preferable

英 [ˈprefrəbl]

美 [ˈprefrəbl]

adj.  较适合; 更可取

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牛津词典

adj.

• 较适合；更可取
  more attractive or more suitable; to be preferred to sth
  1. Anything was preferable to the tense atmosphere at home.
     什么都比家里的紧张气氛好。
  2. He finds country life infinitely preferable to living in the city.
     他觉得乡村生活比都市生活称心得多。
  3. It would be preferable to employ two people, not one.
     雇请两个人比雇请一个更好。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 更好的；更可取的；更合适的
  If you say that one thing ispreferable toanother, you mean that it is more desirable or suitable.
  1. A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby...
     远处发生大地震总比在附近发生小地震好。
  2. The hazards of the theatre seemed preferable to joining the family paint business...
     经营剧院的风险似乎比加入家族涂料产业的风险要小一些。
  3. Was an evening with Peter in their company preferable to being left at home alone?
     晚上和彼得在他们的公司呆着是不是比一个人留在家里好一些？

英英释义

adj

• more desirable than another
  1. coffee is preferable to tea
  2. Danny's preferred name is `Dan'
  Synonym:preferred

双语例句

• 228. I prefer the preferable preference you referred to in the reference books.
  228.我更喜欢你在参考书中提到的那个更可取的优先权。
• This option is preferable if you want to create views and view data in different ways.
  如果想要以不同方式创建视图和视图数据，这个选项更可取。
• The idiographic computing examples indicate that the genetic algorithm has preferable efficiency and satisfactory accuracy.
  具体算例表明所建立的方法对压气机叶片排序问题有较高的效率和满意的准确度。
• Respect the local etiquete. Modest clothing is often preferable to revealing shorts and tight-fitting tops.
  要尊重当地的礼节。朴素端庄的衣着往往比暴露的短裤和紧身上衣更合适。
• This is the classic and preferable model of reform.
  这是经典的、更可取的改革模式。
• Try both and see which is preferable, either is acceptable with one caveat.
  两者都尝试下，看看哪一个是可取的，或者是一个可接受的警告。
• The second form is preferable because it tests explicitly for the range of values you consider to be valid.
  第二种形式比较好，因为它显式地检测了您认为有效的值的范围。
• It's preferable to eat foods than to take medicinal tonics.
  药补不如食补。
• A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby
  远处发生大地震总比在附近发生小地震好。
• I see this as preferable to the dividing of the functions into separate retail banks and investment banks.
  在我看来，这比将这些业务划分为单独的零售银行和投行更为可取。