释义 |
ˈpreferableness [f. prec. + -ness.] The quality of being preferable; greater desirableness.
1648W. Mountague Devout Ess. i. x. §7. 121 My purpose is not to measure or weigh the preferablenesse of severall vocations. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. ii. 11. 172 What has been said concerning the Preferableness of the mental Pleasures to the sensual. 1857Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. I. xxv. 97 Firmly penetrated with the preferableness of honest commerce. |