preference

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of") countable,uncountable
    — He has a preference for crisp wines.
  2. Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe. uncountable
  3. The option to so select, and the one selected. countable,uncountable
    — Can I keep my preferences when I upgrade to the new version of this application?
  4. The state of being preferred over others. countable,uncountable
  5. A strong liking or personal valuation. countable,uncountable
  6. A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to. US

词形变化

preferences plural preferences present,singular,third-person preferencing participle,present preferenced participle,past preferenced past

词汇关系

近义词
forechoice
衍生词
affectional preference depreference dispreference enantiopreference in preference to isopreference nonpreference photopreference preference cascade preference share preference stock preferendum revealed preference sexual preference stereopreference subpreference thermopreference time preference

词源

From Middle French preference, from Medieval Latin preferentia. Doublet of preferans. Morphologically prefer + -ence.
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