precedence
noun[U]
uk/ˈpres.ɪ.dəns/us/ˈpres.ə.dens/theconditionof beingdealtwith before other things or of beingconsideredmoreimportantthan other things:
(时间、顺序、重要程度等的)居前,领先Precedence must begivento theinjuredin theevacuationplans.在疏散计划中应优先考虑伤者。
Businesspeopleoftenthinkthatfluencyandcommunicationtakeprecedenceovergrammarwhenspeaking.商界人士常认为说话时流利程度和表达能力比语法重要。
formal
theorderofimportancegiven topeopleinparticularsocieties,groups, ororganizations:
地位先后,级别高低Theorderofprecedence fortitlednobilityinBritainisduke,marquis,earl,viscount,baron.在英国有爵位的贵族级别依次为公爵、侯爵、伯爵、子爵和男爵。
Order and sequence - general words
- alphabetize
- around
- back end
- be a chapter of accidentsidiom
- catalogue
- chapter
- cycle
- inline
- linearity
- linearly
- litany
- merry-go-round
- procession
- secondly
- sequence
- sequencing
- sequent
- string
- train
- wave
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Importance - general words
Classifying and creating order