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preferred

/pri-fur/US // prɪˈfɜr //UK // (prɪˈfɜː) //

首选,优先选择,优先考虑,首选的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pre·ferred, pre·fer·ring.

    • : to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
    • : Law. to give priority, as to one creditor over another.
    • : to put forward or present for consideration or sanction.
    • : to put forward or advance, as in rank or office; promote: to be preferred for advancement.

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Examples

  • Flatly put, people prefer and trust organic links over paid ads.

  • Most coyotes — even ones that live in cities — prefer wild prey, he says.

  • When we brought you the new taste of Coke, we knew that millions would prefer it.

  • Euclid doesn’t even name the Pythagorean Theorem we all learn in school after Pythagoras, preferring just to state it plainly.

  • Analysts says Beijing preferred to partner the Pakistan military to guarantee projects are completed, bypassing the democratically elected federal and state governments.

  • What they found was that most people preferred to work with the lovable fool rather than the competent jerk.

  • They preferred having an independent arbitrator in place to hear any and all appeals.

  • According to Swiss press reports, younger cats in the litter are the most tender and, as such, are the preferred cat cuts.

  • Silence was clearly the preferred strategy of Republican candidates up and down the ballot.

  • Clients supply transportation, lodging, and ingredients, including the preferred strain of ganja.

  • He was contemporary with Milton, and preferred before him by critics of the day, but has now sunk into oblivion.

  • As for him, he much preferred the darkness of his cool, damp galleries under the ground.

  • Though by birth duke of St. Cloud, he preferred the ecclesiastical state to political distinction.

  • It is the place only where Spain is commended, and preferred before England itself.

  • Jenner's stain, which gives a somewhat similar picture, is preferred by many for differential counting of leukocytes.