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

• 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。
• 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。
• Yet this is not to argue that committed long-term ownership is always preferable.
  然而，这并不是说，有承诺的长期所有权总是可取的。
• But a clear timetable is preferable.
  但最好有个明确的时间表。
• It's preferable to eat foods than to take medicinal tonics.
  药补不如食补。
• An application of this method for selection of a preferable solution within the multiple solutions is demonstrated.
  论证了应用本方法对存在无数的多个解的情况下如何解决选择最喜好解的问题。
• Systems thinking is preferable to analytical thinking in managing change and solving problems.
  系统的思考是指在管理变革和解决问题中的分析思考过程。
• Test results show the detection model possesses preferable practicability and self-adaptability.
  实验结果表明，该检测模型对校园卡欺诈检测具有较好的适应性。
• 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 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。