中英互译
in preference to
美 /ɪn ˈprefrəns tu/
基本释义
- 而不是;宁愿
双语例句
- She was chosen in preference to her sister.她被选中了,而不是她妹妹。来自《牛津词典》
- You should certainly use these in preference to the more verbose traditional means of accomplishing the same thing.你当然应该优先使用这些,而不是传统的冗长的方式,来完成相同的任务。
- Even there, English was often chosen as the medium of education in preference to the inhabitants' mother tongues.即便在那里,他们也更青睐于选英语作为教育的语言,而不是他们的母语。
网络短语
- in preference to sth else宁愿