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lief adverb uk /liːf/ us /liːf/ sb had/would as lief do sthold use If someone had/would as lief to do something, they would prefer to do something: 宁愿,宁可 He saw that I would as lief be alone.他能看出来我宁愿一个人生活。 I'd as lief have him on my side as against me. "I'd as lief not invite sister Deane this time," said Mrs Tulliver. He muttered that he had as lief stand as sit. His clerk would not touch the cheese, saying he had as lief chew soap. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Liking more bias druthers each each to his/their ownphrase fave favour favoured favourite give give me ... any day/every time!idiom over-favour prefer preferable preferably preference preferred rather soon top ten would (just) as soonidiom |