| 词组 | preference |
| 释义 | preference Preference is often followed by for: • ... Lincoln ignored this opinion in preference for one of Attorney General Bates —Dictionary of American History, 1940 • Spinoza's preference for democracy —Morris R. Cohen, The Faith of a Liberal, 1946 • Does the answer have something to do with a preference for superpower diplomacy? —Leslie H. Gelb & Morton H. Halperin, Harper's, November 1971 Preference is used with to when the object of the preposition is the thing not preferred. When preference is used in this way, it is often preceded by in: • ... he chose Kentucky politics in preference to national affairs —Dictionary of American Biography, 1928 • ... a happy narcotic shrub widely grown in preference to food —Hal Lehrman, N. Y. Times Book Rev., 15 Aug. 1954 When the object names the area within which preference is expressed rather than the specific thing preferred or not, preference also occurs with in, of and regarding: • A German dialect is spoken generally, and German preferences in food prevail —American Guide Series: Michigan, 1941 • ... those preferences of sexual selection that go by the name of "love" —Edmund Wilson, A Piece of My Mind, 1956 • Everyone has certain preferences regarding clothes —John E. Brewton et al., Using Good English (textbook), 1962 |
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