英 [ˈprefrəns] 美 [ˈprefrəns]
n. 偏爱，偏好；更喜欢的人（或物）；优待，优先（权）；<法律>（尤指债务偿付）优先偿还权
[ 复数 preferences ][1]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
preference /ˈprɛfərəns/ CET4 TEM4
1.N-VAR If you have a preference for something, you would like to have or do that thing rather than something else. 偏爱
2.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。
Preference will be given to graduates of this university. 这所大学的毕业生会获得优先考虑。
Let's make a list of possible speakers, in order of preference. 咱们按优先顺序列出一份可能请到的发言者名单。
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。
The Pentagon has said it will give preference to companies with which it can do business electronically. 五角大楼已经宣布它将优先考虑能与之进行电子交易的公司。
In cases like that, does the preference matter? 在这种情况下，偏好是否重要？
Acanthasters show a preference for branching corals. 刺冠海星更偏好分枝的珊瑚。
Does Lucy have a preference for a particular colour? 露西有偏爱哪种特定的颜色吗？
Here and now, this might not even be a question of preference. 此时此刻，这甚至可能不仅仅是一个偏好的问题。
What's the difference between men and women's preference in cars? 男性和女性对汽车的偏好有什么不同？
Ducks in the inner spots showed no preference for gaze direction. 内点的鸭子没有显示出对观望方向的偏好。
Research has shown that having a preference for junk food can result in obesity. 研究表明，偏爱垃圾食品会导致肥胖。
So let's look at the effect this preference can have by looking at some examples. 让我们通过一些例子来看看这个偏好会有什么影响。
Even the self identified auditory learners, their preference didn't seem to matter. 即使是自我认同的听觉学习者，他们的偏好似乎也无关紧要。
One of the stumbling blocks in the Doha round, for example, was "preference erosion". 举个例子，阻碍多哈会议进程的一个绊脚石就是“优惠侵蚀”。
The preference for opening an eye on the lookout side could be widespread, he predicts. 他预测，这种睁着一只眼睛观望的偏好可能会很普遍。
Each of us is likely to develop a personal preference for certain types of entertainment. 我们每个人都有可能对特定的娱乐类型产生个人的偏爱。
Taste is such a subjective matter that we don't usually conduct preference tests for food. 味觉是一个主观因素，我们通常不会以食物为对象进行偏好测试。
I leave it to the reader's political preference to decide which, if any, charges should stick. 我将让读者的政治偏好来决定哪些指控（如有）应该成立。
Regardless of your stated preference, if you're ready to quit, quitting abruptly is more effective. 无论偏好如何，如果准备戒烟，当机立断是最有效的方法。
Under the alternative vote system, voters would be invited to rank candidates on the ballot in order of preference. 采用选择投票制，选民可在选票上根据喜好程度为候选人排序。
People develop the preference for a particular style of learning at an early age and these preferences affect learning. 人们在很小的时候就形成了对某种学习方式的偏好，这些偏好会影响学习。
This demonstrates that blindness is not limited to recent preference selections, but can also occur for intensity and frequency. 这表明，盲目性并不局限于最近的偏好选择，也可能发生在强度和频率上。
In one area, it made painstaking efforts to quantify fertility preference to derive figures for planned and unplanned pregnancies. 在一个领域，它付出了艰苦的努力来量化生育偏好，以得出计划生育和非计划生育的数据。
In some animals, lateralisation is simply a preference for a single paw or foot, while in others it appears in more general patterns of behaviour. 在一些动物中，侧化只是对单爪或单脚的偏好，而在另一些动物中，则表现为更普遍的行为模式。
The original preference for black was changed in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, as such colors as red, violet and purple came into fashion. 最初对黑色的偏好在十三、十四世纪改变了，因为红色、紫罗兰色和紫色开始流行。
It's a matter of personal preference. 那是个人的爱好问题。
She was chosen in preference to her sister. 她被选中了，而不是她妹妹。
Many people expressed a strong preference for the original plan. 许多人强烈表示喜欢原计划。[1]