释义 |
preference/ˈpref(ə)r(ə)ns/n. 1 the act or an instance of preferring or being preferred 更加喜爱;偏爱 2 a thing preferred 偏爱的事物 3a the favouring of one person etc. before others 喜爱某人(等)甚于喜爱他人 b Commerce the favouring of one country by admitting its products at a lower import duty 【商业】(对某国降低进口关税的)优惠 4 Law a prior right, esp. to the payment of debts 【法律】(债务的)优先偿还权 □ in preference to as a thing preferred over (another) 宁要某物而不取(另一个)[French préférence from medieval Latin praeferentia (as PREFER)] |