In some animals, lateralisation is simply a preference for a single paw or foot, while in others it appears in more general patterns of behaviour.

在一些动物中，侧化只是对单爪或单脚的偏好，而在另一些动物中，则表现为更普遍的行为模式。

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The prefix is strictly a syntactic convenience; in general, it is not really a matter of XML language design but rather a matter of author or tool preference.

前缀完全是一种语法上的便利，一般而言实际上并不属于XML语言设计中的问题，仅仅是作者或者工具偏好的问题。

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In general, everything that you can do with JSON, you can do with the DOM, or vice versa; it's mostly about preference, and choosing the right approach for a specific application.

大体上，可以用JSON做的事，用DOM都可以完成，反之亦然；选择主要取决于偏好，当然也要为特定的应用程序选择正确的方法。

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This general preference for the Republicans over the Democrats has also translated into a preference for Mr McCain (for all his faults) over Mr Obama (for all his religion-friendly rhetoric).

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The argument that some matters, such as abortion, are of such moral urgency that they supersede a general preference for devolution sounds reasonable, until you try to decide which subjects are suitably urgent.

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Granted, Brooks does note a general preference for high-status mates, a keen sensitivity to evidence of our standing in the various social hierarchies we inhabit, and he does cite some empirical evidence to the effect that successful people tend to be self-deceived about their place in the social pecking order.

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