Acanthasters show a preference for branching corals.

刺冠海星更偏好分枝的珊瑚。

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It was a preference for naturalness and simplicity that separated the Taoists from the Confucians.

正是对自然和质朴的偏爱把道家人士从儒家人士中区分开。

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Kids with a preference for the arts have a greater chance of finding employment in the future.

喜欢艺术的孩子在未来更有机会找到工作。

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If you read his Pioneering Portfolio Management on the syllabus, he really has a preference for equities.

如果你阅读他的著作《开拓投资组合的管理》的摘要,他确实对股票有偏好。

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If I expressed a preference, I would be in trouble.

如果我显示任何偏好，恐怕会惹上麻烦。

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So a number of you, even if the price was just a tiny bit different might have a preference for one rather than the other, so without getting in trouble by putting the camera on you, how many of you would have a preference, if the prices were essentially the same how many of you would have a strict preference for Pepsi?

那么你们中的很多人,尽管价格只有一点点不同,也许还是倾向于其中一个产品,不让你们上镜头而招来麻烦,你们谁会有倾向,如果价格差不多,谁会倾向选择百事可乐

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Has he expressed a preference either taxing the Cadillac plans or taxing the millionaires' plans?

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Adopt a siting policy that states a preference for access to clean and renewable energy supply.

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"Since 1999 we have seen a preference for bilateral relations between ministers and officials, " he said.

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