A glass of icy tea is preferable to a cup of coffee on a hot day.

大热天的时候，一杯冰茶要比一杯咖啡更讨喜。

For instance, the word police officer is preferable to a policeman which implies that it's a man.

例如，警官 police officer 就比 policeman 更可取，因为后者暗示它是男人。

False positives in medical testing are preferable to false negatives, but they can still lead to stress or unnecessary treatment.

医学检测中的假阳性优于假阴性，但它们仍然可能导致压力或不必要的治疗。

Sometimes ignorance is preferable to the detailed truth.

有时无知比详细的真相更可取。

I suppose it is preferable to beheading.

但我觉着总比掉脑袋强。

No, I just think eight years is preferable to life.

我只是觉得八年比终身监禁要好。

Monroe had gradually come to the conclusion that war was preferable to pointless negotiations.

门罗逐渐得出结论，战争比毫无意义的谈判更可取。

The rattler in every case came out hurriedly, as though anything were preferable to being shut in.

每次响尾蛇都匆匆忙忙地出来， 好像任何事情都比被关起来要好。

And that would be preferable to, say, putting them on the key holder which just happens to look like a large key.

比如说，你要是能把钥匙放在这个长得像把大钥匙的钥匙架上就更好了。

Provided that individual students can attend all sessions, separating training into multiple sessions, in other words spaced-learning, is preferable to mass learning.

如果每个学生都能参加所有课程，那么将培训分成多个课程，换句话说，间隔学习比大规模学习更可取。