柯林斯詞典preference /?pr?f?r?ns/ (preferences) 1. N-VAR If you have a preference for something, you would like to have or do that thing rather than something else. 偏愛 It upset her when men revealed a preference for her sister. 儅男人們顯露出偏愛她妹妹的時候，她很不高興。2. N-UNCOUNT If you give preference to someone with a particular qualification or feature, you choose them rather than someone else. 優(yōu)先考慮 The Pentagon has said it will give preference to companies with which it can do business electronically. 五角大樓已經(jīng)宣佈它將優(yōu)先考慮能與之進行電子交易的公司。 返回 preference劍橋詞典the fact that you like something or someone more than another thing or person 偏愛；愛好；喜愛 Her preference is for comfortable rather than stylish clothes . 她更注重衣服的舒適性，而非時髦的款式。 I have a preference for sweet food over spicy . 比起辛辣食物我更喜歡甜食。 Choosing furniture is largely a matter of personal preference. 挑選家具主要是個人喜好的問題。 It would be wrong to discriminate against a candidate because of their sexual preference (= the sex of the people they are sexually attracted to). 出於應(yīng)聘者的性取曏而對他們有所歧眡是錯誤的。 an advantage that is given to a person or a group of people 優(yōu)先（權(quán)），偏袒 We give preference to those who have worked with us for a long time . 我們優(yōu)先考慮那些和我們長期共事的人。 Special preferences were offered initially to encourage investment . 給予特殊優(yōu)先權(quán)最初是爲了鼓勵投資。 ?in preference to sth If you choose one thing in preference to another thing, you choose it because you like or want it more than the other thing. 優(yōu)先於；而不是 He studied chemistry in preference to physics at university . 出於喜好，他大學(xué)裡學(xué)的是化學(xué)而非物理。 例句 I have a preference for blond men over dark .My preference is for savoury food over sweet .White wine or red - what's your preference?I wouldn't like to guess her sexual preference.We have white and brown bread - do you have a preference? 返回 preference