preference
英 [ˈprefrəns]
美 [ˈprefrəns]
n. 偏爱; 爱好; 喜爱; 偏爱的事物; 最喜爱的东西
复数：preferences
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Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.2642 / COCA.3022
同义词辨析
biasaptitudebentfavourinclinationpreferenceprejudice【导航词义：偏爱，偏向】
biasn. 偏爱；偏见，偏心
〔辨析〕
指对某类事物拥有天赋或兴趣；也指因个人的好恶或偏见而对某人或某物作出的不正确的、有倾向性的判断。
〔例证〕
He has a strong painting bias.
他有很高的绘画天分。
She has a bias against jazz music.
她对爵士乐有偏见。
You should have no bias in favour of either side.
你对双方应该不偏不倚。
他有很高的绘画天分。
She has a bias against jazz music.
她对爵士乐有偏见。
You should have no bias in favour of either side.
你对双方应该不偏不倚。
aptituden. 习性；才能
〔辨析〕
指做某类事情的习性，侧重指非后天形成的自然本能；也指在学习方面的资质或技能，常后接介词 for。
〔例证〕
Swallows have an aptitude for building nests.
燕子有筑巢的习性。
He has an aptitude for painting.
他有绘画的才能。
燕子有筑巢的习性。
He has an aptitude for painting.
他有绘画的才能。
bentn. 〈正式〉爱好；倾向；特长
〔辨析〕
强调对某个领域有特殊的爱好，或在某方面有特长。
〔例证〕
He has a bent for music.
他酷爱音乐。
The natural bent of my mind was to science.
我生来爱好科学。
他酷爱音乐。
The natural bent of my mind was to science.
我生来爱好科学。
favourn. 偏袒，偏爱
〔辨析〕
指对某人或某个群体的偏袒、特别照顾。
〔例证〕
Usually, parents show favour to the youngest of their children.
父母通常偏爱最小的孩子。
He is careful to show favour to no one.
他小心谨慎地不偏袒任何人。
父母通常偏爱最小的孩子。
He is careful to show favour to no one.
他小心谨慎地不偏袒任何人。
inclinationn. 倾向，爱好
〔辨析〕
指某人想做某事的一种意愿。
〔例证〕
She has an inclination for sports.
她爱好运动。
He has no inclination to be a teacher.
他不想当教师。
她爱好运动。
He has no inclination to be a teacher.
他不想当教师。
preferencen. 偏爱，偏好
〔辨析〕
指基于个人价值观、偏见或个人喜好程度上的选择。
〔例证〕
I have a preference for country life.
我偏爱乡村生活。
Ben has a preference of physics to/over English.
本爱物理胜过英语。
我偏爱乡村生活。
Ben has a preference of physics to/over English.
本爱物理胜过英语。
prejudicen. 〈贬〉成见，偏见，歧视
〔辨析〕
尤指因种族、性别、宗教等方面的差异而形成的对特定事物不合理的否定态度。
〔例证〕
African Americans still face racial prejudice in America.
在美国，黑人依然要面对种族歧视问题。
He has a prejudice against pop music.
他对流行音乐怀有偏见。
在美国，黑人依然要面对种族歧视问题。
He has a prejudice against pop music.
他对流行音乐怀有偏见。
习惯用语
n.
- give (a) preference to sb/sth
- 给…以优惠；优待
to treat sb/sth in a way that gives them an advantage over other people or things - Preference will be given to graduates of this university.
这所大学的毕业生会获得优先考虑。 in preference to sb/sth - 而不是
rather than sb/sth - She was chosen in preference to her sister.
她被选中了，而不是她妹妹。
牛津词典
noun
- 偏爱；爱好；喜爱
a greater interest in or desire for sb/sth than sb/sth else- It's a matter of personal preference .
那是个人的爱好问题。 - Many people expressed a strong preference for the original plan.
许多人强烈表示喜欢原计划。 - I can't say that I have any particular preference.
我说不出自己有什么特别偏好。 - 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's a matter of personal preference .
- 偏爱的事物；最喜爱的东西
a thing that is liked better or best- a study of consumer preferences
消费者偏好调查
- a study of consumer preferences
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 喜好；偏好；偏爱
If you have apreference forsomething, you would like to have or do that thing rather than something else.- Parents can express a preference for the school their child attends...
父母可以表达对自己孩子所上学校的偏好。 - Many of these products were bought in preference to their own.
这些产品中有很多是因为认为自己的产品不佳才购进的。
- Parents can express a preference for the school their child attends...
- N-UNCOUNT 优惠；优待；优先权
If yougive preference tosomeone with a particular qualification or feature, you choose them rather than someone else.- The Pentagon will give preference to companies which do business electronically.
美国国防部将会优先考虑那些能够进行电子商务的公司。
- The Pentagon will give preference to companies which do business electronically.
英英释义
noun
- grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)
- the right or chance to choose
- given my druthers, I'd eat cake
- a predisposition in favor of something
- a predilection for expensive cars
- his sexual preferences
- showed a Marxist orientation
- a strong liking
- my own preference is for good literature
- the Irish have a penchant for blarney
双语例句
- There is tea and coffee& have you a preference?
有茶和咖啡，你喜欢什么？ - Either that attribute should not exist ( my preference), or it must have a value.
要么该属性不应该存在（根据我的习惯），要么它必须有一个值。 - Fuzzy judgement matrix is the important preference information provided by a decision-maker.
模糊判断矩阵是决策者在决策中所提供的一种重要的偏好信息。 - If you are not successful for your first preference, your second and then third preferences will be considered.
如果您不是成功的第一选择，你的第二个和第三个优惠将予以考虑。 - Among the varieties available, my preference stays with the old and lovely pink-flowered variety, 'Apple Blossom'.
可供选择的品种当中，我还是偏好这种老式、可爱、带有粉色花朵的类型，“苹果花”。 - That's a preference to data, so to speak, of the reading for today.
这是一种对资料的选择，可以说也是今天阅读资料的选择。 - Many of these products were bought in preference to their own.
这些产品中有很多是因为认为自己的产品不佳才购进的。 - Paul's preference is not marriage and sex within marriage.
保罗偏好的不是婚姻和婚内性行为。 - She shows a marked preference for the play.
她对这出戏情有独钟。 - For example, NFS can use either TCP or UDP, depending on the version and your preference.
例如，NFS既可以使用TCP，也可以使用UDP，这取决于您所使用的版本和您的偏好。