She was chosen in preference to her sister.
她被选中了，而不是她妹妹。
You should certainly use these in preference to the more verbose traditional means of accomplishing the same thing.
你当然应该优先使用这些，而不是传统的冗长的方式，来完成相同的任务。
Even there, English was often chosen as the medium of education in preference to the inhabitants' mother tongues.
即便在那里，他们也更青睐于选英语作为教育的语言，而不是他们的母语。
The inhabitants, apparently Neanderthals, selectively used pine for heating in preference to more available types of wood.
棚屋居民很显然是尼安德特人，他们选择性地使用松木取暖，而不使用其他更易采集的木材。
Most Americans drink coffee in preference to tea.
大部分美国人爱喝咖啡甚于红茶。
I'd choose the small car in preference to the large one.
我会选那辆小车，而不会选那辆大的。
Threads with higher priority are executed in preference to threads with lower priority.
“高优先级线程”会优先于“低优先级线程”执行。
Pamela uses the True Moon Nodes in preference to the Mean Moon Nodes in her calculations.
相对于平均月球交点，帕梅拉在她的计算中优先使用的是真实月球交点。
Rule of Economy: Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine time.
经济原则：宁可多花机器一分，也不浪费程序员一秒。
Every thread has a priority. Threads with higher priority are executed in preference to threads with lower priority.
每个线程都有一个优先级，高优先级线程的执行优先于低优先级线程。
Application designers: create entertainment UIs that provide a pleasant experience in preference to an efficient one.
应用设计者：生成娱乐ui，提供令人愉快的体验，效率是次要的。
This is probably because a fetus starved of oxygen will send oxygenated blood to the brain in preference to rest of the body.
这可能是因为一个缺乏氧的胚胎会首先把充氧的血液输送到脑部，然后才送到身体的其他部位。
This is probably because a fetus starved of oxygen will send oxygenated blood to the brain in preference to the rest of the body.
这可能是因为一个缺乏氧的胚胎会首先把充氧的血液输送到脑部，然后才送到身体的其他部位。
Multiplication and division have higher precedence than addition. Their operands are bound to the operator in preference to the operands to addition.
乘法和除法的优先级高于加法操作，于是它们的操作数先于加法操作的操作数计算。
But the circumstance was sufficient to lead him to select Tess in preference to the other pretty milkmaids when he wished to contemplate contiguous womankind.
但是这情形已经足以使他在希望观察身边这些女性时，选择苔丝而宁愿放弃别的漂亮女孩子了。
In general, NFS v4 should be used in preference to previous versions, since it is more efficient and generally handles the performance of large loads and busy network environments.
一般而言，NFSv4应当优先于之前的版本得到使用，因为它更高效且通常处理大负荷和繁忙网络环境的性能。
Some music elements such as tempo and timbre, as well as the personal variables such as gender, personality, and experience of musical education also play important roles in preference to music.
某些音乐特征（如速度、音色）和某些个体差异变量（如性别、人格、音乐学习经验）都会对音乐喜好产生影响。
Given that CRRT has now been in clinical use for three decades, it is fair to ask whether research-based evidence supports the use of this more complex and expensive technology in preference to IHD.
既然CRRT用于临床实践已经三十多年了，询问是否有以研究为基础的证据支持优先于IHD使用这种复杂的、费用昂贵的技术是理所当然的。
Given that CRRT has now been in clinical use for three decades, it is fair to ask whether research-based evidence supports the use of this more complex and expensive technology in preference to IHD.
既然CRRT用于临床实践已经三十多年了，询问是否有以研究为基础的证据支持优先于IHD使用这种复杂的、费用昂贵的技术是理所当然的。
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