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preferable adj.更好的；更合意的 (1) 老实说，我有唯一更好的任务机遇。 Graduating from high school is usually preferable to dropping out, and traveling a long distance by train is always preferable to getting there on roller skates. The hardest thing about preferable is pronunciation: remember to place the stress on the first syllable, pref, and not on the second syllable as in the word prefer.

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英 ['prefrəbl] 美 ['prefrəbl] (1) To be honest, I've got a preferable offer. When one thing seems like a better option than another, it is preferable. If you would rather have chocolate ice cream than vanilla, it means that chocolate is preferable to you. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]更好的；更可取的；更合适的 If you say that one thing is preferable to another, you mean that it is more desirable or suitable.   [usu v-link ADJ]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 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。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？preferablyDo something creative or take exercise, preferably in the fresh air.做一些有创意的事情或者运动一下，最好是在空气新鲜的户外进行。

英语单词	preferable
英美音标	英 ['prefrəbl] 美 ['prefrəbl]
中文释义	adj.更好的；更合意的
英语例句	(1) To be honest, I've got a preferable offer.
中文例句	(1) 老实说，我有唯一更好的任务机遇。
vocabulary简明	When one thing seems like a better option than another, it is preferable. If you would rather have chocolate ice cream than vanilla, it means that chocolate is preferable to you.
vocabulary扩展	Graduating from high school is usually preferable to dropping out, and traveling a long distance by train is always preferable to getting there on roller skates. The hardest thing about preferable is pronunciation: remember to place the stress on the first syllable, pref, and not on the second syllable as in the word prefer.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]更好的；更可取的；更合适的 If you say that one thing is preferable to another, you mean that it is more desirable or suitable. [usu v-link ADJ] 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 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。 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？ preferably Do something creative or take exercise, preferably in the fresh air. 做一些有创意的事情或者运动一下，最好是在空气新鲜的户外进行。

Preferable Thing Chocolate Long Preferably 英 Prefrəbl] 美 Prefrəbl