preferential
/ˌprefəˈrenʃəl/adjective
1- of or involving preference or partiality; constituting a favour or privilege优先的; 优待的; 优惠的：
preferential interest rates may be offered to employees.
员工可能得到较优惠的利率。
1.1
- (of regulations or rates) favouring particular countries（条例, 利率）最惠国待遇的：
preferential trade terms.
最惠国贸易条款。
1.2
- (of voting or an election) in which the voter puts candidates in order of preference（投票, 选举）表明选择顺序的。
1.3
- (of a creditor) having a claim on the receipt of payment from a debtor which will be met before those of other creditors（债权人）要求债务人优先偿还的。
派生词
preferentially
adverb词源
mid 19th cent.: from PREFERENCE, on the pattern of differential.