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

• But a clear timetable is preferable.
  但最好有个明确的时间表。
• 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。
• Small size and low power consumption are the two important factors that make transistors preferable to electron tubes.
  体积小和消耗功率低，这两个重要因素使晶体管比电子管优越。
• 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。
• What communication methods are adequate or preferable for assessing the client?
  在对顾客进行评估时，什么样的交流方法是恰当的或更好的？
• 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。
• As a short-term solution, the first alternative is clearly preferable, given the maturity of relational database technology.
  作为一个短期的解决办法，第一种选择显然是可取的，因为成熟的关系数据库技术。
• Does the crisis suggest that another fiscal policy model would have been preferable?
  这场危机是否表明了其它财政政策模式可能更为可取？
• 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。
• I have found that the latter solution is often preferable.
  我发现后一种解决方案通常更好一些。