This option is preferable to any other.

这个选择比其他任何一个都好。

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A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby.

远处的大地震要比近处的小地震好。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

In short, hard power is preferable to soft power.

简而言之，硬实力比软实力更受欢迎。

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The election commission suggested that instead of attempting a flawed election on September 27, it is preferable to see if discussions between the government and opposition parties can find a compromise.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

"Should that other scenario, which is not preferable,happen, on that I think a sort of caretaker government has to be put together preferably with not Mr.Karzai at the top."

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"Enabling the private sector to accomplish this goal is preferable to taxpayer funded efforts, " Churchill says.

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In other words, more quality educational play-time is preferable to more testing, measuring, and evaluating.

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But the expense of new drugs is preferable to not having them at all.

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