Preferable
['pref(ə)rəb(ə)l] or ['prɛfrəbl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) more desirable than another; 'coffee is preferable to tea'; 'Danny's preferred name is `Dan'' .
厄纳校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme.
杰克校對
同義詞及近義詞：
a. More eligible, more desirable.
校對:内奥米
例句/造句/用法:
- To make this incubator get your tinner to make you a tank 15 inches wide, 30 inches long, and 12 inches deep, of galvanized iron or zinc, the iron being preferable. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- I think either of these methods is preferable to attempting to carry ensilage in baskets any distance. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Surely our delightful Raffaello's conception is infinitely preferable? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- In many cases, it is preferable to exert a force of 30 pounds, for example, over the distance _CA_ than a force of 120 pounds over the shorter distance _BA_. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- We had the whole passenger list for company, but their room would have been preferable, for there was no light, there were no windows, no ventilation. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- She could almost think anything would have been preferable to this. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Narrow boards are preferable to wide ones for this work, as they will swell without bulging. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- It appeared to him that emigration, had he only the means to emigrate, would be preferable to service under such a master. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The paste does its work faster than the polishing powder, and if the articles are very much corroded it is preferable. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- An electrotype mould, obtained directly from the medal, is, however, more sharp in its definition than an impression, and is therefore preferable, when circumstances admit of its being so taken. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Now, of all things in the world that the unfortunate man could have said, any would have been preferable to this. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Indeed, when the time draws on, I shall decidedly recommend their bringing the barouche-landau; it will be so very much preferable. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- There is another very important reason why nose breathing is preferable to mouth breathing. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The latter means, of course, would be preferable. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Was not the adventure of death infinitely preferable? 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- What labour would not have been preferable at the beginning! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- School solitude, conventual silence and stagnation, anything seemed preferable to living embroiled with Dr. John. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
校對:内奥米