| 词组 | preferable |
| 释义 | preferable Preferable is sometimes considered to be an absolute adjective, so that its use with more is regarded as incorrect (Fowler 1926 calls it "an inexcusable pleonasm"). Our written evidence for more preferable is scanty. • ... getting the word "hillbilly" taken off the label of his records, and therefore inspiring everyone else in the trade to replace it with the more preferable "country and western" —Bob Claypool, Houston Post, 8 Sept. 1984 See absolute adjectives. |
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