preferably

英 ['pref(ə)rəbli]

美 ['pref(ə)rəbli]

adv.  最好; 宁可; 更可取地

BNC.6353 / COCA.9307

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

adv

• more readily or willingly
  1. clean it well, preferably with warm water
  2. I'd rather be in Philadelphia
  3. I'd sooner die than give up
  Synonym:soonerrather

双语例句

• We need a comprehensive assessment of the recombinant DNA issue, preferably under the auspices of the federal government.
  对于重组体dna问题，我们需要有一个全面的估价，而且最好由联邦政府主办。
• The team should have a leader who is knowledgeable about both security and software architecture, preferably SOA.
  团队应该有个负责人，该负责人应该具有安全性和软件体系结构方面的知识，最好也能了解SOA的相关知识。
• This self-learning system preferably apply the technology of neural network to fuzzy database.
  该自学习系统较好地把神经元网络应用到了模糊数据库中。
• She asked the school to give her one, preferably two hours a month for a year so8,16 hours.
  ，她带了一个不到一岁的婴儿到课堂，她请求学校一年中每月给她1个最好是2个小时，所以总共8，或16个小时。
• Modules must be named in all lower-case, preferably short, single words.
  模块的名称全部小写，并尽可能短，最好是一个单词。
• Please initiate breastfeeding as soon as possible, preferably within an hour of birth.
  请尽早开始哺饲母乳，最好在生产后的第一个小时内立即开始。
• Audio and video streams are preferably transmitted through the User Datagram Protocol ( UDP).
  音频和视频流通过用户数据报协议（UserDatagramProtocol，UDP）传输较为可取。
• Clean the car from the top, preferably with a hose and warm water.
  最好用软管和温水从顶部开始清洗汽车。
• The integrated circuit card preferably also comprises one or a plurality of communication interfaces;
  优选地所述集成电路卡还包括一个或多个通讯接口；
• Preferably it should have a large red countdown timer.
  如果它有一个巨大的红色倒计时装置就更完美了。