单词
preference
读音
ˈprefrəns
美式
英式
词根
根源于拉丁文 praeferre,其中 "prae-" 是前缀,意为“在前”,而“-ferre” 则意为“携带”。从词根的意思我们也可以理解为,你将你喜欢的事物带到了其他事物的前面,也就是更加喜欢它。
释义
n. 偏爱,倾向;优先权 [ 复数 preferences ]
例句
I can't say that I have any particular preference.
我说不出自己有什么特别偏好。
Preference will be given to graduates of this university.
这所大学的毕业生会获得优先考虑。
It upset her when men revealed a preference for her sister.
当男人们显露出偏爱她妹妹的时候,她很不高兴。
I can't say that I have any particular preference.
我说不出自己有什么特别偏好。
Preference will be given to graduates of this university.
这所大学的毕业生会获得优先考虑。
It upset her when men revealed a preference for her sister.
当男人们显露出偏爱她妹妹的时候,她很不高兴。
强化记忆
想象一种你更喜欢的食物或事物放在你面前,你会优先选择她(pre- 在前,优先,-fer 携带),这就是 preference。“Preference”最早在14世纪的法语中出现,后来在16世纪的英语中使用。原始意思是"在法庭上把一个案子放在另一个案子前面",这个意义包含了"优先考虑"的含义,所以现在我们使用"preference"来表达更喜欢某物的意思。
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Risk evaluation is a complicated tangle of statistical thinkingand personal preference.One common stumbling block is the difference between
of optimizing for human preference,but which preference?There's the preferences of things that we really care about
quite accurately predict thingslike your political preference,your personality score, gender, sexual orientation,
where we've got these algorithms that do an amazing jobof optimizing for human preference,but which preference?
it hears a recording of a female stranger's voice.Babies quickly show their preferenceby choosing the first one.
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