preference
英 ['pref(?)r(?)ns]
美['pr?fr?ns]
- n. 偏愛，傾向；優(yōu)先權(quán)
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?preferences;
中文詞源
preference 偏愛，喜愛
來自prefer,偏好，-ence,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- preference (n.)
- mid-15c., "advancement in position or status;" 1650s as "act of prefering," from Middle French preference (14c., Modern French préférence), from Medieval Latin preferentia, from past participle stem of Latin praeferrere (see prefer). Sense of "that which one prefers" is from 1852.