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单词 preference
释义
preferencepref‧e‧rence /ˈprefərəns/ ●●○ W3 noun Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Adams expressed her preference for New York, despite the fact that she's lived in California for six years.
  • Oil or vinegar may be added for a more bland or sharp sauce, according to your preference.
  • There are definite regional preferences amongst our clients.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Because of its preference for lower temperatures, this is an ideal plant for the garden pool.
  • Coupons generated electronically at the cash register are popular across the country, because they mirror consumer preferences.
  • Most of us arrange our bedrooms based purely on personal preference.
  • Our personal preference is to cook pork, particularly the loin cuts, so that it is slightly pink and remains moist.
  • The context of these remarks was his preference for allowing arbitrators to make final decisions on questions of construction.
  • This extremely flexible system allows the hotel to tailor service preferences for each guest.
  • When he provided nests on two tiers, hens showed a strong preference for the lower level.
  • When they're old enough for a preference, he's the preference.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorthe one you like better than any others
British /favorite American your favourite colour, food, teacher etc is the one you like more than all other colours, types of food etc: · My favourite colour is purple.· Who is your favorite singer?· Proceeds from the concert will go to the singer's favorite charities.
especially spoken to like something better than other things - use this especially when you are asking someone to choose or when you are choosing: · Which of these dresses do you like best?like something best: · I think I like the red one best.
formal the preferred method, plan etc is the one that people think is the best: · Steaming is the preferred method of cooking in Central Asia.· Seventeen percent of likely voters picked Stark as their preferred candidate.
the thing or person you like best and would choose first when you have several to choose from: · Frances was our first choice as a name for the baby.· Parents choosing schools for their children are rarely given their first choice.first choice for: · Atkins was the producers' first choice for the part of the maid.first choice of: · Twenty-six percent of the students said that teaching was their first choice of occupations.
when someone likes one thing or person rather than another: · There are definite regional preferences amongst our clients.· Oil or vinegar may be added for a more bland or sharp sauce, according to your preference.preference for: · Adams expressed her preference for New York, despite the fact that she's lived in California for six years.
instead of another thing, place, time etc
· We didn't have enough money to go to a movie, so we went to the park instead.· I can't manage Thursday. Can we meet on Friday instead?instead of · Can I have soup instead of salad?instead of doing something · You should talk to your teacher instead of just complaining to me about it.
if you do or choose one thing rather than another, you do or choose the first thing because it seems better: · She uses lemon rather than vinegar in her salad dressings.· Rather than driving around all day looking for somewhere to park, why don't you take a bus into town?
if one thing is used in place of another, it is used instead of it or put in the place where the other thing was: · A Walt Disney film is being shown in place of the advertised programme.· For this recipe you can always use olive oil in place of butter.in something's place: · The newspaper has stopped having a crossword puzzle and in its place they now have a weekly wordsearch competition.
British /in favor of American if you decide not to do, have, or accept one thing in favour of another, you choose the other because you think it is much better: · The original plan was abandoned in favour of a new proposal.· Communist theory and practice has been rejected in favour of American-style capitalism.
if you choose one thing in preference to another thing, you choose it instead of the other thing because you think it is better or more suitable: · In Languedoc, local wines are drunk in preference to wines from other parts of France.· Children often choose high-fat fast foods in preference to fresh, healthy ones.
something that is given in lieu of something else is given instead of that thing, especially in a work or business situation: a day/time off in lieu: · Because you worked on Sunday, you can have a day off in lieu.· Occasionally, he makes his staff work overtime and gives them time off in lieu.in lieu of: · They used to give the landlord poultry and eggs in lieu of rent.
to like someone or something better than others
· Which bread do you prefer, brown or white?· "Which restaurant shall we go to?" "I really don't mind. Whichever one you prefer."much prefer somebody/something (=like something much better) · She doesn't like romantic fiction -- she much prefers detective stories.· Brad Pitt? Oh no, I much prefer Russell Crowe!prefer somebody/something to somebody/ something · I'm beginning to like Japanese food. I certainly prefer rice to potatoes.I'd prefer something · Dave wants to go to New York again, but I'd prefer somewhere more exotic.
especially spoken to like one person or thing more than another one: · Which do you like better, the red tie or the green one?like better than: · I like our new teacher much better than the one we had before.· There was nothing she liked better than being in the limelight in front of the press and TV cameras.
formal to prefer something - use this especially when you are discussing which one of several things should be chosen: · We could eat Chinese, Indian, or Italian. Do you have any preference?have a preference for: · The new leader has a preference for people who come from the same area of the country as he does.have no strong/particular preference (=you don't prefer any of them more than the others): · I really have no particular preference -- you choose.express a preference (=say that you prefer one rather than others): · When I asked her about where she wanted the meeting to be held she didn't express any particular preference.
British /favor American if a person or group in a position of authority or influence favours something such as a plan, idea, or system, they think it is better than the others: · President Bush was known to favor the use of military force.· In the 1930s the Bauhaus school tended to favour a technological approach to art.
spoken informal used when you want to say that you strongly prefer one type of thing: · I can't stand English men -- they're so boring. Give me an Italian any day!· Forget all your salad and beans and organic food -- give me a thick juicy steak any day!
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
· Do you have a preference for red or white wine?
· He avoided expressing a preference for any of the remaining Democratic candidates.
· Females showed a preference for long-tailed males.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + preference
· In some countries, there is still a strong preference for sons.
· There was a clear preference amongst the staff for this style of leadership.
(=strong and clear)· The animals have a marked preference for woodland.
· My personal preference is to eat meat only once or twice a week.
· This partnership can take a variety of forms, depending on individual preferences.
· Information about local consumer preferences can be used by a manufacturer's sales force.
· Very young children may have clear food preferences.
phrases
· Please list your choice of colleges in order of preference.
(=be something that you can choose, according to what you like)· Which one you decide to buy is just a matter of personal preference.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· The country’s main exports were, in order of importance, coffee, sugar, and soya beans.
· What you plant in your garden is ultimately a matter of personal preference.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Put more accurately, individual judges may be clear as to their preferences but those preferences do not always coincide.· The recent well publicised survey of public opinion showed a clear preference for treatment in centres of excellence.· Despite the limitations of the survey it did suggest some clear habitat preferences and population trends.· Despite the clear overall preference for first-cousins, the data were highly variable.· So, all told, roughly three-quarters or more of recent cash buyers had a clear preference for cash.
· It is widely expected that bondholders will then be asked to convert some of their holdings into a new convertible preference share.
· The two texts simply address different readerships and in so doing reflect different textual preferences.· In addition each shows a different preference for quantitative forecasts, compared with more qualitative outlooks.· The above examples illustrate that different preferences exist across languages for certain general patterns of reference.· How are we to understand their different feeding preferences?· As the programmes developed, some teams began to include a range of options to meet different needs and preferences.· As with coupons, there are different preferences among investors regarding term to maturity.
· Experimental studies on birds and fish have shown that male ornaments can be favoured by female mating preferences.· Why must we explain these female preferences only in terms of the effects on their sons and daughters?· If the best choose the brightest, female preference and male trait will evolve together.· So the female preference for Clinton was 5 percentage points higher than the male preference.
· There are four plans available to cater for individual preferences.· Across occupations, pension ages vary arbitrarily and do not show any systematic relationship to individual skills or preferences.· How else is the individual to discover individual tastes and preferences?· This partnership can take a variety of forms, depending on particular circumstances and individual preferences.· We did not want to impose this restriction here but wanted to let the data reveal individual preferences.· Ask every resident what they would like and try to satisfy individual preferences.· The use made of a library depended on the individual planner's preference.· The choice seems to depend very much on the individual preferences of the supervisor.
· However, the 1980 Act requires parental preference to be granted unless one of the exceptions applies.· Views may differ as to whether the religious leaning of the school or parental preference should prevail.
· It fit his personal preference to use humor at work and to have warm, informal relationships with his people.· What criteria would I apply, you ask? Personal preference, of course.· Most of us arrange our bedrooms based purely on personal preference.· My recommendations are no more than guide-lines based on my own judgment and personal preference.· And if evil is said not to exist, only personal preferences are left to decide moral behavior.· Both are effective and it's really a matter of personal preference which you choose.· Using whole chicken or bones is a matter of personal preference.
· But they like to keep their political preferences to themselves.· On some questions, however, ideas must be accommodated to the political preferences of the particular audience.· Our analyses of voters' information levels and their changing political preferences confirm and even strengthen that finding.· Over the following year Mirror readers as well as Guardian and Telegraph readers proved relatively stable in their political preferences.· The lower orders eventually expressed their political preferences rather differently.
· The continuing, and heated, judicial debate on racial preference indicates that the ultimate outcome of this controversy remains in doubt.· Jackson called on them to keep up the fight to retain racial and gender preferences in federal hiring.· It would ban racial and gender preferences in all state government hiring, contracting and education programs.· Earlier, he opposed Prop. 209, which would ban racial and gender preferences in state programs.· The two made it clear they oppose any program based on racial preference, calling them exclusionary.
· Managers in excellent companies have a strong preference for doing things rather than analysing situations.· In these peculiar circumstances, Bowman felt a strong preference for using it.· When he provided nests on two tiers, hens showed a strong preference for the lower level.· By and large, any given chemical shows a strong preference for one particular shape of crystal.· The raccoon has a strong preference for aquatic feeding.· That means anyone with a strong preference for aisle or window needs to be first in some line.· That celebrated interlude is associated with the strong preference for peace of Sir Robert Walpole.· Nearly every study uses more than one method, though there is often a strong preference for either survey-style research or participant observation.
NOUN
· Market research showed considerable differences in consumer preferences in various countries.· An unfavorable change in consumer preferences will cause demand to decrease, shifting the curve to the left.· It is marketing and money that fuel the lager bandwagon, not consumer preference.· The Limited tracks consumer preferences daily using point-of-sale computers.· He doubts whether the consumer preferences reported by market research teams can be translated into products with sufficient accuracy.· Coupons generated electronically at the cash register are popular across the country, because they mirror consumer preferences.· Companies that use refund coupons are now developing a huge data base of information on consumer preferences, Wright says.
· Next, in easy stages, you will need to reshape some of your food preferences.· People's eating habits and food preferences are learned; they are habits that become ingrained over a period of years.· We may also have a heightened sense of smell before periods, exaggerating any food preferences.· The child shows developmentally inappropriate feeding behaviour and food preferences.· What slim people are actually like in terms of food intake Food preferences are obviously a very individual matter.
· Jackson called on them to keep up the fight to retain racial and gender preferences in federal hiring.· It would ban racial and gender preferences in all state government hiring, contracting and education programs.· Earlier, he opposed Prop. 209, which would ban racial and gender preferences in state programs.
· The liquidity preference curve will tend to be less elastic.· A rising yield curve can be explained by liquidity preference theory.· Are shoppers somehow at fault if they have no concept of liquidity preference?· This is simply the result of a downward sloping liquidity preference curve.· The phenomenon of liquidity preference can find no place in a model that admits of only one asset, fiat money.· The more elastic the liquidity preference curve, the more idle balances will fall.
· The issue of perpetual preference shares is being offered by underwriters led by Lehman Brothers.· The offer also values each Lloyds preference share at 255. 5 pence.· Preference shares, particularly redeemable preference shares, are sometimes considered to be more akin to loan stock than share capital.· Equity Capital is available in amounts from £100,000 and normally consists of a mix of preference share capital and ordinary equity.· The dividends are usually paid in priority to dividends on all other shares except for preference shares.· Should the parent undertaking's consolidated balance sheet show a minority interest in respect of the preference shares?· Ordinary or preference shares may be issued.
· Subordinated loan stock will rank behind all unsecured creditors but ahead of preference shareholders and ordinary shareholders.· If the parent company has provided the preference shareholders with a guarantee, it may be possible to recognise a minority interest.· Normally, however, ordinary shareholders expect lower yields than preference shareholders and loan stock holders because of their participation rights.
· My effective vote could be my first preference vote, in which case all my other preferences are null and void.
VERB
· Store managers have a wide discretion to select what clothing, shoes and accessories their stores sell, based on local preferences.· Most of us arrange our bedrooms based purely on personal preference.· That an atheist regime was likely to take scant notice of advice based on religious preference is self-evident.· The two made it clear they oppose any program based on racial preference, calling them exclusionary.
· The victims of a burglary are often puzzled as to why the thief chose their home in preference to others.· Choice of bile acid - Ursodeoxycholic acid was chosen in preference to chenodeoxycholic acid because it is virtually free from side effects.· In the drawing used here the effortless decision has been chosen in preference to the one that required a little more effort.· Mr Campbell is thought to have been chosen in preference to Charlotte Hudson, the chief reporter on Watchdog.
· He spent some time expressing his preference, for tactical reasons, for smaller neutron bombs before developing his argument.· Newspapers can and do express partisan preferences.· That restriction prevented voters who value experience from expressing their preferences when voting, she said.· In neither case is there any need to invite the driver to express his preference for giving blood or urine.· I rarely spoke to express preferences, preferring to use body language.· Be prepared to express your preference to your attendants.· Depending on the form of government, the voters express their preferences with regard to public decisions.
· Nor does it follow that this second meaning should be given pedagogic preference over the first.· Last year the court narrowed the scope of affirmative action programs that give minorities preference in such matters as employment and education.· It is with no disrespect to her that I give him preference.· I have capriciously given my second preference to a candidate of the Communist Party.· Flaggers will direct traffic, giving preference to northbound traffic in the morning and southbound in the evening.· For example, there have already been reports of hospitals giving preference to patients of fundholding general practitioners.
· In this way they may indicate a preference as to which particular difficulty will be addressed first.· Does he withdraw his front foot, indicating his preference to give ground?· Applicants must not attempt to indicate a preference for any particular institution.· In the first round voters had to indicate their preference for an individual candidate and for a party list.· Voters indicated a single preference and had to spell out the name of their chosen candidate, rather than mark a box.· Both would thereby indicate a preference for the Conservative Party but their attitudes would not be the same.· To some extent, this may indicate a lessening preference for the institutions of marriage.
· Their daily routines are starting to reflect their preferences and abilities and to include a level of personal responsibility.· Decisions about the development of a local community should reflect local preferences and meet local needs.· To a degree, cravings also reflect cultural preferences.· In recent times the market reflected strong regional preferences.· In practice, the choice was made on subjective grounds, reflecting the institutional preferences of military planners.· That it is important to use local knowledge and reflect local preferences. 3.
· Peter Brabeck, Nestle chief executive, has shown a preference for pet food over people food.· By and large, any given chemical shows a strong preference for one particular shape of crystal.· It is blatant, undisguised opportunism by management, showing preference for what can be done, rather than what should be done.· There was another way in which the Reading Teacher showed her preference.· Subjects given simple pre-exposure to the target flavour showed no such preference.· However, companies generally show a preference for equity finance if it is possible.· Among the 3,813 papers showing a second preference for Craig, just which would be the 1,476 passed on to him?· Similarly, infants as young as 6 weeks of age consistently show preferences for familiar as compared to unfamiliar faces.
· The voter is required to state his preferences, and to state them once for all, before any votes are counted.· Moreover, in stating a preference, she chooses her career.· For some ticket prices there will be a choice of two areas in the auditorium - please state your preference when booking.· Now, Del, do you want to clear, wash, or nap? State your preference.· The leader should always conduct the meeting impartially and avoid stating his preferences and objections.· The boy had stated a preference, that was all.· The remaining 275 hereditary peers state no preference, though they would mostly vote Tory if pushed.· Thus there can be a world of difference between a preference that is stated and a preference that is effective.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • If you think torturing babies is good, that is a matter of taste.
  • In the United States, food is a matter of taste, time and price.
  • Quite what that means is a matter of taste, because a breed does not exist until it has been named.
  • Switching to the Normal channel I would say that using the crunch option for rock solo work is a matter of taste.
  • The amount of the increase or decrease is a matter of preference.
  • The first is a matter of taste.
  • The size of the pleat is a matter of choice.
  • This is a matter of choice.
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectivepreferablepreferentialadverbpreferablypreferentiallynounpreferenceverbprefer
1[countable, uncountable] if you have a preference for something, you like it more than another thing and will choose it if you can → prefer:  Do you have a colour preference?preference for a cultural preference for boy babies Parents may be able to express a preference as to the school their child will attend. The amount of sugar you add will depend on personal preference. Many elderly people expressed a strong preference to live in their own homes.in preference to something (=rather than something) Use clear English in preference to technical language.2[countable, uncountable] when someone is treated more favourably than other people, often when he or she has been treated unfairly in the past:  Racial preferences are a way to make up for years of discrimination against minorities.give/show preference (to somebody) In allocating housing, preference is given to families with young children.3sexual preference someone’s sexual preference is whether they want to have sex with men or womenCOLLOCATIONSverbshave a preference· Do you have a preference for red or white wine?express a preference· He avoided expressing a preference for any of the remaining Democratic candidates.show a preference· Females showed a preference for long-tailed males.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + preferencea strong preference· In some countries, there is still a strong preference for sons.a clear preference· There was a clear preference amongst the staff for this style of leadership.a marked preference (=strong and clear)· The animals have a marked preference for woodland.a personal preference· My personal preference is to eat meat only once or twice a week.individual preferences· This partnership can take a variety of forms, depending on individual preferences.consumer preferences· Information about local consumer preferences can be used by a manufacturer's sales force.food preferences· Very young children may have clear food preferences.phrasesin order of preference· Please list your choice of colleges in order of preference.be a matter of personal preference (=be something that you can choose, according to what you like)· Which one you decide to buy is just a matter of personal preference.
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