferred the title of reporter .   我更喜歡記者這個頭銜。
【律】提出（控告等）
Police preferred charges against him for theft .   警方指控他有偷竊行為。
He preferred a charge against the robber .   他控告那名盜賊。
【古】提升，提拔[（+to）]

【律】給（債權人）優先權

I prefer to stay home rather than go out.
I prefer to stay home instead of going out.
I prefer staying home to going out.