根据《柯林斯英汉双解大词典 》：
N-VAR If you have a preference for something, you would like to have or do that thing rather than something else. 偏爱
N-UNCOUNT If you give preference to someone with a particular qualification or feature, you choose them rather than someone else. 优先考虑[1]
preference for 偏爱…
preference to sth 优先
tax preference 税收优惠
personal preference 个人喜好
in preference to 优先于……
consumer preference 消费者偏好，消费偏爱
by preference 最好，首先
sexual preference 性取向；性偏好；性爱好
preference share 优先股；红利先取股
time preference 时间的优先选择
color preference 色彩的嗜好；颜色爱好
margin of preference [经]优惠幅度；[经]优惠差额
liquidity preference [经]流动性偏好[1]
I can't say that I have any particular preference.
我说不出自己有什么特别偏好。
He has demonstrated a strong preference for being shod in running shoes.
他给人的感觉是特别偏爱穿跑步鞋。
It was a preference for naturalness and simplicity that separated the Taoists from the Confucians.
正是对自然和质朴的偏爱把道家人士从儒家人士中区分开。[1]