0 the fact that you like something or someone more than another thing or person -- 偏愛;愛好;喜愛
Her preference is for comfortable rather than stylish clothes. 她更注重衣服的舒適性,而非時髦的款式。
I have a preference for sweet food over spicy. 比起辛辣食物我更喜歡甜食。
Choosing furniture is largely a matter of personal preference. 挑選傢俱主要是個人喜好的問題。
It would be wrong to discriminate against a candidate because of their sexual preference (= the sex of the people they are sexually attracted to). 出於應徵者的性傾向而對他們有所歧視是錯誤的。
We give preference to those who have worked with us for a long time. 我們優先考慮那些和我們長期共事的人。
Special preferences were offered initially to encourage investment. 給予特殊優先權最初是為了鼓勵投資。
He studied chemistry in preference to physics at university. 出於喜好,他大學裡學的是化學而非物理。
Preference will be given to material which is clearly interdisciplinary.
Repeating this process with a sample group permits the efficient collection of a substantial data set concerning underlying preferences.
We emphasize the need to assume uniformity of extended preferences among individual observers; otherwise, the ordinary utilitarian formula cannot be derived.