preference

美音：['pref(ə)rəns] 英音：['pref(ə)rəns]

简单释义：

n.偏爱；爱好；喜爱；偏爱的事物

网络偏好；优先；优先权

变形：

复数：preferences 现在分词：preferencing 过去分词：preferenced

完整释义：

1.优先选择物,偏爱物
2.优惠;优先权.
3.偏爱,喜欢,欢喜;垂青;亲热
4.倾向,选择
5.兴趣,爱好
6.弓偏
7.一种牌戏
8.主张;赞成
9.示选
10.【法律】优先权;特惠〔特指关税〕;(债权人)受优先偿还的权利;选择机会

例句：

Dr Thornhill thought this preference for symmetry might turn out to be universal in the animal kingdom (and it does indeed seem to be).
托恩黑尔博士认为对对称美的偏好可能是动物王国里的普遍现象（也确实似乎如此）。
Assuming you have no innate preference towards either of the two colors, it might be hard to choose between a red Civic and a blue Civic.
假设你对于两种颜色是没有先天喜好的，因此在红色思域[1]和蓝色思域之间，让你选择一辆可能很困难的。
German chancellor Angela Merkel and often-outspoken President Nicolas Sarkozy of France did not reveal a preference before the meeting.
德国总理默克尔和经常直言不讳的法国总统萨科齐在会议前都没有透露自己的立场。
Though I had not started with a strong preference, I did not think Nixon could afford to retreat on the issue.
虽然我在开始时并没有强烈的倾向性，但是我不认为，尼克松经受得起在这个问题上后退。
As a result of these and similar studies, psychologists have suggested that we are born with a definite preference for viewing human faces.
从这些相似的研究中，心理学家总结出的结论是我们先天就有这看人脸的倾向。
Teach for America has no official preference for or opposition to any candidate, said Kevin Huffman, a spokesman for the group.
这个团体的发言人凯文·霍夫曼称，为美国而教并不公开支持或反对任何一个候选人。
The endowment effect is an irrational preference to keep what you have rather than switch. Better the devil you know and all that.
“禀赋效应”是一种非理性偏好，即珍惜你拥有的东西，而不是去改变它。选择你熟悉的东西。
Benjy's eagerness to win Caddy's tenderness reflects Faulkner's affiliation to his mother Maud and his preference for little, innocent girl.
其中，班吉渴望得到凯蒂的温柔体贴反映了福克纳对他母亲穆德的依恋，以及对天真单纯的小女孩的偏爱。

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