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词汇 example_english_matter-of-preference
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matter of preference

collocation in English

meanings of matterand preference


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matter
noun
uk /ˈmæt.ər/ us /ˈmæt̬.ɚ/
a situation or subject that is being dealt with ...
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preference
noun[C or U]
uk /ˈpref.ər.əns/ us /ˈpref.ər.əns/
the fact that you like something or someone more than another thing ...
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Examples of matter of preference


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Since the net benefit statistics are exactly equivalent, the choice of scale is a matterofpreference.
I like to have a consensus of opinion, especially on an administrative matter and a matterofpreference based on people's experience.
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This is a matter of choice, a matterofpreference.
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It is of particular interest since it deals with the very important matterofpreference outside an exclusive zone.
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They did not put up any very strong argument against its removal, but said that as a matterofpreference they would like to retain it.
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He says that he has been offered sponsorship, but opted for older drums as a matterofpreference.
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It is also taken that a large number of kite shields featured no boss, and this was also a matterofpreference.
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All these types of grips have appeared on various illuminated manuscripts, and it appears to have been a matterofpreference which was used.
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The distinction is less technical and more a matterofpreference.
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As a result, estimate of the total number of existing species (ranging from 2 million to 100 million) becomes a matterofpreference.
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When comparing social networking websites, it is simply a matterofpreference at the time.
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The ascendance of the piano, and of symphonic composition, was not merely a matterofpreference; it was also a matter of ideology.
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The markings are the same; it is just a matterofpreference as to how one explains its appearance.
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Of course, one could reject this intuition and argue that the state should show respect for persons by remaining neutral in all matters of preference.
The choice of number is mostly a matterofpreference, 69 is more accurate for continuous compounding, while 72 works well in common interest situations and is more easily divisible.
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Typically, water-soluble and oil-based colored pencils are considered to be a higher quality than their wax-based counterparts, but for many artists, these differences are a matterofpreference.
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It would benefit everybody involved in broadcasting if there were objective research into those matters as much as into matters of preference and taste in programming.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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