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

• The idiographic computing examples indicate that the genetic algorithm has preferable efficiency and satisfactory accuracy.
  具体算例表明所建立的方法对压气机叶片排序问题有较高的效率和满意的准确度。
• Yet this is not to argue that committed long-term ownership is always preferable.
  然而，这并不是说，有承诺的长期所有权总是可取的。
• And thus direction filter processing image is realized with the help of computer and preferable results are achieved.
  最后利用计算机实现了方向滤波器对指纹图像的处理，取得了较好的效果。
• Experiments show the model occupies preferable predication performance and practicability.
  实验表明该模型具有较强的预测能力和实用性。
• 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。
• 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？
• But a clear timetable is preferable.
  但最好有个明确的时间表。
• 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。
• 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 is the classic and preferable model of reform.
  这是经典的、更可取的改革模式。