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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.(对运营商而言，单一的设备提供商能应对所有的电信业务，这比从数家制造商那里分别购买组件更受欢迎。)

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.(一个较薄的泳帽(由硅胶制成，而不是乳胶)可能是最好保护头部温度。)

It would be preferable to employ two people, not one.(雇请两个人比雇请一个更好。)

"Tony, " it read, "did get here by faking mental illness because he thought it would be preferable to prison."(信中回复，“托尼确实是装疯被送进来的，他以为这儿会比监狱好过。”)

Owning a car might be preferable to owning a bicycle, but the problems associated with owning the former far outweigh those of the latter.(与拥有一辆自行车相比，人们更愿意拥有一辆汽车，但拥有后者涉及的问题远远超过前者。)

They concluded that it may be preferable to treat such patients with pain medications instead of antibiotics.(他们总结，治疗这类病人最好选择镇痛类药物而不是抗生素。)

This method may be preferable to your theme designer because they can control the use of stylesheets directly from the page template file.(这种方法可能更适合您的主题设计人员，因为他们可以从页面模板文件直接控制对样式表的使用。)

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.(制定各种各样的花费成本最少而又达到减污效果最佳的可变标准或许是最好标准，而不是统一的污染限制管制体制。)

Working alone may be preferable to working with others on group projects.(独自工作会比与其他人团体项目的工作要更好。)

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.(虽然处于麻木及没有感觉中可能比大多数人类所处的痛苦更好，但你不能把麻木与和平混淆，因为它们彼此之间确实没有任何共同的地方。)