中英互译
preferable
英 /ˈprefrəb(ə)l/美 /ˈprefrəb(ə)l/
基本释义
- adj.更好的,更合适的
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词语例句
更好的,更合适的adj.
Prevention of a problem is always preferable to trying to cure it.
防止出现问题总是比试图解决问题更可取。
But biological parents aren't always preferable to adoptive ones.
但是,亲生父母并不总是比养父母更如人意。
- Prevention of a problem is always preferable to trying to cure it.防止出现问题总是比试图解决问题更可取。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- State governments maintain that the voluntary contribution of funds through state lotteries is preferable to increase state sales or income taxes.各州政府坚持认为,通过销售彩票让居民自愿捐款以增加州内销售税或所得税的做法更可取。
- This option is preferable to any other.这个选择比其他任何一个都好。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- preferable to doing sth.比做某事更可取的
- preferable to sb./sth.比……更好的
- preferable to更好的;对…是完美的;比…更可取
- be preferable to更好的;比更好;比…更可取
- Minimum job experience-preferable最少工作经验
- had preferable因该;最好还得
- Testing programming skills is preferable有测试开发经验者为佳
词语扩展
adj.
更好的,更可取的;更合意的
词义分布
较好的
43.5%
更好的
41.3%
更可取的
13%
更优越的
2.2%
英英释义
- adj.more desirable than another
- adj.better or more suitable than something else
更好的;更合适的;更可取的- For me, a trip to the supermarket is preferable to buying food on the Internet.对我来说,上超市要胜过在网上买食品。
词源
- preferable更可取的,更好的,更合意的词根词缀: pre-前,先 + -fer-拿取 + -able形容词词尾
- preferableFrom French préférable