He preferred to imagine how things might have been.
问题描述：
He preferred to imagine how things might have been.
这是有前后文的
前一句:william was never satisfied to stick to the facts......
后一句:i was never in much doubt that william was going to be a writer.
要是可以就帮我全翻译了吧.
答
威廉姆从来不会满足于现实的所发生的,他更喜欢想象事情的其他可能,所以我从来都不会怀疑威廉姆会成为一个作家‘‘
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