She was chosen in preference to her sister.

她被选中了，而不是她妹妹。

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Of course, this is a ridiculous shift in preference.

当然，这个优先顺序的转变是可笑的。

youdao

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。

youdao

So, according to the expectations theory augmented with liquidity preference-- This strongly upward-sloping term structure in 2003 would reflect two things.

所以,根据结合了流动性偏好的,预期理论,2003年期限结构中表现出的,强烈上扬趋势反映了两方面的因素

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When you correlate people's preference when they see products with activation in this area, you'll see a nice correlation.

这一区域的大脑活动,同人们在见到商品后的表现，完美地联系了起来。

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There is now no preference--well it could be-- there are lots of complexities in the tax law but, basically, dividend policy really is irrelevant now.

这就没有偏好差别了,税法中仍有很多复杂条款,但基本说来,是否推行股利政策与此无关

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The young scholars still carry books around, for instance, in preference to reading them.

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