preferences

英 [ˈprɛfərənsɪz]

美 [ˈprɛfərənsɪz]

n.  偏爱; 爱好; 喜爱; 偏爱的事物; 最喜爱的东西
preference的复数

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柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 喜好；偏好；偏爱
  If you have apreference forsomething, you would like to have or do that thing rather than something else.
  1. Parents can express a preference for the school their child attends...
     父母可以表达对自己孩子所上学校的偏好。
  2. Many of these products were bought in preference to their own.
     这些产品中有很多是因为认为自己的产品不佳才购进的。
• N-UNCOUNT 优惠；优待；优先权
  If yougive preference tosomeone with a particular qualification or feature, you choose them rather than someone else.
  1. The Pentagon will give preference to companies which do business electronically.
     美国国防部将会优先考虑那些能够进行电子商务的公司。

双语例句

• Macintosh users are accustomed to using Software Update in System Preferences to upgrade the operating system and system software.
  Macintosh用户习惯使用系统偏好设置中软件更新来升级操作系统和系统软件。
• Mergers and acquisitions, user preferences, and role-based design drive this requirement.
  并购、用户喜好和基于角色的设计促成了这种需求。
• And of course, there is the ability to have multiple user desktop configurations with preferences.
  当然，还可以包含多个用户桌面配置和首选项。
• I'm opening system preferences now.
  我现在打开了系统设置。
• With the preferences API, you can have your application collect and store simple preference information.
  利用首选项API，您可以让自己的应用程序收集和存储简单的首选项信息。
• He is making the unarguable point that our desires and preferences have a social component.
  他要表述一个无可争议的观点：我们的欲望和喜好都掺杂着社会因素。
• In your preference page, you have three preferences.
  在首选项页面中，有三个首选项。
• Set user security preferences and personal options.
  设置用户安全首选项和个人选项。
• A user's learning and testing activity can be adapted based on their preferences.
  一个用户的学习和测试行为可以依据他们的喜好来设计。
• If you wish to change your password or other security preferences, choose Security Info from the Communicator menu.
  如果想要更改口令或其它安全性首选项，请从通信器菜单中选择“安全性信息”。