preferential
美音:
[´prefə´rentʃəl
]英音:
[´prefə´rentʃəl
]adj.先取的,优先的,特惠的
难易程度:
preferential为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:preferentially 名词:preferentialism
词根
fer=to carry(运;载),to bear(忍耐)
近义词, 同义词
preferential
/,prefə'renʃl; ,prɛfə`rɛnʃəl/ adj
1 of, giving, receiving or showing preference(2) 优先的; 给予优先的; 得到优先的; 优待的
*preferential import duties, tariffs, etc, ie favouring a particular group, country, etc 特惠关税(优待某团体、国家等).
2 (idm 习语) give sb/get preferential `treatment treat sb/be treated more favourably than sb else 偏向某人[得到优待]
*Nobody gets preferential treatment in this office! 本办事处无论对谁均一视同仁!
preferential
adj [only before noun]
preferential treatment, rates etc are deliberately different in order to give an advantage to particular people
preferential credit terms for reliable borrowers
>preferentiallyadv
1. This is the preferential treatment I enjoy as an American citizen. 这还是我作为美国公民所享受到的优待呢。
2. A bill now before Congress would give preferential treatment to foreign students with advanced degrees in science and engineering who want to work in the United States. 一份议案已递交到了国会,这一议案要求给予那些想在美国工作、具有理科和工程学科高级学位的外国留学生以优厚待遇。
3. In the first place, any scientific study requires that there be no preferential weighting of one or another of the items in the series it selects for its consideration. 首先,任何科学研究都要求人们对可供考虑的诸多因素不能厚此薄彼,偏向某一方面。
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