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单词 preferable
释义
preferable
adjective
uk
/ˈpref.ər.ə.bəl/us
/ˈpref.ər.ə.bəl/
B2
betteror moresuitable:
更可取的，更好的，较合适的
Surely adiplomaticsolutionis preferabletowar.外交途径当然要比战争好。
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  • Anything would be preferable towar.
  • Earlier would be preferable from mypointofview.
  • Wednesdaywould be preferable.
  • Is eithervenuepreferable for you?
  • Staying athomeiscertainlypreferable to going out with someone you don't like.
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(Definition ofpreferablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

preferable| American Dictionary

preferable
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈpref·ər·ə·bəl/
betteror moredesirable:
We could take alaterflightif it would be preferable.
Surely adiplomaticsolutionis preferable towar.

preferably

adverb[not gradable]us
/ˈpref·ər·ə·bli/
We’relookingfor a newhouse, preferably onecloserto theschool.
(Definition ofpreferablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpreferable

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Although teachers minimally are asked to perform as practitioners, it ispreferablethat they be encouraged to assume other roles as well.
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Politicians often (even typically), assume de-politicization ispreferable.
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Models with fewer parameters arepreferableif they do not result in a significantly worse fit.
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It may be the case that other solutions also leading to minimum distance were possible or evenpreferable.
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But is one of the personal economic evaluation modelspreferableto the other?
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Moreover, it also reduces the electric field on electrodes and in gaps, which ispreferablefor electrical insulation.
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For partial and complete adherers, making changes to the diet waspreferable, easier, more affordable and more convenient than increasing physical activity.
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It would have beenpreferableto leave the contents of the string unspecified rather than prematurely settling on an inadequate standard.
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Naturally, it would bepreferableto control for national idiosyncrasies while accounting for the suspected general phenomenon.
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In practice, it is usuallypreferableto think of a small number of variables rather than of a large number of control paths.
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However, a type-based analysis provides a suitable, and perhapspreferable, framework for incorporating higher-order features.
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Many processes are selective, and a taxonomy of a broad range of kinds of selection may bepreferableto narrowing the applicability of the term.
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If we agree that it ispreferableto exist than not to exist, then we may naturally shudder at the thought of our own nonexistence.
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To observe the agenesis of the cerebellar vermis, an axial section ispreferable.
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In contrast, ex ante funds arepreferablewhen firms have enough capital to afford these premia.
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