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

• I see this as preferable to the dividing of the functions into separate retail banks and investment banks.
  在我看来，这比将这些业务划分为单独的零售银行和投行更为可取。
• 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。
• Systems thinking is preferable to analytical thinking in managing change and solving problems.
  系统的思考是指在管理变革和解决问题中的分析思考过程。
• 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？
• 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。
• The result of an example shows that the prediction and forecasting precision are preferable.
  实例表明本预测模型的拟合和预测精度均较好。
• 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。
• It also has the advantage of preferable technique repetition and gate insulator deposition uniformity.
  在制作工艺方面具有更高的工艺重复性和栅介质淀积的均匀性。
• Similar hardware for the both systems is preferable.
  最好对两个系统使用类似的硬件。
• As a short-term solution, the first alternative is clearly preferable, given the maturity of relational database technology.
  作为一个短期的解决办法，第一种选择显然是可取的，因为成熟的关系数据库技术。