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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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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So the fact is those lab animals have a hard-wired preference for foods that are high in fat and high in sugar, primarily because of the energy density that those foods bring to one, and then the variety is important because you get a mix of nutrients.

事实上 实验动物对高脂肪高糖的食物,有着强烈的偏爱,而这种爱基于,该类食物能给我们提供高能量,多样性很重要,因为你能摄取多种营养

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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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Assuming, of course, that a preference for one strategy rather than another is inherited.

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