| 词汇 | preferable |
| 释义 | preferable adjective uk /ˈpref.ər.ə.bəl/ us /ˈpref.ər.ə.bəl/ B2 better or more suitable: 更可取的，更好的，较合适的 Surely a diplomatic solution is preferable to war.外交途径当然要比战争好。 Anything would be preferable to war. Earlier would be preferable from my point of view. Wednesday would be preferable. Is either venue preferable for you? Staying at home is certainly preferable to going out with someone you don't like. Liking more bias druthers each each to his/their ownphrase fave favour favoured favourite give give me ... any day/every time!idiom lief over-favour prefer preferably preference preferred rather soon top ten would (just) as soonidiom preferable | American Dictionarypreferable adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈpref·ər·ə·bəl/ better or more desirable: We could take a later flight if it would be preferable. Surely a diplomatic solution is preferable to war. preferablyadverb[ not gradable ]us/ˈpref·ər·ə·bli/ We’re looking for a new house, preferably one closer to the school. Examples of preferablepreferable Although teachers minimally are asked to perform as practitioners, it is preferable that they be encouraged to assume other roles as well. Politicians often (even typically), assume de-politicization is preferable. Models with fewer parameters are preferable if they do not result in a significantly worse fit. It may be the case that other solutions also leading to minimum distance were possible or even preferable. But is one of the personal economic evaluation models preferable to the other? Moreover, it also reduces the electric field on electrodes and in gaps, which is preferable for electrical insulation. For partial and complete adherers, making changes to the diet was preferable, easier, more affordable and more convenient than increasing physical activity. It would have been preferable to leave the contents of the string unspecified rather than prematurely settling on an inadequate standard. Naturally, it would be preferable to control for national idiosyncrasies while accounting for the suspected general phenomenon. In practice, it is usually preferable to think of a small number of variables rather than of a large number of control paths. However, a type-based analysis provides a suitable, and perhaps preferable, framework for incorporating higher-order features. Many processes are selective, and a taxonomy of a broad range of kinds of selection may be preferable to narrowing the applicability of the term. If we agree that it is preferable to exist than not to exist, then we may naturally shudder at the thought of our own nonexistence. To observe the agenesis of the cerebellar vermis, an axial section is preferable. In contrast, ex ante funds are preferable when firms have enough capital to afford these premia. 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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