prefer
- IPA[prɪˈfəː]
英式
- like (one thing or person) better than another or others; tend to choose；submit (a charge or a piece of information) for consideration
verb: prefer, 3rd person present: prefers, gerund or present participle: preferring, past tense: preferred, past participle: preferred
- 釋義
- 相關詞
- v.動詞
- 1. like (one thing or person) better than another or others; tend to choose:
I prefer Venice to Rome
I would prefer to discuss the matter in private
- 2. submit (a charge or a piece of information) for consideration:
the police will prefer charges
- 3. promote or advance (someone) to a prestigious position:
he was eventually preferred to the bishopric of Durham
n. stock that entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, whose payment takes priority over that of common-stock dividends.
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n. a company, person, country, etc., that is the primary choice as another's business partner:
Microsoft's preferred partner for this kind of work nowadays is MainSoft
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n. stock that entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, whose payment takes priority over that of ordinary share dividends.
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n. a company, person, or country that is the primary choice as another’s business partner:
the preferred partner for furthering the development of a trans-shipment hub in Orkney has been named
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n. a preferred stock whose annual fixed-rate dividend, if it cannot be paid in any year, accrues until it can and is paid before common dividends.
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- IPA[prəˈfər]
美式
- v.like (one thing or person) better than another or others; tend to choose:
- I prefer Venice to Rome
I would prefer to discuss the matter in private
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prefer to的文法及句子翻譯對錯
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prefer to之用法的記法
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prefer 的用法
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