destroy vt. 破坏, 毁灭
It seems he's destroying himself.
他似乎正在毁灭自己。
消灭, 杀死
The injured dog had to be destroyed.
这只受伤的狗要予以人道毁灭。
prefer vt. 选择某事物(而不选择他事物); 更喜欢
She preferred that nobody should come to see her.
她宁愿没有人来看她。
I'd prefer vegetable.
我宁愿吃蔬菜。
He preferred to die instead of stealing.
他宁愿死也不愿意偷窃。
They prefer living in the suburbs.
他们更愿意住在郊区。
I should have preferred him to do it in a different way.
我倒愿意他用另一种办法做。
refer vi. 提到; 针对; 关系到
Don't refer to the matter again.
不要再提这件事了。
Does your remark refer to all of us?
你的评论是针对我们所有人的吗?
vt. 送交; 提交
He referred the case to the High Court.
他把案子提交给高级法庭处理。
归于
Some people refer all the troubles to bad luck instead of lack of ability.
有些人把自己所有的苦恼都归咎于运气不佳, 而不认为是缺乏能力。
vt. & vi. 参考; 查阅
Refer to the dictionary when you don't know how to spell a word.
当你不知道怎么拼写一个词时, 查阅一下词典。
The asterisk refers the reader to a footnote.
星号是让读者参看脚注。